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Christmas Chaos - 2023
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48 games, 3 weeks, 2 tired hosts, and only 1 podcast with all this and more. Join Mack and Bob as they break down every game for week fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen of the 2023 NFL season.
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Introduction and Christmas Chaos Theme
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It's the most wonderful time of the year, Christmas chaos.
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Let's dive right in.
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Welcome back to Making Waves, an NFL confidence pool podcast.
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I'm your host, Mac.
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And I'm your ho-ho host, Bob.
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A jolly ho-ho host indeed.
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Bob is excited, I'm excited, we hope you're excited.
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It is Christmas Chaos Week, and if you've been following along to the Making Waves journey for the past three seasons, you know that this is probably one of our favorite episodes.
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Things get wild.
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Things get crazy.
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Things get chaotic, just like the holiday season, because we are about to be on a little bit of a holiday break as we celebrate the holidays with friends
Episode Duration and Holiday Plans
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and family.
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I know you are friends and family as well.
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But because of that break, Bob and I cover three weeks at a time.
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And if you thought our podcasts were long before, buckle up, folks.
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Put it on 1.5 speed on your Spotify or whatever you listen to, because let's just be honest, this is not going to be an hour long.
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I still have faith that we can keep this under 60 minutes.
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We have...
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Three times the games as normal.
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This is the last episode for three weeks, and it's a Christmas episode.
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But I'm still confident this is going to be less than 60 minutes.
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Just watch.
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It's going to be a Christmas miracle.
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That would be a Christmas miracle because we haven't been under 60 minutes once this season.
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And you tie all those things into one episode, and Bob's still claiming it's going to be under 60 minutes.
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We all know he's lying at this point.
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He is just...
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making up fibs and lies.
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And you know what, Bob?
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Santa's watching and all these lies are going to come back to bite you when you get coal in your stocking this year.
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Whoa, that was a lot.
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I mean, I'm just saying.
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I mean, that's crazy.
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Santa is watching.
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I am 29 out of 29 so far.
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This is Christmas number 30.
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I'm 29 out of 29 on the nice list.
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I don't have any plans of changing from the nice to the naughty list.
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I have heard that you've been on the naughty list a couple times.
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Oh, have I?
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I don't recall ever being on the naughty list.
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Oh.
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That's weird.
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I just assume based off of some of the things you say on this podcast and all the crap you've given me, I
Naughty or Nice List and Fantasy Bets
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figured that jolly old St.
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Nick would probably be like, all right, she craps on this guy a lot.
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She deserves some coal in her stocking.
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So I just assumed based off the last decade or so that we've known each other that you've had at least a couple of naughty appearances.
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Well, you know what they say when you assume really makes the ass out of you and me.
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You know what I mean?
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There you go.
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Swearing on the podcast right to the naughty list once again.
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I don't know.
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I'm actually on the nice list and I had a conversation with Nance, Bob's mom.
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And she said you had been on the naughty list quite a few times.
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Just the way you know you treat your big sis lens.
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Just the fact that you're not, you know, pulling for her same politicians that she's pulling for.
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Oh, yeah.
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She said that she said you're on the naughty list.
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Hmm.
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Well, it's definitely disappointing to know that my mom's lying, my best friend's lying.
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And, you know, lying, not only is it a sin, but it is a one-way first class ticket straight to the naughty list.
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Oh, gosh.
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Now I'm bringing in sin and religion.
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I mean, hey, I'm just sitting here like a good boy, just on the nice list.
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And all these accusations are just flying left and right.
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I'm dodging.
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I'm ducking.
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I got my armor on.
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And I'm just really happy that I will not be having coal and stones in my stocking.
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Can't say the same for you or Nance.
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But fingers crossed for your guys' case that it does not happen this year.
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Yeah, well, fingers crossed.
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And I mean, I guess if I'm on the naughty list, you probably don't want anything to do with me.
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You don't want to associate with me or anything that I have to give or say from the naughty list.
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So I'll just be taking that DJ Moore jersey back.
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Oh.
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Hmm.
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This one backfired.
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Let me, let me formulate a, let me formulate a response real quick.
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Bing, ding, doom, bing, ding, doom, ding, doom.
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Okay.
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Uh, yeah.
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The mail here is really, uh, it's just like, it's, it's hard to try.
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It's unreliable.
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So I will put it in a box tonight.
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No promises.
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It'll get there.
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You won't see me wearing it, but probably gets lost in the mail.
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Just, just assuming.
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Okay.
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All right.
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I guess that makes sense.
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The mail, you know, they are overworked and overrun, especially around holiday time.
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A little plug for the, uh,
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They post the workers there, but yeah, that, that really does make sense.
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But alas, I guess, I guess we'll just assume that you're telling the truth yet again, because you always tell the truth.
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Always.
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Just like I said, this episode is going to be
Rivalries, Playoffs, and Team Predictions
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less than 60 minutes.
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We will win the Bucco box and the bears will win out and make the playoffs.
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All truths.
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Wow.
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And you heard it here first.
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There's a lot of bold statements there.
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There's a lot of bold statements.
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I don't know that any of them are accurate.
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But let's hope at least for a Bucco Bucs win.
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We'll definitely get a Bucco Bucs win.
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But if I had to rank most likely the least, I'd say Bears winning out is most likely.
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This being less than 60 minutes.
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Speaking of the naughty list, the Bears should be on that.
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Well, this is a nice segue for me because Mac's not feeling the best today.
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A lot of sickness is going around, so I will be nice for the most part.
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And kind of ironic how you get sick right before this podcast.
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Oh, yeah.
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Just playing a sympathy card.
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Well, I've been sick since Sunday.
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I can tell you that much.
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But I've been feeling like a million bucks ever since about... I'm sure you have.
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I'd say like 1.30 Central Standard Time.
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I was holding my breath.
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Didn't want to count any chickens.
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I had some bad, some bad memory from a couple of weekends ago.
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Was hoping for no deja vu.
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Thank the Lord.
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There was no deja vu.
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Uh, things ended up coming out roses and Mac.
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I just want to say I am jealous because it feels really good to be on this side of things.
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It's been, it's been too many months since I've been on the good side of the fence here.
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And it's just good to know that between now and next NFL season, it's nice that, uh,
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I get the last laugh and the upper hand until the next time my boys play your boys.
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You do get the last laugh in terms of the last time that our boys will have played each other.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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I think ultimately I maybe get the last laugh in terms of how far we're going this season, but I got to give kudos and credit where credit is due.
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Your boys did win on Sunday and that's all I'll say about that.
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Yeah.
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Thank you so much.
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I'd love to hear more.
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I know we're trying to keep this under 60 minutes, so I will let that simmer.
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Thank you so much for that.
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And Mac, I know that I gave you a call when your boys beat my boys inexplicably with a crazy comeback at the end.
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And I called you that same day.
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You did not.
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You called me the next day.
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No, I was at the airport.
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It was that afternoon.
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Remember?
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No, it was totally the next day.
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No, it was Sunday.
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It was Monday night, and I was wicked leaves.
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I promise you.
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I promise you, because I was in the Uber to the airport watching the game, and I called you when I got out of the Uber in the Virginia airport that Sunday.
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I swear it was Monday night, because on Sunday, as soon as the Bears win, Bob said, so when can I expect my call?
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And I turned to Nikki, and I said, I will call him tomorrow, like he called me.
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I swear it was Monday night.
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I promise you that you had good intentions and I believe that, but I did call on Sunday.
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Figs get lost in the shuffle.
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Totally understandable.
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I do not believe that.
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I truly do not believe that.
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Was I not at the airport when I called you?
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I have no idea.
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I really don't remember.
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You don't remember that phone call?
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I remember I was raking leaves and I swear, in my memory bank, I swear it was Monday night.
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So in my head, I was like, I'll call him tomorrow.
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I am not talking to him right now.
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And I definitely believe that you thought it was Monday and you had good intentions, but... And I believe that you think it's on Sunday.
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I would bet my literal life that I called you Sunday, but, you know, to each his own.
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And I just brought that up to say, one of us called the other one on Sunday and the other one called on Monday morning, which was very sweet.
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But yeah.
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Which was easy.
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We both called on Monday.
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Yeah.
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I swear it was Monday because I literally turned to Nick and I said, I was planning on calling him, but I will call him tomorrow because I am not talking to him today.
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I cannot believe that you're not giving me credit.
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I called that afternoon, but hey.
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I truly do not remember it that way.
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Maybe you're right.
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You're probably right.
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But I honestly swear it was Monday.
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Sunday, but you know what?
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Monday.
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I was raking leaves Sunday at the airport, but you know what?
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He raking leaves.
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Sunday at the airport.
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Five hours later.
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Yeah.
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Monday raking leaves.
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We'll agree to disagree on this one.
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I guess all that to say, all that to say, we both called each other.
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We both congratulated each other.
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And yeah, I cannot wait to be in Asheville next month with some, some,
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some whipped cream to pie you and some whipped cream to pie me.
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That face was unbelievable.
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The, the burrowed, the burrowed eyebrows.
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Excuse me.
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I didn't agree to that.
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I agreed to the chubby bunny, which didn't happen because, Oh, shocker here.
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I beat you in fantasy again.
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More points than me in fantasy, but that was the deal.
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Same thing.
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Unfortunately for me, it was same, same because she basically beat me in fantasy.
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So my boys, they lived up to their half of the bat.
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Unfortunately, my fantasy team did not.
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Kind of crazy to think, though, back on the Hot Wing Challenge that you were a couple fantasy, well, not a couple, several fantasy points apart.
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So you were a fantasy win or four minutes away from me having to do the Hot Wing Challenge.
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What could have been?
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Kind of crazy.
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My stomach would have been in such a healthier state.
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My spirits would have been so much higher and coulda, shoulda, woulda.
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Classic me.
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When it's the challenge that I want to do the least in the entire world, everything goes to shit.
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Literally.
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Yeah, literally for the next about 172 hours after that challenge, if you know what I mean.
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You know what I'm talking about, Steve.
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Sheesh.
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Oh my gosh.
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Well, anyway, congrats to your boys.
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You get the last laugh in the head to head, but we're looking towards the playoffs.
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So we've already got the bears behind us.
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Well, we're both looking towards the playoffs.
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We're both full steam ahead.
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I got a couple of weeks.
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We got fantasy playoffs coming up.
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And something that we will agree on here is that me and Mac both have a bye as a one and two seed in Mac's family fantasy league.
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We call it fantasy.
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I like the little plan words.
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Whoever came up with that, I think it might've been you.
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It was indeed.
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Yes.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Very, very clever.
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Love it.
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Love it.
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Yeah.
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You held on to your one seat in fantasy.
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I thought for sure I had it in the bag and you held on just by what you beat.
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You beat Carson by like one point.
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I beat him by literally one point.
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Wow.
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That was a big comeback.
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That was a big comeback.
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It was a big Monday night comeback.
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Monday night.
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Speaking of Christmas chaos, there was a lot going on with the two games.
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I thought I had lost and I just looked at it right before bed.
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I was like, Oh my God, I came back and won.
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So yeah, that was quite the comeback.
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If it was points for Mac, absolutely had way more points than me in the league.
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So if we had the same record, she would have overtaken me for the one seed, but alas, great word.
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Uh, me and Mac have buys and I hope to see you in the championship game.
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That would make
AFC East Analysis and Predictions
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for a nice little air shake there.
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Let's shake on it.
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I'll see you there.
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See you there.
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Sorry, Carl.
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Oh, geez.
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I had a little, uh, a little word vomit there.
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Sorry to Carly or Kelsey, whoever wins.
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I will be beating you.
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And sorry to Eli or, uh, exactly.
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So, uh, I think it's Eli or Carly on your side of the bracket and Kelsey and my dad on mine.
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Oh, so everything switched up from what we thought it was going to be.
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Everything switched up.
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Yep.
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Wow.
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So we shall see.
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We shall see.
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And if me and you play in the fantasy championship, we might have to make one final bet for the wave riders here.
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We just might.
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We just might.
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But anyways, now that we spent 13 of our 60 minutes looking back, let's look ahead.
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Oh, no.
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We've got a lot to get to.
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So as mentioned, we have 48 games that we're going to be going through.
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Bob and I will be off the next two weeks for the podcast.
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So happy holidays to everyone.
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We'll see you next year.
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But before then, we've got three weeks of regular season play.
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So the way this is going to work, and Bob and I like to switch it up year to year.
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One year, I think we just truly went through all 48 games.
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We did.
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And talked about all of them.
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I think we had like 60 seconds to go through each one.
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One year we were like drawing things out of a hat.
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So instead we're going to kind of combine them a little bit.
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And we're also going to focus a little bit more on team specifics while still covering every single game.
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So the way this is going to work, we're going to take, for example, the AFC East.
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I've got a random number generator right in front of me between one and four.
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I'm going to randomize that for Bob or for myself, whoever's going.
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And whichever number that lands on correlates to the number in the standing.
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So if I get a number one for the AFC East for Bob,
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That means that's the Miami Dolphins who are in the number one spot in the AFC East.
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Bob's going to go through and talk about the next three games for the Miami Dolphins.
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What do you think is going to happen?
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Talk about any inconsistencies among them.
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And we'll just go through in that way.
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This will hopefully eliminate any sort of like overlap.
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And it also helped to eliminate us coming up with confidences that will likely change based on injuries, momentum, trajectory over the course of the next three weeks anyway.
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And we'll handle all that off or we'll handle all of that offline together.
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Sound good?
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I mean, I don't think I could have said it any more crystal clear.
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So in the word of saving time, let's do it.
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Sounds great.
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Can't wait.
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All right.
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In the interest of time, let's get started.
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And I guess we will just start right here with the AFC East just because that's the first one on my board.
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So I'll go for yous.
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I'll go for yous.
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I'm going to go for yous teams that she's going to talk about, okay?
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Okay.
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We've been watching too much Tommy DeVito the last couple weeks, haven't we?
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DeVito, hey, DeVito.
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Listen here, cuz.
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I'll go for yous.
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You got it?
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Yous teams.
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Yous teams that you're going to be doing is, in fact, the Miami Dolphins.
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That's a pretty good accent.
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What the hell?
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New England Patriots.
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Okay.
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So let's start.
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I thought I was going to go for the rest of the episode.
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Okay.
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So for the Miami Dolphins, first up week 15, they are hosting the New York Jets.
00:16:06
Speaker
What you got for that game?
00:16:07
Speaker
So I'm doing, I'm just doing this one and then the next one and the next one, just the analysis.
00:16:11
Speaker
Yeah.
00:16:11
Speaker
So just tell me just straight off the top of your head.
00:16:14
Speaker
What are you thinking about the Dolphins versus Jets this upcoming weekend?
00:16:19
Speaker
All right.
00:16:19
Speaker
First off is the Dwarf.
00:16:22
Speaker
You're going to be swimming with the fishes.
00:16:24
Speaker
Okay.
00:16:25
Speaker
Wait, why are you so good at that?
00:16:26
Speaker
What the hell?
00:16:26
Speaker
Why is, why is that so second nature for you?
00:16:30
Speaker
Talking, talking Italian wafia.
00:16:33
Speaker
I have no idea.
00:16:34
Speaker
My God, you, you literally didn't miss a beat and went directly into character.
00:16:40
Speaker
That was kind of unbelievable.
00:16:41
Speaker
A little, a little tip of the top cap.
00:16:44
Speaker
I'll sprinkle it in throughout, especially whenever we're talking about the giants.
00:16:48
Speaker
I'm probably going to get the giant.
00:16:51
Speaker
So fingers crossed to that, but yeah, that was a highlight.
00:16:54
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
00:16:55
Speaker
So dolphins, they got the, you said this weekend they have who this weekend.
00:16:59
Speaker
They are hosting the New York jets.
00:17:02
Speaker
Okay.
00:17:02
Speaker
Dolphins jets.
00:17:04
Speaker
Um, two teams that did opposite of what we expected last weekend.
00:17:10
Speaker
We had the Jets losing to the Texans at our highest confidence and they absolutely smoked the Texans somehow.
00:17:18
Speaker
And Zach Wilson turned into Joe Montana.
00:17:21
Speaker
Don't know what happened there.
00:17:22
Speaker
They scored 30 points in the second half and yeah, they, uh, they cost us 15 points.
00:17:27
Speaker
Thanks for nothing.
00:17:27
Speaker
Jets.
00:17:28
Speaker
Thanks for nothing.
00:17:29
Speaker
New York.
00:17:31
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And on the other end of the spectrum, the Dolphins had one of the biggest collapses on Monday Night Football in recent memory.
00:17:39
Speaker
They were up by 14 points with less than three minutes to go at home to a 4-8 Titans team, and they ended up losing that game in regulation.
00:17:51
Speaker
Yes, you heard that correct.
00:17:52
Speaker
Up 14, less than three minutes left, lost that game in regulation.
00:17:56
Speaker
So,
00:17:58
Speaker
All that to say, you think from all that I would be going with the Jets?
00:18:02
Speaker
I'm not.
00:18:04
Speaker
But I am a little less confident than I was a week ago.
00:18:09
Speaker
I do still think that the Dolphins, Tyree Hill missed a couple quarters because he had an ankle injury.
00:18:14
Speaker
I think they're going to get it together.
00:18:16
Speaker
I think they're going to beat the Jets, especially in more of like a must-win game after that inexplicable, good word, loss on Monday night.
00:18:24
Speaker
So, yeah, that's why I'm going to go with the Dolphins.
00:18:28
Speaker
And I'm not doing confidence because this is Christmas chaos.
00:18:30
Speaker
So give me the Dwarfins against the Jets this weekend.
00:18:34
Speaker
All right.
00:18:35
Speaker
I like it.
00:18:35
Speaker
And moving right along, I'm just going to keep pushing through.
00:18:38
Speaker
The next week, week 16, they are hosting the Cowboys.
00:18:47
Speaker
So you think the Dwarfs are going to win?
00:18:49
Speaker
What about against the Cowboys the next?
00:18:53
Speaker
But...
00:18:54
Speaker
Wow, this is going to be a high-powered game.
00:18:56
Speaker
Wouldn't be surprised at all if they flex that into like a Sunday night or Monday night window.
00:19:04
Speaker
Cowboys are looking quickly like one of the best teams in the NFL, especially after a couple of the high-powered teams, such as the Eagles, Lions.
00:19:12
Speaker
Oh, my God, did you say the Lions are high-powered?
00:19:14
Speaker
Yeah, they have been this year.
00:19:15
Speaker
And the Chiefs, a couple of the big boys lost this weekend.
00:19:18
Speaker
So now it's kind of looking like the Niners and Cowboys are above the rest in the NFC.
00:19:25
Speaker
Dolphins have been struggling a little bit.
00:19:27
Speaker
And yeah, Cowboys are looking like world beaters.
00:19:31
Speaker
Yeah, give me Cowboys against the Dolphins.
00:19:36
Speaker
Okay.
00:19:37
Speaker
Couldn't agree more.
00:19:37
Speaker
And finally, we have the Dolphins at Ravens for week 17.
00:19:45
Speaker
Oh my God.
00:19:46
Speaker
Dolphins have some freaking hard games.
00:19:47
Speaker
Dolphins have a tough schedule coming up.
00:19:50
Speaker
And I mean, that's, they're right in the thick of it in terms of their second right now, their second seed, but they're nine and four and there are some people hot on their tails.
00:20:00
Speaker
So.
00:20:01
Speaker
They've got a tough, probably arguably one of the toughest of the rest of the season with the Cowboys and the Ravens.
00:20:07
Speaker
Ding dang.
00:20:08
Speaker
Well, yeah, Dolphins better beat the Jets this weekend because I don't think they're beating the Cowboys.
00:20:13
Speaker
And spoiler alert, I don't think they're beating the Ravens.
00:20:16
Speaker
I think the Ravens are the best team in the AFC.
00:20:19
Speaker
They have a quarterback who doesn't scream at the refs after losing with a call that was clearly correct.
00:20:26
Speaker
Give me Lamar.
00:20:27
Speaker
Give me Edgar Allen Poe.
00:20:29
Speaker
Give me the Ravens in just a slushy, sludgy January cold game against South Beach.
00:20:38
Speaker
Warm weather, Miami.
00:20:40
Speaker
Ooh, we love the sun.
00:20:42
Speaker
Suck it up.
00:20:42
Speaker
You're going to be playing in the cold in Baltimore, baby.
00:20:45
Speaker
Give me the Ravens.
00:20:47
Speaker
Okay, nice.
00:20:48
Speaker
Very well done for our first three-week analysis of the Dolphins.
00:20:53
Speaker
And I would say I think I have to agree with all of those.
00:20:56
Speaker
I think my main concern for the Dolphins right now is if Tyreek Hill is out or forced to miss any time.
00:21:03
Speaker
They did not look very good when he was on the sideline for those two quarters.
00:21:07
Speaker
So let's hope.
00:21:08
Speaker
for Dolphins fans, that he is okay and healthy because they're going to need him this weekend for sure.
00:21:14
Speaker
Noah, we're looking at you.
00:21:15
Speaker
Tough ones.
00:21:17
Speaker
Hope, sorry to cut you off there.
00:21:18
Speaker
That was rude.
00:21:18
Speaker
No, no, you're great.
00:21:20
Speaker
Maybe I am on the naughty list.
00:21:21
Speaker
Oh, my God.
00:21:23
Speaker
Noah, we're looking at you.
00:21:25
Speaker
Don't know if you're shaking in your boots yet, but based on this schedule and this three-week outlook, you best beat the Jets this weekend, brother.
00:21:33
Speaker
Your best, Noah.
00:21:34
Speaker
Put all your willpower into that win because you're going to need it.
00:21:39
Speaker
That also kind of sounded Italian.
00:21:40
Speaker
I don't know if that was meant to be.
00:21:42
Speaker
Do your best, Noah, okay?
00:21:45
Speaker
Your best if you don't want to have a couple of concrete shoes on.
00:21:51
Speaker
All right.
00:21:52
Speaker
Nicely done.
00:21:53
Speaker
So I'll go ahead and go next and give you the opportunity to catch a little water break here.
00:21:58
Speaker
So I've got the number two overall in the AFC East, which would be the Buffalo Bills.
00:22:06
Speaker
So you want to walk me through those games, their next three week schedules?
00:22:09
Speaker
Yes, because I knew that I was going to be walking you through these, of course.
00:22:12
Speaker
So I am just switching tabs here.
00:22:15
Speaker
Perfect.
00:22:15
Speaker
Just as we discussed.
00:22:17
Speaker
Just as we discussed.
00:22:18
Speaker
And of course, I was listening to everything you said in detail.
00:22:22
Speaker
Okay.
00:22:22
Speaker
So yes, this weekend, the Bills are at home against the Cowboys.
00:22:27
Speaker
Oh boy.
00:22:28
Speaker
Okay.
00:22:29
Speaker
Wow.
00:22:29
Speaker
Okay.
00:22:30
Speaker
We might cover all the Cowboys games before we even get to the Cowboys.
00:22:33
Speaker
No kidding.
00:22:35
Speaker
Man, that's a tough game.
00:22:36
Speaker
So Buffalo looked incredible this past weekend against Kansas City.
00:22:41
Speaker
I like that little dig that you threw out there towards Patrick Mahomes.
00:22:45
Speaker
Couldn't agree more.
00:22:46
Speaker
It was pretty obvious and flagrant.
00:22:49
Speaker
And he is just...
00:22:50
Speaker
bitching at the refs.
00:22:52
Speaker
Excuse my French there.
00:22:53
Speaker
Did you just say bitching?
00:22:54
Speaker
I mean, come on, Chiefs.
00:22:55
Speaker
The number of calls they get thrown their way because they're darlings of the NFL.
00:23:01
Speaker
Give me a break.
00:23:02
Speaker
Give me a break.
00:23:04
Speaker
You're on one today.
00:23:05
Speaker
I love it.
00:23:06
Speaker
I'm on one today.
00:23:07
Speaker
It's probably all the medicine I took from not feeling so hot.
00:23:10
Speaker
Probably the medicine and the Oreos.
00:23:11
Speaker
It's the sugar medicine combo.
00:23:13
Speaker
Oh, my goodness.
00:23:14
Speaker
Okay, so yes, the Bills have some work cut out for them.
00:23:19
Speaker
They are right now on the outside looking in.
00:23:22
Speaker
They're in the 11th spot right now.
00:23:24
Speaker
They've got to jump quite a bit to be able to be considered for the playoffs this week.
00:23:31
Speaker
Or I'm sorry, this year.
00:23:33
Speaker
Oh boy, against the Cowboys.
00:23:35
Speaker
The only thing I think that they have going for them is the fact that this is going to be an outside game.
00:23:41
Speaker
I don't know how well Dak's going to hold up.
00:23:44
Speaker
He does really well at home in his comfy, cozy dome.
00:23:48
Speaker
And the Bills looked really good.
00:23:52
Speaker
I think I'm going with the bills in this game.
00:23:54
Speaker
Shocker spoiler alert.
00:23:56
Speaker
That's crazy, but it's a home game.
00:23:59
Speaker
They're looking hot.
00:24:00
Speaker
They've got a lot to prove and the Cowboys still have a good amount to lose.
00:24:05
Speaker
So bills over the Cowboys here.
00:24:08
Speaker
Wow.
00:24:08
Speaker
Spoiler alert, upset alert.
00:24:11
Speaker
Holy smokes.
00:24:12
Speaker
Okay.
00:24:13
Speaker
So do I just move on to your next game and then I come back for anything else after?
00:24:18
Speaker
Well, we're not really commenting on each other, but if you have anything like super pressing and crazy to say, go for it.
00:24:25
Speaker
I will save that when we're offline and we're talking about our picks for this week.
00:24:28
Speaker
So onward and upward.
00:24:30
Speaker
Onward and upward.
00:24:30
Speaker
She said in all caps, super pressing.
00:24:33
Speaker
I'm like, I got a couple of things to say.
00:24:36
Speaker
Next game.
00:24:36
Speaker
Even if you disagree, which I can tell you do, which is fine.
00:24:39
Speaker
We'll talk about it offline.
00:24:41
Speaker
This is just our initial gut reactions.
00:24:43
Speaker
I can't take like five minutes and talk about that game as well?
00:24:46
Speaker
No, because then we give you two analysis for each game, which we're trying to avoid.
00:24:50
Speaker
At this rate, you're going to miss your flight to Europe next Tuesday if I want to talk about every game.
00:24:53
Speaker
I really think I am.
00:24:54
Speaker
Thanks for telling everybody exactly when we will not be at our house.
00:24:57
Speaker
Appreciate that.
00:24:58
Speaker
Oh, shoot.
00:25:00
Speaker
Oh, my God.
00:25:01
Speaker
It's like the cardinal sin of traveling.
00:25:03
Speaker
Yeah.
00:25:04
Speaker
Zencast, we're going to need you to delete that six seconds.
00:25:07
Speaker
Thank you very little.
00:25:09
Speaker
Oh, my God.
00:25:09
Speaker
Odward and upward.
00:25:10
Speaker
Odward and upward.
00:25:11
Speaker
Yeah, they're going to be in Europe in February of 2027.
00:25:14
Speaker
Anyways, next game, the Bills are at home against the Patriots.
00:25:21
Speaker
Okay, at home against the Patriots.
00:25:22
Speaker
I don't need to spend much time on this one at all.
00:25:25
Speaker
I definitely think the Bills are going to win that game.
00:25:28
Speaker
Patriots defense has been looking stout.
00:25:30
Speaker
They've been holding teams to less than 10, give or take, but they ended up actually pulling out a random win.
00:25:37
Speaker
It's not going to fly against the Bills.
00:25:39
Speaker
I'm sorry.
00:25:40
Speaker
I'm going Bills.
00:25:41
Speaker
Easy money.
00:25:42
Speaker
Love it.
00:25:43
Speaker
She said, this is going to take me two seconds.
00:25:45
Speaker
Next.
00:25:46
Speaker
And speaking of next, in two weekends, the Bills are in Miami.
00:25:50
Speaker
So we've already got a lot of crossovers here.
00:25:53
Speaker
Wow.
00:25:54
Speaker
Okay.
00:25:54
Speaker
So they're in Miami.
00:25:55
Speaker
Wait, how is that possible?
00:25:58
Speaker
Because you didn't talk about the Bills in the Dolphins when we've already did the Dolphins.
00:26:05
Speaker
Oh, shoot.
00:26:06
Speaker
Okay.
00:26:07
Speaker
I was looking at this wrong.
00:26:09
Speaker
Oh, shoot.
00:26:12
Speaker
It's Bill's Patriots in two weeks.
00:26:15
Speaker
Next weekend, excuse me, is Bill's at Chargers.
00:26:19
Speaker
Okay, Bills at Chargers.
00:26:20
Speaker
This is also, I think the Bills are in for a streak of wins here because Justin Herbert actually suffered a fractured finger in his throwing hand.
00:26:30
Speaker
It has been announced he is out for the rest of the season.
00:26:33
Speaker
The Chargers were already downhill.
00:26:35
Speaker
They've got some holes in their defense.
00:26:37
Speaker
Bills are going to exploit that.
00:26:39
Speaker
I think the Bills are going three for three.
00:26:42
Speaker
I've got Bills beating the Chargers.
00:26:43
Speaker
Buffalo Mafia, stand up.
00:26:46
Speaker
Max says, hold the phone.
00:26:47
Speaker
Hold the phone.
00:26:48
Speaker
You might still be making the playoffs.
00:26:51
Speaker
She says, your playoff hopes are not swimming with the fishies just yet.
00:26:55
Speaker
Not yet.
00:26:57
Speaker
Love it.
00:26:57
Speaker
Okay.
00:26:58
Speaker
I like it.
00:26:59
Speaker
I like it a lot.
00:27:00
Speaker
Moving along for you, Bob.
00:27:01
Speaker
Number four, you drew the New England Patriots.
00:27:04
Speaker
We've already covered some of those.
00:27:06
Speaker
But let's take a peek.
00:27:08
Speaker
This weekend, they are hosting the Kansas City Chiefs.
00:27:13
Speaker
Hmm.
00:27:13
Speaker
Speaking of bitches.
00:27:19
Speaker
I think, yeah, Kansas City, sorry, not sorry.
00:27:21
Speaker
You lost some respecters and fans this weekend.
00:27:26
Speaker
Like Max so eloquently said, the one time your precious little offense and quarterback and coach don't get a call, which, by the way, the call was completely obvious.
00:27:36
Speaker
He was absolutely offsides.
00:27:38
Speaker
Hey, how about your receivers start catching passes and making sure they're not blatantly offsides?
00:27:43
Speaker
And then that awesome play would have stood.
00:27:44
Speaker
So good for the Bills.
00:27:46
Speaker
Got him.
00:27:48
Speaker
Got him.
Patriots and Belichick's Future
00:27:49
Speaker
Hey, Kansas City, you know who else is on the naughty list?
00:27:52
Speaker
Your quarterback.
00:27:53
Speaker
Anyways, all that to say, I do think you're going to be happy.
00:27:59
Speaker
Lucky for you, you're playing a three-win team.
00:28:01
Speaker
The Chiefs are going to win that game.
00:28:04
Speaker
Okay, perfect.
00:28:05
Speaker
I couldn't agree more.
00:28:07
Speaker
So we are just quickly moving along to the next week where they are playing NFL.
00:28:14
Speaker
In Mile High City, they are taking on the Denver Broncos.
00:28:17
Speaker
Oh, now we got... Oh, this is the Patriots, not the Chiefs.
00:28:20
Speaker
This is the Patriots.
00:28:21
Speaker
This is the Patriots still.
00:28:23
Speaker
Dang it.
00:28:23
Speaker
I was going to say, Chiefs Denver, you say.
00:28:25
Speaker
Interesting.
00:28:27
Speaker
This is chaos, baby.
00:28:28
Speaker
Ho, ho, ho.
00:28:30
Speaker
Okay, so we got Patriots and we got the Broncos.
00:28:33
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, this is going back to the days of Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning.
00:28:38
Speaker
Unfortunately, now you got...
00:28:40
Speaker
Bailey Zappi against Russell Wilson, not quite the one-two quarterback matchup we used to get so spoiled with.
00:28:48
Speaker
Also, speaking of the Patriots, since they're my team right now, did you see the report yesterday about the Belichick situation?
00:28:58
Speaker
No, it's the situation there.
00:29:00
Speaker
Ding, ding, ding.
00:29:01
Speaker
We got a nugget alert.
00:29:03
Speaker
Hope you're hungry.
00:29:04
Speaker
Hope you didn't fill up on too much medicine because as of last night, it was reported that after the Germany game a handful of weeks ago, internally, the Patriots decided that at the end of the season, they're moving on from the Belichick regime after 25 years.
00:29:20
Speaker
What?
00:29:22
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
00:29:23
Speaker
That is a hot news alert.
00:29:26
Speaker
Thanks for sharing that, Bob.
00:29:27
Speaker
That's crazy.
00:29:27
Speaker
Yes.
00:29:28
Speaker
Right, so don't shoot the messenger if it ends up not being the case.
00:29:31
Speaker
And Belichick is with his Husky drafting on draft night in April again.
00:29:37
Speaker
Can't say I'm too surprised.
00:29:39
Speaker
It seems like ever since Tom left, the seams have kind of been coming undone between Belichick and the management and owners.
00:29:46
Speaker
And the whole Belichick shtick of, meh, woe is me.
00:29:51
Speaker
I'm not going to answer any questions.
00:29:52
Speaker
We're getting ready for the next game onward and upward.
00:29:57
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it's definitely soured when they are winning three games in an entire season.
00:30:03
Speaker
So, yeah, a little nugget there for you.
00:30:06
Speaker
The most winning coach in NFL history.
00:30:09
Speaker
Looks like he's on the outs here in New England.
00:30:11
Speaker
Oh, boy, that's a big end to an era, if that is true.
00:30:17
Speaker
Obviously, he has done.
00:30:19
Speaker
An incredible amount for that football team.
00:30:22
Speaker
And I know Tom Brady and the rest of New England fans are forever grateful for his contributions.
00:30:29
Speaker
So that will be interesting to see what they do.
00:30:32
Speaker
That's a hard shadow to step into.
00:30:37
Speaker
That's a big one.
00:30:37
Speaker
That's a large shadow.
00:30:39
Speaker
And thank you for putting a little bow on top of that little Christmas present there.
00:30:43
Speaker
And now I'm able to move on, but wanted to update everybody on that when it was top of mind.
00:30:49
Speaker
But yeah, speaking of Broncos, speaking of Patriots, Broncos hot, Patriots not, even though they are coming off of a win.
00:30:56
Speaker
I think the Broncos are just going to keep on rolling.
00:30:59
Speaker
Speaking of them, they got a game on Saturday night, which I think we're both excited to watch.
00:31:03
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But in terms of next weekend, I think they're going to beat the Patriots.
00:31:06
Speaker
So give me the Broncos.
00:31:08
Speaker
Okay.
00:31:09
Speaker
Hard to argue there.
00:31:11
Speaker
And then finally, I already touched on this one, but of course, feel free to add anything that I missed.
00:31:16
Speaker
We've got the Patriots at Bills for week 17.
00:31:21
Speaker
For once in my life, I'm just going to keep my trap shut here.
00:31:24
Speaker
I'm going to agree with what you said.
00:31:26
Speaker
Give me Bills.
00:31:27
Speaker
Let's move on.
00:31:28
Speaker
Okay, you've got Bills, and we will move into the final team of the AFC East, the New York Jets.
00:31:36
Speaker
New York!
00:31:37
Speaker
New York!
00:31:39
Speaker
New York!
00:31:42
Speaker
And speaking of New York and the Jets, coming off of that big win against the Texans, this weekend we have a game we already hit on.
00:31:49
Speaker
They are going to South Beach to play the Reeling Dolphins.
00:31:54
Speaker
They are playing the Reeling Dolphins.
00:31:55
Speaker
Okay, well, I won't add too, too much idea,
00:32:00
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This is a harder one than I thought it would be, mostly because of their performance this past week.
00:32:05
Speaker
The Jets really showed up.
00:32:07
Speaker
And their defense clearly, I mean, we've been saying it all season long, has been phenomenal.
00:32:14
Speaker
So I don't know.
00:32:15
Speaker
I feel like if you can take some things away, some pieces away from the Miami offense, they're clearly, you can exploit them on defense.
00:32:23
Speaker
I don't know.
00:32:24
Speaker
Ultimately though, Zach Wilson, I still don't trust him.
00:32:27
Speaker
Yes.
00:32:27
Speaker
He had a flash of the pan this past weekend.
00:32:29
Speaker
So I won't add to too much more.
00:32:32
Speaker
I think ultimately I'm going to go with you on this one and say the Dolphins are going to take that win.
00:32:37
Speaker
Okay.
00:32:37
Speaker
Thank you for adding a little bit of juice there on top.
00:32:39
Speaker
And I agree.
00:32:40
Speaker
Yeah, definitely, definitely closer than I think anybody would have thought a couple of weeks ago.
00:32:45
Speaker
It's the NFL.
00:32:46
Speaker
So we shall see.
00:32:48
Speaker
And now making sure I'm saying the right game for next weekend.
00:32:51
Speaker
Perfect.
00:32:52
Speaker
We got the commanders moving into New York.
00:32:56
Speaker
in Meadowland.
00:32:57
Speaker
So yeah, commanders at jets Christmas Eve.
00:33:00
Speaker
Well, just based on what I see right now and making the decision, if I had to make it for today, I am going to go with the jets in this one.
00:33:09
Speaker
Shockingly.
00:33:10
Speaker
Uh, the commanders just don't have the stuff.
00:33:12
Speaker
They just don't have the stuff.
00:33:14
Speaker
Uh, the jets are still fighting for some stuff because they have this crazy idea that they're going to get Aaron Rogers back and they're still in the thick of things.
00:33:22
Speaker
Um,
00:33:23
Speaker
And the commanders, they're far out of it, in my opinion.
00:33:26
Speaker
So I'm going Jets.
00:33:28
Speaker
I agree.
00:33:29
Speaker
I got a question for you in regards to this game.
00:33:31
Speaker
If you are an owner of a team or a general manager and someone says Sam Howell or Aaron Rodgers right now to lead your franchise, who are you taking?
00:33:42
Speaker
I mean, believe it or not, well, I think most people would choose Aaron Rodgers, and I think I still probably would as well.
00:33:49
Speaker
But Sam Howell has been actually doing an incredible job in being as young as he is.
00:33:55
Speaker
He's been doing really, really well.
00:33:57
Speaker
I think that he's got a good career ahead of him, whereas Aaron Rodgers is a little older.
00:34:02
Speaker
But it depends.
00:34:03
Speaker
You're trying to win right now, you're trying to win in a few years.
00:34:05
Speaker
That's the question.
00:34:06
Speaker
Hey, you're the general manager, so it's up to you, but great answer.
00:34:11
Speaker
And is Rodgers on the nice list or the naughty list?
00:34:13
Speaker
Just wanted to check.
00:34:14
Speaker
Oh, naughty, always.
00:34:15
Speaker
Even though he's not a Packer, he's still on the naughty list?
00:34:17
Speaker
Not even up for debate.
00:34:18
Speaker
He's still on the naughty list.
00:34:20
Speaker
Okay, well, with that, I'd have to agree.
00:34:22
Speaker
He's going to get a bunch of coal.
00:34:24
Speaker
Sorry, not sorry, Aaron.
00:34:25
Speaker
And moving on to two weekends from now, we've got the Cleveland Browns coming into New York for a little New Year's Eve clash.
00:34:35
Speaker
Oh, this is a tough one.
00:34:37
Speaker
It is.
00:34:38
Speaker
Because it's the Joe Flacco-led Browns, which surprisingly, again, he did a phenomenal job coming in.
00:34:45
Speaker
But I don't know.
00:34:47
Speaker
Joe Flacco, he is an older guy, and there's nothing wrong with that.
00:34:51
Speaker
But you come in for a game or two, it might not catch up to you as much to have to play against these teams and take all these hits.
00:34:59
Speaker
Again, I think it's similar.
00:35:02
Speaker
You get some film on them with this team.
00:35:05
Speaker
Oh, boy.
00:35:06
Speaker
I don't know.
00:35:06
Speaker
The Browns are looking real hot right now, though.
00:35:09
Speaker
Until this weekend.
00:35:11
Speaker
Where is this game?
00:35:12
Speaker
I'm sorry.
00:35:13
Speaker
This is in New York.
00:35:15
Speaker
This is in New York.
00:35:16
Speaker
Oh, boy.
00:35:17
Speaker
Oh, boy.
00:35:17
Speaker
Oh, boy.
00:35:19
Speaker
Give me the Browns.
00:35:19
Speaker
Give me the Browns in this game.
00:35:21
Speaker
They're doing really well right now.
00:35:24
Speaker
I don't know that Joe Flacco is going to have the same type of game that he had this past weekend.
00:35:29
Speaker
But if he can manage enough...
00:35:31
Speaker
The Browns defense, I think, can stimmy some offenses, especially one led by, sorry, Zach Wilson.
00:35:39
Speaker
Is he on the nicest or the naughty list?
00:35:41
Speaker
I mean, I don't really have a problem with him.
00:35:44
Speaker
I just don't necessarily think he's got what it takes to be like a franchise QB.
00:35:49
Speaker
So he's on the medium list.
00:35:51
Speaker
I think most Jets fans would probably say absolutely bottom of the barrel.
00:35:55
Speaker
Give him a cold naughty list because he just stresses them out so much.
00:35:58
Speaker
So I would have to agree with all that.
00:36:00
Speaker
Great analysis.
00:36:01
Speaker
And that is the AFC East.
00:36:02
Speaker
Bada bing, bada boom.
00:36:03
Speaker
Look at that.
00:36:04
Speaker
Bada bing, bada boom.
00:36:05
Speaker
Let's jump over to the NFC East now.
00:36:09
Speaker
So kicking it off, you are going to take the Philadelphia Eagles.
00:36:15
Speaker
All right.
00:36:16
Speaker
Big T, big T. Big T, big T.
00:36:18
Speaker
Looking at week 15 for the Philadelphia Eagles, they are playing with the 12th man.
00:36:24
Speaker
They are traveling across the country to take on the Seattle Seahawks.
00:36:30
Speaker
This upcoming Monday night, tune in, December 18th.
00:36:34
Speaker
Monday night football, baby.
00:36:39
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, Eagles are definitely trending in the incorrect direction.
00:36:42
Speaker
No offense, Big T. I think it goes without saying anybody with two eyeballs watching these games, probably a little worried about the state of Philly right now.
00:36:52
Speaker
They did just probably play back-to-back the other two best teams,
00:36:56
Speaker
in the NFL, and they're finally coming out on the other side of the craziest gauntlet five weeks ever.
00:37:04
Speaker
So the fact they ended up going 3-2, I'm sure they would have, I don't know if they would have taken that because Philly fans are pretty confident, but I think just the way they lost to the Niners and the way they just got embarrassed on Sunday night,
00:37:19
Speaker
in Dallas is probably the most worrisome part of the last two weeks with that being said.
00:37:25
Speaker
And you said this is in Seattle, in Seattle, in Seattle.
00:37:30
Speaker
Tough place to play.
00:37:31
Speaker
Unfortunately for Seattle, I think they've lost like five straight games.
00:37:34
Speaker
They were like six and three.
00:37:36
Speaker
And I think they're six and seven.
00:37:37
Speaker
So I guess they've lost four in a row.
00:37:38
Speaker
They are,
00:37:40
Speaker
They are definitely stumbling at the worst time.
00:37:43
Speaker
Eagles are in dire need of a win.
00:37:46
Speaker
Seahawks are also in dire need of a win.
00:37:48
Speaker
I think the better team is going to get it done, and the better team, in my opinion, is Philadelphia.
00:37:54
Speaker
So give me Jalen Hurts.
00:37:56
Speaker
Give me Big T. Give me the Eagles.
00:37:59
Speaker
All right.
00:37:59
Speaker
You've got Jalen Hurts.
00:38:00
Speaker
You've got Big T, and you've got the Eagles.
00:38:02
Speaker
And I couldn't agree more.
00:38:04
Speaker
Jumping ahead, they're going to be playing on Christmas Day.
00:38:07
Speaker
Open up your presents if Christmas is something you celebrate.
00:38:11
Speaker
You know, make sure Santa came.
00:38:13
Speaker
Have some breakfast with the fam.
00:38:15
Speaker
And then turn on a little football.
00:38:17
Speaker
Why not?
00:38:17
Speaker
We've got a three-game back-to-back-to-back on Christmas Day.
00:38:22
Speaker
But they're smack dab in the middle, and they are hosting Tommy DeVito and New York Giants.
00:38:28
Speaker
Oh, DeVito, Christmas Day.
00:38:30
Speaker
Oh, Tommy DeVito.
00:38:31
Speaker
Get your turkey.
00:38:32
Speaker
Get your coffee cake.
00:38:34
Speaker
Get your coffee.
00:38:35
Speaker
Get your mimosa.
00:38:37
Speaker
Enjoy the holidays.
00:38:39
Speaker
This, unfortunately for Tommy, I think this is not going to be a super enjoyable Christmas for him or his gang.
00:38:49
Speaker
His fam, his newly really famous and hilarious agent who looks about as Italian as it gets.
00:38:56
Speaker
It's hard not to root for the Giants right now.
00:38:58
Speaker
It's just a fun story.
00:39:00
Speaker
New York's got a huge Italian population, so I'm sure they are absolutely loving every second of an otherwise pretty bummer of a year right after they made the playoffs.
00:39:10
Speaker
But yeah, Christmas Day playing the Eagles.
00:39:12
Speaker
Oof.
Eagles, Giants, and Commanders Predictions
00:39:13
Speaker
That's a tough task.
00:39:15
Speaker
Hope that everybody that's a Giants fan, Amo, Eli, baby, baby, don't tell me.
00:39:22
Speaker
Baby Ivy.
00:39:22
Speaker
Oh, my God.
00:39:23
Speaker
I said baby Ivy.
00:39:23
Speaker
Baby Ivy.
00:39:24
Speaker
There it is.
00:39:26
Speaker
My heart just went down to my freaking bum bum there for a second.
00:39:29
Speaker
Speaking of Naughty list, geez, Bob.
00:39:30
Speaker
It was bum bum.
00:39:32
Speaker
So yeah, Amo and Eli, I hope, I hope baby Ivy gets a ton of presents.
00:39:37
Speaker
I hope she's in her adorable little, uh, giants onesie that her favorite aunts got her.
00:39:42
Speaker
Um, and I hope that y'all are together and just enjoying the first Christmas for baby Ivy, because once this game kicks off, I don't think it's going to be super jolly.
00:39:51
Speaker
Not very Holly jolly.
00:39:52
Speaker
Uh, give me the Eagles against the giants.
00:39:54
Speaker
Sorry, Tommy.
00:39:55
Speaker
All right.
00:39:55
Speaker
All right.
00:39:56
Speaker
Not bad.
00:39:56
Speaker
Great analysis there and great shouts out.
00:39:59
Speaker
Glad you ended up remembering her name.
00:40:01
Speaker
Oh, geez.
00:40:02
Speaker
Zencaster, help me out here.
00:40:04
Speaker
Week 17, man, the Eagles got it cushy.
00:40:07
Speaker
As you said, they came out of a really tough little spell and they are headed into just, they are headed into Christmas already.
00:40:14
Speaker
Christmas came early for the Eagles because they are playing Arizona week 17.
00:40:19
Speaker
They're hosting the Cardinals.
00:40:21
Speaker
I'm not going to take any time on this.
00:40:22
Speaker
Give me the Cardinals.
00:40:23
Speaker
Okay.
00:40:25
Speaker
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
00:40:28
Speaker
I was expecting a reaction.
00:40:29
Speaker
I said, give me the Cardinals.
00:40:30
Speaker
You said, okay.
00:40:31
Speaker
Oh, you said, give me the Cardinals.
00:40:32
Speaker
Sorry.
00:40:33
Speaker
I was already on to generating my next random number for my NFC North, or I'm sorry, NFC East choices here.
00:40:40
Speaker
As you should have been.
00:40:41
Speaker
Obviously, I joke.
00:40:42
Speaker
That was naughty.
00:40:43
Speaker
Call me Mr. Grinch.
00:40:44
Speaker
Give me the Eagles.
00:40:45
Speaker
That's going to be, spoiler alert, our highest confidence of that week, I'm sure of it.
00:40:51
Speaker
All right.
00:40:52
Speaker
Yeah, I couldn't agree more.
00:40:54
Speaker
Okay, so next one for NFC East, I chose number one.
00:40:59
Speaker
So I'm going to take on the Dallas Cowboys for the next three weeks.
00:41:02
Speaker
Okay, let's hear it.
00:41:05
Speaker
Okay, who did they play?
00:41:07
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
00:41:07
Speaker
I was just waving at our wonderful and favorite
00:41:14
Speaker
guest host and Max wonderful wife, Nick, she was just in the background and I was waving at her and I totally forgot I had something.
00:41:21
Speaker
So we got, uh, we already went over this game, this game, but this upcoming weekend, we got Cowboys bills in, in Buffalo.
00:41:29
Speaker
Yep.
00:41:29
Speaker
So I already talked on that one so I can skip right ahead.
00:41:33
Speaker
I already said that.
00:41:34
Speaker
I think Buffalo is going to have that, that home field advantage.
00:41:37
Speaker
It's going to be nice and cold in New York and maybe a little too cold for back.
00:41:41
Speaker
Okay.
00:41:42
Speaker
You heard here first, upset alert, possibly on Christmas Eve, or I guess on the 17th, and jumping to Christmas Eve.
00:41:49
Speaker
Oh, man.
00:41:50
Speaker
Nick has my head in a freaking swivel right now.
00:41:52
Speaker
Going to Christmas Eve.
00:41:53
Speaker
It's chaos, folks.
00:41:54
Speaker
It's chaos.
00:41:55
Speaker
It's chaos.
00:41:56
Speaker
Thank you so much for adding to that, Nick.
00:41:58
Speaker
We got the Christmas cast.
00:41:58
Speaker
We love it.
00:42:00
Speaker
Speaking of Christmas and chaos, this game is going to be wild.
00:42:03
Speaker
I already hit on this one, but would love to hear anything you may have to add.
00:42:07
Speaker
uh dac and the cowboys are heading to south beach for a uh a hot and sunny christmas eve against the dolphins okay so i think you already chose the cowboys correct me if i'm wrong i did you're correct and i would have to i would have to agree with you there i think the cowboys are going to be able to win against miami i think they're gonna be able to stop that offense and keep the ball rolling
00:42:32
Speaker
Okay.
00:42:32
Speaker
And I know who they play next.
00:42:35
Speaker
And I'm sure you can see my Grinch-like smile over here.
00:42:38
Speaker
I cannot wait to hear what you have to think about this game on the 30th primetime.
00:42:45
Speaker
We got the Cowboys hosting the scuffling Detroit Lions.
00:42:51
Speaker
You didn't have to add scuffling.
00:42:53
Speaker
Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:42:54
Speaker
I don't know how that slipped off.
00:42:54
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
00:42:55
Speaker
You definitely belong on the naughty list.
00:42:57
Speaker
Oh!
00:42:59
Speaker
I hate to say it, but they're hosting.
00:43:01
Speaker
They have been playing lights out at home.
00:43:04
Speaker
Yeah, it's going to be a bloodbath, unfortunately.
00:43:09
Speaker
I think the Cowboys are going to win, and I don't know that.
00:43:13
Speaker
I don't know.
00:43:13
Speaker
We'll see.
00:43:15
Speaker
I am scared.
00:43:16
Speaker
You did not need to say bloodbath there.
00:43:18
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:43:19
Speaker
Jared Goff covered your ears.
00:43:20
Speaker
The Cowboys are going to win that game, for sure.
00:43:24
Speaker
Can't say I disagree with that one.
00:43:25
Speaker
Moving on.
00:43:26
Speaker
Yeah, I didn't think so.
00:43:29
Speaker
All right, so next up, you are going to discuss the Washington Commanders, which means I get the Tommy DeVito, New York Giants.
00:43:39
Speaker
Oh, she gets the Italian Stallion.
00:43:41
Speaker
And I'll do it all in the Italian accent.
00:43:44
Speaker
Okay, so for the Washington Commanders, this upcoming weekend, they are traveling over to the new and improved, somewhat hot as of late, Los Angeles Rams.
00:43:56
Speaker
Okay, so...
00:43:57
Speaker
Commanders are coming off a bye.
00:44:00
Speaker
Other than Howell, I kind of like Antonio Gibson.
00:44:02
Speaker
I just picked him up in one of my fantasy leagues for the playoff push.
00:44:06
Speaker
Antonio, don't let me down.
00:44:08
Speaker
You'll be swimming with the fishies.
00:44:10
Speaker
But...
00:44:11
Speaker
Yeah, Rams, like you said, so eloquently.
00:44:13
Speaker
Good word, Bobby.
00:44:14
Speaker
You've said that a couple times.
00:44:15
Speaker
Yes, thank you.
00:44:17
Speaker
Stafford is maybe getting back into the good graces and back to the nice list in L.A.
00:44:22
Speaker
after a very lackluster and injury-ridden 2022 season.
00:44:28
Speaker
The Rams seem like they're kind of buzzing again.
00:44:31
Speaker
They took Baltimore into overtime in L.A.
00:44:35
Speaker
Baltimore last weekend and the Rams, believe it or not, heading into week 15 are currently tied for the last wildcard spot in the NFC.
00:44:44
Speaker
That is a fun and unexpected storyline to watch moving forward.
00:44:49
Speaker
And yeah, I think Puka and Cooper, they got some cool names on that team.
00:44:53
Speaker
Puka.
00:44:54
Speaker
Cooper, Kyron, all great offensive weapons.
00:44:59
Speaker
Give me the cool name.
00:45:01
Speaker
Matthew, the coolest.
00:45:02
Speaker
Aaron.
00:45:03
Speaker
I mean, the list goes on and on.
00:45:05
Speaker
Sean, the coach.
00:45:07
Speaker
So many cool, unique names.
00:45:09
Speaker
Give me the unique name squad.
00:45:11
Speaker
I'm going Rambos.
00:45:13
Speaker
All right.
00:45:14
Speaker
Rambos it is.
00:45:16
Speaker
And things are tough against some defenses coming up for the Commanders because then they go and take on the New York Jets, which I know we already discussed a bit, but feel free to add anything that we missed.
00:45:26
Speaker
We did.
00:45:27
Speaker
Thank you for reminding me on that one because I would have dove right into the exact same analysis.
00:45:31
Speaker
Yeah, I took Jets earlier.
00:45:32
Speaker
I'm still sticking with the Jets.
00:45:34
Speaker
Okay, perfect.
00:45:36
Speaker
And finally, rounding out the three weeks for the Washington Commanders, they will be, oh, man, things are still not getting easier.
00:45:44
Speaker
it's getting harder.
00:45:45
Speaker
Actually, they're going to be hosting the red hot first team to clinch a playoff spot.
00:45:51
Speaker
San Francisco 49ers.
00:45:54
Speaker
I mean, I just got to give a shout out to the Niners fam.
00:45:57
Speaker
San Fran represent San Fran.
00:46:00
Speaker
Where are we at?
00:46:01
Speaker
Who?
00:46:02
Speaker
I mean, I don't know if I'm going to, I don't know if I'm going to get any more games with the Niners.
00:46:09
Speaker
So I just got to do a quick 30 second.
00:46:11
Speaker
Cause we got about 14 minutes to do the next.
00:46:14
Speaker
30 some odd in game.
00:46:14
Speaker
So I'm going to really hyperspeed this Niners are far and away the best team in football.
00:46:20
Speaker
If those guys can stay healthy, I would be shocked if they didn't win the NFC and represent in the Super Bowl in Las Vegas here in a couple of months.
00:46:30
Speaker
Niners are unbelievable.
00:46:32
Speaker
They are juggernauts.
00:46:34
Speaker
I don't know if the Brock Purdy for MVP is warranted.
00:46:37
Speaker
That's a little much.
00:46:38
Speaker
I think there's a more deserving people than him.
00:46:41
Speaker
I mean, unbelievable story though, from Mr. Irrelevant and he kind of became relevant about a year ago around this time is when we were like, who is this guy last pick to leading the Niners into the playoffs?
00:46:55
Speaker
But yeah, I mean, obviously the Niners are going to win that game.
00:46:57
Speaker
So yeah,
00:46:57
Speaker
We can save some time like I didn't just spend 120 seconds talking about them.
00:47:03
Speaker
Perfect.
00:47:03
Speaker
Okay.
00:47:04
Speaker
I like it.
00:47:04
Speaker
And that rounds it out for the commanders.
00:47:06
Speaker
They've got a tough three week schedule coming up here.
00:47:09
Speaker
So that leaves me with Tommy DeVito in the New York Giants.
00:47:16
Speaker
Italiano.
00:47:17
Speaker
Who we play.
00:47:18
Speaker
Parmigiano.
00:47:19
Speaker
Parmigiano.
00:47:20
Speaker
Parmigiano.
00:47:22
Speaker
Bolling-ne.
00:47:23
Speaker
Is that that Italian dish, Bolling-ness?
00:47:26
Speaker
Sure.
00:47:27
Speaker
We'll go with that.
00:47:28
Speaker
All right, let's hear it.
00:47:30
Speaker
Okay, who are they playing?
00:47:32
Speaker
I was actually prepared that time.
00:47:35
Speaker
They, this weekend, are heading down to the Bayou to play the Saints.
00:47:40
Speaker
Oh, okay.
00:47:42
Speaker
Tommy DeVito, you might have a shot here with the... Oh, sorry.
00:47:45
Speaker
Did you want me to keep the exit going the whole time?
00:47:48
Speaker
Yeah, what the heck?
00:47:48
Speaker
Okay, I will.
00:47:49
Speaker
Me and everybody listening in.
00:47:50
Speaker
You might have a shot here, Tommy, because you're playing against the Saints, and the Saints are kind of struggling a bit.
00:47:57
Speaker
And that was a little bit British tucked in there.
00:48:01
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:48:02
Speaker
Keep it going.
00:48:03
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:48:04
Speaker
This is unbelievable.
00:48:06
Speaker
She has just got this character in her back pocket.
00:48:08
Speaker
Okay.
00:48:09
Speaker
Let me hang on here.
00:48:10
Speaker
Let me get it back together.
00:48:12
Speaker
I'm trying to decide who I'm picking.
00:48:15
Speaker
Also, I'll stall him a little bit.
00:48:18
Speaker
I think the reality is, let's see, the Saints, kind of out of it.
00:48:23
Speaker
The Giants, kind of out of it.
00:48:25
Speaker
But they're hot.
00:48:26
Speaker
They're red hot.
00:48:27
Speaker
Give me the Giants.
00:48:28
Speaker
Okay.
00:48:30
Speaker
Give him Tommy.
00:48:31
Speaker
Give her Tommy.
00:48:32
Speaker
Give him Tommy.
00:48:33
Speaker
He's looking red hot.
00:48:34
Speaker
He's trying to clinch a quarterback spot moving forward for the Giants.
00:48:39
Speaker
Give him Tommy.
00:48:40
Speaker
She wanted the Italian Stallion.
00:48:41
Speaker
She got him.
00:48:42
Speaker
Giants it is.
00:48:43
Speaker
Love it.
00:48:44
Speaker
Unfortunately, as we just said, Christmas Day gets a little harder in Philadelphia.
00:48:52
Speaker
Are they going to be the city of brotherly love on Christmas to Tommy?
00:48:56
Speaker
We'll see.
00:48:57
Speaker
Don't think so.
00:48:58
Speaker
No, I think Tommy's going to lose that game.
00:49:00
Speaker
And sorry, Tommy, but at least it's Christmas.
00:49:04
Speaker
Merry Christmas.
00:49:05
Speaker
Sorry for the loss.
00:49:06
Speaker
Merry Christmas, you filthy animal.
00:49:11
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:49:11
Speaker
I want this to go forever.
00:49:13
Speaker
And the last game, New Year's Eve in New York in front of the Italian faithful.
00:49:19
Speaker
We got...
00:49:22
Speaker
The crazy name crew.
00:49:23
Speaker
Matthew Stafford led Rams coming into New York.
00:49:28
Speaker
Who you got?
00:49:29
Speaker
Tommy, I hate to say it, man, but you're going to be swimming with the fishes that night.
00:49:34
Speaker
Matthew Stafford coming in with the Los Angeles Rams.
00:49:39
Speaker
And, oh, boy, I don't know.
00:49:40
Speaker
They got connections in New York, too.
00:49:42
Speaker
So, sorry, Tommy.
00:49:44
Speaker
It's going to the Rams.
00:49:46
Speaker
Oh, my.
00:49:46
Speaker
So, he's going to be in the bottom of the New York River to start 2024 is what you're saying.
00:49:49
Speaker
He's going to be in the bottom of the ocean.
00:49:51
Speaker
He's got cement around his feet.
00:49:54
Speaker
My cousin, he's coming for you, Tommy.
00:49:57
Speaker
And that's Matthew Stafford.
00:49:59
Speaker
Oh my gosh, you said match you.
00:50:03
Speaker
I don't know who you are anymore.
00:50:04
Speaker
I don't know where this came from, but a little golf clap.
00:50:07
Speaker
That was very, very well done.
00:50:10
Speaker
For any of our Italian audience listening in straight from Sicily.
00:50:13
Speaker
Oh no, I would...
00:50:17
Speaker
I was going to say, from our Sicily fam listening from Italia, please let us know how she did.
00:50:23
Speaker
I feel like she killed it.
00:50:24
Speaker
I feel like not great, so please don't take offense.
00:50:27
Speaker
Maybe send some fresh pasta, Max Wade, to say thanks.
00:50:31
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:50:32
Speaker
That's hilarious.
00:50:33
Speaker
Unbelievable.
00:50:35
Speaker
That was awesome.
00:50:36
Speaker
Moving along, let's jump back to the AFC North.
00:50:41
Speaker
You're up first.
00:50:42
Speaker
You are going to take on number three in the standings, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:50:49
Speaker
Mitch Trubisky.
00:50:52
Speaker
Good thing you got that, because I would not be calling him that.
00:50:56
Speaker
Let's be honest.
00:50:57
Speaker
Well, thank God.
00:50:58
Speaker
Then I got him in that case.
00:51:00
Speaker
This upcoming weekend, the struggling Pittsburgh Steelers are taking on the Indianapolis Colts.
00:51:07
Speaker
All right.
00:51:08
Speaker
The, uh, the Steelers and the Colts, another one of those games that on the schedule, you'd be like, wow, this is going to be a heavy hitter.
00:51:15
Speaker
Uh, Steelers are struggling a little bit.
00:51:17
Speaker
They have lost back to back inexplicable games at Heinz field.
00:51:21
Speaker
Yes.
00:51:22
Speaker
I am still calling it Heinz.
00:51:25
Speaker
Acro sure, whatever the heck it is.
00:51:26
Speaker
Sure.
00:51:27
Speaker
Acro sure.
00:51:28
Speaker
Uh, it's Heinz to me and it's going to stay Heinz.
00:51:31
Speaker
All right.
00:51:31
Speaker
No more telling.
00:51:32
Speaker
Uh,
00:51:33
Speaker
Yeah, I got to air some grievances out here.
00:51:38
Speaker
I was texting Mac on Thursday night.
00:51:40
Speaker
We had a pretty high confidence level on the Steelers.
00:51:44
Speaker
And she called Mitch the B word with a hard B. She said, thanks, bitch.
00:51:50
Speaker
And I said, bitch, Trubisky, that's his name.
00:51:53
Speaker
And Santa, if you're listening in, I know you are from the North Pole.
00:51:56
Speaker
I think that's pretty warranted of the naughty list alone as is.
00:52:01
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I obviously defend my guy.
00:52:05
Speaker
I love Mitch.
00:52:06
Speaker
He gave me some great memories back in 2018.
00:52:10
Speaker
And obviously, he's still a Bears fan because he, in those two losses to the Cardinals and the Patriots, basically guaranteed that the Bears are going to end up with the number one pick in April.
00:52:21
Speaker
So, Mitch, I'm going to send you some Christmas swag.
00:52:24
Speaker
Thank you for still supporting your Chicago brothers and sisters.
00:52:28
Speaker
With that being said, I love you.
00:52:31
Speaker
You're still QB1 in my eyes, but you're not going to beat the Colts.
00:52:35
Speaker
So give me Indy on Sunday.
00:52:37
Speaker
All right.
00:52:37
Speaker
You've got Indy on Sunday.
00:52:40
Speaker
Let's see.
00:52:41
Speaker
Do you think week 16 that they can take on divisional foe, the Cincinnati Bengals?
00:52:49
Speaker
Oh, speaking of a naughty and nice lists, the brand new quarterback Browning, Jake Browning, Browning.
00:52:58
Speaker
He is a,
00:53:02
Speaker
He is surprising a lot of people.
00:53:04
Speaker
I'm sure he's making a lot of Cincinnati natives super happy, super proud.
00:53:10
Speaker
He has not single-handedly, but been a huge part of keeping them in the playoff picture in the AFC.
00:53:16
Speaker
And I think that is going to continue.
00:53:19
Speaker
I don't know where the game is.
00:53:20
Speaker
Did you say in since you're in pit?
00:53:22
Speaker
That game is, oh, I'm sorry.
00:53:26
Speaker
Stand by.
00:53:27
Speaker
Standing by.
00:53:29
Speaker
Standing, standing.
00:53:31
Speaker
That game is in Pittsburgh.
00:53:35
Speaker
It's in Pittsburgh.
00:53:36
Speaker
Honestly, to be honest, I don't know why I asked that.
00:53:38
Speaker
It doesn't matter.
00:53:38
Speaker
They just lost at home to the Cardinals.
00:53:40
Speaker
Thanks for making me look at that.
00:53:42
Speaker
Yep, you're welcome.
00:53:43
Speaker
Thank you for being on top of that.
00:53:45
Speaker
But yeah, they just lost at home to the Cardinals.
00:53:47
Speaker
They lost at home to the Patriots.
00:53:49
Speaker
They sure ain't winning at home to anybody, especially not the Bengals.
00:53:53
Speaker
Give me Cincy.
00:53:54
Speaker
Give me Browning.
00:53:56
Speaker
Give me another Steelers loss.
00:53:58
Speaker
Okay, another Steelers loss.
00:54:00
Speaker
And this one might be a little more close.
00:54:02
Speaker
Depends on how you view it.
00:54:05
Speaker
Maybe not.
00:54:05
Speaker
It probably wouldn't be for me.
00:54:07
Speaker
But looking ahead, week 17, they are traveling across the country to take on the Seattle Seahawks.
00:54:14
Speaker
Hmm.
00:54:16
Speaker
Seattle struggling.
00:54:18
Speaker
Steelers struggling.
00:54:22
Speaker
Let's see here.
00:54:23
Speaker
Give me the Seahawks.
00:54:24
Speaker
Steelers lose five in a row.
00:54:25
Speaker
Trubisky, I love you.
00:54:27
Speaker
It's Mitch with an M. You're always on my nice list.
00:54:30
Speaker
You're always getting free swag for making waves.
00:54:33
Speaker
But you're not winning any of those games.
00:54:35
Speaker
Give me Seattle.
00:54:36
Speaker
Give me Gino.
00:54:37
Speaker
Don't write back, man.
00:54:39
Speaker
Oh, boy.
00:54:40
Speaker
All right.
00:54:41
Speaker
Sounds good.
00:54:42
Speaker
Sorry, Mitch.
00:54:42
Speaker
Things are not looking good for you.
00:54:45
Speaker
Get back on the bench, if you know what I mean.
00:54:47
Speaker
Oh, that was a next one.
00:54:49
Speaker
I'm taking on random number generator.
00:54:52
Speaker
Beep, boop, beep, boop.
00:54:53
Speaker
Number two, the Cleveland Browns.
00:54:56
Speaker
All right, the Browns.
00:54:57
Speaker
I don't know if the fans can hear that really realistic beep, boop, beep, boop.
00:55:00
Speaker
That was the actual generator, not Mac.
00:55:03
Speaker
My co-host making that noise.
00:55:04
Speaker
Just wanted to make that clear.
00:55:05
Speaker
But the Brownies...
00:55:09
Speaker
This weekend, be nice.
00:55:11
Speaker
They're at home, be nice.
00:55:13
Speaker
Against the Red Hot, be nice.
00:55:15
Speaker
Chicago Bears, be nice.
00:55:17
Speaker
They're against the Chicago Bears, who, if I'm honest, did look very good against my boys.
00:55:25
Speaker
See, how's that for a nice list?
00:55:27
Speaker
They look good.
00:55:29
Speaker
Justin Fields, I mean, he's coming out.
00:55:31
Speaker
He's trying to prove that he belongs on this team.
00:55:33
Speaker
There's a lot of talk that he is out the door after this season.
00:55:38
Speaker
He is definitely giving them something to think about with his scrambling.
00:55:42
Speaker
I think he's still got to get a little more pocket presence, work on the throws a little bit and stay calm.
00:55:48
Speaker
But the scrambling is definitely an asset for them.
00:55:51
Speaker
And he has been able to rip –
00:55:54
Speaker
a lot of teams apart, specifically my boys in that area.
00:55:57
Speaker
So got to give them kudos for kudos are due.
00:55:59
Speaker
Thank you.
00:56:00
Speaker
But they're going up against the Browns
Browns vs. Bears and Ravens vs. 49ers Insights
00:56:03
Speaker
who...
00:56:04
Speaker
My boys' defense has really been our weakness, especially after the bye.
00:56:10
Speaker
The Browns, on the other hand, have been doing a pretty solid job on defense.
00:56:17
Speaker
Again, they're playing with Joe Flacco, but I think as long as he can manage a game, their defense is going to keep them in enough games and keep things close.
00:56:26
Speaker
So I think I do got to go with the Browns, especially if it is in Cleveland.
00:56:29
Speaker
I'm sorry.
00:56:30
Speaker
Okay, sorry.
00:56:31
Speaker
I was just canceling a package that I had sending your way.
00:56:34
Speaker
It was a really cool Christmas package.
00:56:36
Speaker
A lot of awesome things in there.
00:56:38
Speaker
And delivery canceled.
00:56:40
Speaker
Yeah, okay.
00:56:41
Speaker
Okay.
00:56:42
Speaker
Well, you played yourself there.
00:56:44
Speaker
That was a nice analysis, though, and I appreciate the compliment.
00:56:50
Speaker
So, you know, maybe you are.
00:56:52
Speaker
You're way closer.
00:56:53
Speaker
Because apparently you called me on Sunday, so I have something to make up for, supposedly.
00:56:58
Speaker
Apparently.
00:56:59
Speaker
Supposedly.
00:57:02
Speaker
It's unbelievable, folks.
00:57:03
Speaker
I wish I could take you back to Sunday a couple weekends ago, but alas, I can't.
00:57:07
Speaker
And, you know, we're just like a couple Rams banging heads right now, and you've got to love it.
00:57:11
Speaker
You've got to love it.
00:57:12
Speaker
Was that a segue?
00:57:13
Speaker
Are they playing the Rams next?
00:57:15
Speaker
See, that would have been a perfect segue, unfortunately they're not.
00:57:18
Speaker
They are playing another similar animal to a ram, though.
00:57:22
Speaker
A ram or an animal with horns.
00:57:25
Speaker
Close to a goat.
00:57:26
Speaker
A Texan.
00:57:27
Speaker
They got some horns.
00:57:28
Speaker
Oh, a Texan.
00:57:29
Speaker
Yes.
00:57:29
Speaker
Okay.
00:57:30
Speaker
Oh, boy.
00:57:31
Speaker
Okay.
00:57:31
Speaker
We're moving into the Texans.
00:57:32
Speaker
So Texans.
00:57:34
Speaker
Fell the freak apart this past weekend against the Jets.
00:57:38
Speaker
I will say CJ Straub went down with a concussion.
00:57:42
Speaker
There's potential he might not be back this weekend just because they are trying to evaluate how he's doing concussion-wise.
00:57:50
Speaker
But that was pretty late in the game, and they let up all those points to freaking Zach Wilson.
00:57:57
Speaker
Texans, what you doing?
00:57:59
Speaker
What you doing?
00:57:59
Speaker
This game is in Houston, you said.
00:58:02
Speaker
Against the, who am I even evaluating?
00:58:05
Speaker
Oh, the Cleveland Browns.
00:58:07
Speaker
This girl is all over the place, folks.
00:58:08
Speaker
Oh, I am all over the place.
00:58:10
Speaker
I was, for some reason, thinking I was still talking about Chicago.
00:58:14
Speaker
She loves the Bears.
00:58:16
Speaker
Oh boy.
00:58:16
Speaker
Let's see.
00:58:17
Speaker
The Texans versus the Browns.
00:58:19
Speaker
That's actually going to be a very good game.
00:58:22
Speaker
And, oh, this could be really big for the Texans, making it to the playoffs or not.
00:58:29
Speaker
I don't know.
00:58:31
Speaker
I think that the, I'm going to give this one to the Texans.
00:58:36
Speaker
I think that they can, they can get it together.
00:58:38
Speaker
I think they can get it together.
00:58:40
Speaker
And Steve Strout, when he's on, he was very, very off this past weekend.
00:58:45
Speaker
He was on.
00:58:46
Speaker
He's been picking some teams apart.
00:58:48
Speaker
He has been.
00:58:49
Speaker
He's picking them just like a Christmas rotisserie chicken that Nan serves us every year.
00:58:54
Speaker
And I can't wait for that.
00:58:56
Speaker
Speaking of Texans real quick, just a little injury update.
00:58:58
Speaker
And I know we're going to keep an eye on this.
00:59:00
Speaker
CJ Strout left in concussion protocol.
00:59:03
Speaker
Nico Collins left the game and they had a couple of big injuries last week as well.
00:59:06
Speaker
So Texans are a banged up crew.
00:59:10
Speaker
So just for me and you sake, we're going to have to keep an eye on that one.
00:59:14
Speaker
All right.
00:59:14
Speaker
We will indeed.
00:59:15
Speaker
And the last one, the Texans, or I'm sorry, who did the Browns have the last day week 17th?
00:59:20
Speaker
Yes, it is a Thursday night game.
00:59:21
Speaker
It is a game that we've already covered.
00:59:23
Speaker
It is the Jets in Cleveland.
00:59:27
Speaker
Oh, it's the Jets.
00:59:28
Speaker
It's the Jets.
00:59:29
Speaker
Oh, okay.
00:59:30
Speaker
So, yep, we've already covered that.
00:59:32
Speaker
I believe we both are going with the Browns there.
00:59:34
Speaker
So that wraps that one up.
00:59:36
Speaker
Okay.
00:59:37
Speaker
And speaking of wrapping it up, we are at an hour and 12 seconds.
00:59:41
Speaker
So I think we're going to wrap it up.
00:59:43
Speaker
Perfect.
00:59:44
Speaker
Let's just call it a day.
00:59:45
Speaker
Great.
00:59:47
Speaker
All right, you have beep-boop-beep-boop number four, the Cincinnati Bengals.
00:59:52
Speaker
You get to talk about Jake Browning, who you've been really hyping up the past couple weeks.
00:59:56
Speaker
Tell us what you got.
00:59:57
Speaker
They're playing this weekend against the Minnesota Vikings in a Saturday triple header.
01:00:03
Speaker
I'm pumped for the Saturday triple header.
01:00:06
Speaker
I'm really pumped for two out of the three games.
01:00:08
Speaker
This is not one of the games I'm pumped for.
01:00:11
Speaker
I am pumped in terms of fantasy.
01:00:13
Speaker
I'm in three fantasy playoff leagues.
01:00:15
Speaker
I have Justin Jefferson and Hawkinson in my big money league.
01:00:18
Speaker
So I am going to be paying close attention to this one.
01:00:21
Speaker
But yeah, I mean, if you would have told me at the start of the season that this game was going to be led by not Kirk Cousins and Joe Burrow, but,
01:00:30
Speaker
And I think Josh Jobs just got benched.
01:00:31
Speaker
I don't know.
01:00:31
Speaker
There was something Mullins and Jake Browning.
01:00:35
Speaker
Nick Mullins.
01:00:36
Speaker
Nick Mullins.
01:00:36
Speaker
See, this girl is on top of it.
01:00:38
Speaker
Thank you so much, McKenz.
01:00:39
Speaker
You said this game is in Minneapolis.
01:00:41
Speaker
This game is, yes.
01:00:44
Speaker
No, I'm sorry.
01:00:45
Speaker
This game is in Cincinnati.
01:00:47
Speaker
You know what?
01:00:47
Speaker
I think Cincinnati is going to stay hot.
01:00:49
Speaker
I think the Lions are going to keep getting help from people below them chasing them.
01:00:54
Speaker
You know what?
01:00:55
Speaker
Give me Cincy.
01:00:56
Speaker
Give me Browning.
01:00:57
Speaker
And also, I'll take a Brownie right now because I'm hungry.
01:01:01
Speaker
I will give you Cincy.
01:01:02
Speaker
I'll give you Browning.
01:01:03
Speaker
I don't have a Brownie for you, though.
01:01:06
Speaker
Thanks for nothing.
01:01:08
Speaker
We've already covered this next one.
01:01:10
Speaker
It is Bengals at Pittsburgh.
01:01:13
Speaker
And you covered that one and you went with the Bengals.
01:01:16
Speaker
So I'm guessing probably nothing more to add.
01:01:18
Speaker
You don't want me to go into a couple more minutes just to talk my way around it again?
01:01:24
Speaker
Give me the Steelers.
01:01:26
Speaker
Just kidding.
01:01:26
Speaker
Sticking with the Bengals.
01:01:28
Speaker
And who do they got in three weekends?
01:01:30
Speaker
In three weekends, this gets a little more interesting.
01:01:32
Speaker
I'm excited to hear what you have to say.
01:01:34
Speaker
They are traveling to Arrowhead to take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
01:01:39
Speaker
Oh, this is an interesting game.
01:01:40
Speaker
The AFC championship game rematch.
01:01:43
Speaker
Unfortunately, it's not Burrow versus Mahomes.
01:01:47
Speaker
Oh man.
01:01:48
Speaker
Chiefs.
01:01:49
Speaker
Chiefs have definitely come back to reality.
01:01:52
Speaker
I think Taylor Swift's probably getting ready to leave Travis because she's like, I don't like this losing thing.
01:01:56
Speaker
I'm sure she's like, I am out.
01:01:58
Speaker
I thought you were a winner.
01:02:00
Speaker
Right.
01:02:00
Speaker
She's like, I got another worldwide tour to go on.
01:02:04
Speaker
I can't stand all these L's that people are throwing my way.
01:02:07
Speaker
It was a lot more fun when her and Brittany Mahomes were giving each other chest bumps and seeing W's.
01:02:12
Speaker
Yeah.
01:02:13
Speaker
Chiefs.
01:02:13
Speaker
I mean, I just have a weird sour taste in my mouth.
01:02:16
Speaker
And tell me if you disagree after that Sunday and the game fiasco, I just don't like the chiefs at all anymore.
01:02:22
Speaker
Like I don't want to see them win.
01:02:24
Speaker
Yeah.
01:02:25
Speaker
I did not feel good about the way that that all went down.
01:02:30
Speaker
Yeah, that was not great.
01:02:31
Speaker
That was not great, in my opinion.
01:02:33
Speaker
Wasn't great.
01:02:35
Speaker
But they're still the champs until someone fully knocks them off.
01:02:38
Speaker
Their pedestal.
01:02:39
Speaker
They're still in first place.
01:02:41
Speaker
Barely.
01:02:41
Speaker
Broncos are saying, let's ride.
01:02:43
Speaker
Here we come.
01:02:45
Speaker
And you said this is an arrowhead?
01:02:47
Speaker
This is an arrowhead.
01:02:49
Speaker
As much as I want this episode to be two and a half hours and just to keep talking because we got a couple weeks off, I'm going to save a little bit of time here because time is money, and I'm going to save some moolah.
01:02:58
Speaker
Give me the Chiefs.
01:02:59
Speaker
Okay.
01:03:01
Speaker
You got the Chiefs.
01:03:03
Speaker
And you got the Ravens.
01:03:04
Speaker
Yep.
01:03:05
Speaker
And last team for the, what division are we even in?
01:03:09
Speaker
The AFC North is the Baltimore Ravens.
01:03:12
Speaker
Oh, we got an exciting one for you.
01:03:15
Speaker
We got the Ravens.
01:03:16
Speaker
We got another first place AFC team.
01:03:19
Speaker
We got the Jags.
01:03:21
Speaker
We got Sunday night football in the beautiful state of Florida, the Sunshine State.
01:03:28
Speaker
Against who, you said?
01:03:30
Speaker
The Jags.
01:03:30
Speaker
Sorry, I just heard Florida.
01:03:31
Speaker
Oh, against the Jags.
01:03:32
Speaker
Sorry, yes.
01:03:33
Speaker
No, no, you might have said it.
01:03:34
Speaker
I just heard Florida.
01:03:36
Speaker
But okay, against the Jags.
01:03:37
Speaker
Yes.
01:03:37
Speaker
Interesting.
01:03:38
Speaker
Okay, so I think that this is going to be a pretty solid game.
01:03:43
Speaker
The Jags have been looking good.
01:03:44
Speaker
Trevor Lawrence, though, with that ankle injury, I know he still played, but he is definitely a bit banged up.
01:03:51
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And I think we saw that very clearly this past weekend against the Browns.
01:03:54
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Again, another solid team.
01:03:56
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But if there's another solid defense that they're about to face, the Jags, that's the Ravens.
01:04:01
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Because the Ravens are red hot.
01:04:04
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And I am certainly going with Edgar Allen Poe here.
01:04:07
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I'm going with Baltimore to keep things spicy and to get an 11th win this weekend.
01:04:14
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Okay.
01:04:15
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Love it.
01:04:17
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Edgar Allen Poe, Ravens, Sunday Night Football, you heard it here first.
01:04:20
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And is there a podcast in the world that references Edgar Allen Poe more than us?
01:04:25
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I don't think so.
01:04:27
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Probably not.
01:04:28
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Honestly, probably not.
01:04:31
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I'm going to go with the probs not, but something I definitely, for sure, not probably, absolutely know is on Christmas night, I will be parking my booty on the couch to watch this one, 715 Central, 815 Eastern.
01:04:48
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We got the Baltimore Ravens heading to San Fran to play the 49ers.
01:04:54
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You have got a juicy game on your hands here, my friend.
01:04:57
Speaker
What do you got?
01:05:00
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Oh my gosh, the Ravens 49ers.
01:05:03
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Yikes.
01:05:03
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Okay, that's a good game.
01:05:05
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That is one that even Santa will be watching because that's a good one right there.
01:05:11
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Oh boy.
01:05:13
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This is potentially a Super Bowl preview.
01:05:17
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The Ravens are pretty close to locking up that number one seed.
01:05:21
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Things are going to be running through Baltimore, I think, in this postseason for the AFC.
01:05:28
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This is tough because we have two incredible defenses, two incredible offenses.
01:05:36
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Oh my gosh.
01:05:38
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Folks, this is hard.
01:05:40
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This is really tough.
01:05:41
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This is really tough because from what we've seen from the 49ers after their little
01:05:48
Speaker
Their little fallout there for a few game stretches with all those injuries is they just seem absolutely unbeatable.
01:05:57
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But on the other hand, you have the Ravens who also seem unbeatable.
01:06:01
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However, they were almost beaten by the Rams.
01:06:04
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So I think I'm going with the home field advantage here.
01:06:07
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I think I'm going with the 49ers in this game, but that's a tight one.
01:06:10
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That could truly go either way.
01:06:12
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Totally agreed.
01:06:14
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Super Bowl preview, perhaps.
01:06:16
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We'll see.
01:06:16
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Really could be.
01:06:16
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A lot can happen in the NFL.
01:06:17
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Really could be.
01:06:19
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I also love when you talk your way around things and then end up getting yourself to who you want to go with.
01:06:23
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No, and I'm not, I'm being sincere.
01:06:25
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I think it's great that you like you.
01:06:27
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Cause when I talk about things, I usually take the audience one way and I'm like, psych, I'm going this way.
01:06:32
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You both, you really talk.
01:06:34
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I try.
01:06:36
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I try.
01:06:37
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And I, you're, you guys are really getting a very clear picture into how both Bob and I are making these decisions.
01:06:43
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And I honestly, when I'm like making picks, I'm like, Oh, but it could be this.
01:06:47
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Oh, but it could be that.
01:06:49
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And usually I end up just being like, and pick who is it?
01:06:53
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Who's in your gut?
01:06:54
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And that's, that's for the 49ers for me in this one.
01:06:58
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Great pick.
01:06:58
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I definitely agree.
01:06:59
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And me and Mac for sure overthink things every once in a while.
01:07:02
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And sometimes we just got to listen to either the eight.
01:07:04
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We do?
Packers' Christmas and New Year's Games
01:07:05
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I know.
01:07:05
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Shocking.
01:07:06
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Shocking.
01:07:07
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All the wave riders are going to gasp a little bit.
01:07:09
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Gasp.
01:07:10
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Sometimes we just kind of listen to the angel or the devil on the shoulder and just whatever it says, just go with it.
01:07:15
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And I know sounds like Niners.
01:07:17
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It is.
01:07:17
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I like it.
01:07:18
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And moving on to three weekends from now, man, Ravens speaking of gauntlets, Jags Niners.
01:07:24
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And then in three weekends back in Edgar Allen Poeville, they got the dolphins coming into town.
01:07:29
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So there's a couple of teams with some rough schedules.
01:07:31
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Yeah, this is tough.
01:07:33
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And this also does get interesting, and I should have pointed this out earlier for the Dolphins, but if the Dolphins do lose the next couple of games, like we've kind of touched on, the potential that they have the Cowboys and a tough schedule coming up, the Ravens quite possibly could lock the number one seed.
01:07:50
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They're already a game up, so there's a chance they will have locked the number one seed, and there's a chance they could start resting some players starting in week 17 for sure, probably in 18th.
01:08:01
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So that's something that we definitely got to watch.
01:08:03
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I'm going to pretend right now that they're still playing all of that, and we've already touched on that.
01:08:08
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I think they're going to win.
01:08:09
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But that's just a quick note for us to pay attention to because they've got a shot to lock up that number one seed, I think, especially if Miami sputters out a tiny bit.
01:08:19
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Totally agreed.
01:08:20
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So you're going Ravens?
01:08:22
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Going Ravens, sticking with it.
01:08:24
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All right.
01:08:24
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The birds stay hot, and that's another division down the hatch.
01:08:28
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Baby, let's move on.
01:08:30
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Moving on to our favorite division, the NFC North Europe.
01:08:36
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First, you get the third place Green Bay Packers.
01:08:44
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Say four.
01:08:45
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All right, maybe, maybe, you never know.
01:08:48
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First up, I just don't want you to get my boys.
01:08:51
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Hey, give me my boys, I'm happy.
01:08:53
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Green Bay Packers, this weekend, they are taking on the Tampa Bay Bucs.
01:09:00
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It's a beautiful thing when you think that the Packers, right when they're getting good, they're scaring you a little bit.
01:09:05
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It's like, oh my God, we're back in hell from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers to possibly another stud quarterback.
01:09:11
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It's just a wonderful early Christmas gift to be sitting there on Monday with no expectations thinking, yeah, this is an automatic win.
01:09:20
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Giants are on the bottom of the ocean and then the Giants and Tommy DeVito just give us a nice little early Christmas gift.
01:09:29
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and knock the Packers right back on their ass.
01:09:31
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Excuse my French.
01:09:32
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Sorry, Steve.
01:09:33
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Sorry, Patty.
01:09:34
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Right back where they belong.
01:09:36
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And I hope that this...
01:09:38
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This little sputtering continues for the Packers.
01:09:41
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That was their coach LaFleur's first ever, which is actually a pretty amazing nugget.
01:09:46
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It's sour because it's freaking Packers nugget, but that's his first ever December loss as a head coach.
01:09:52
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He was 15-0.
01:09:54
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Hopefully that's the first of many moving forward, and I think that's going to be the first of two in a row.
01:10:00
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I think the Bucs are going to win that game.
01:10:01
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Give me the Bucs.
01:10:02
Speaker
You do?
01:10:03
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Wow.
01:10:03
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Okay.
01:10:04
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All right.
01:10:05
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Giving the Bucs for this upcoming weekend.
01:10:08
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Unfortunately, I don't know if it's going to go three for three because the next weekend they are playing in North Carolina, Charlotte, taking on the Carolina Panthers.
01:10:18
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Shoot.
01:10:18
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Is that on Christmas Eve too?
01:10:20
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I don't want the Packers to win on Christmas Eve.
01:10:26
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Great.
01:10:27
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Merry Christmas.
01:10:27
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Oh, is it merry?
01:10:28
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Because the Packers just beat the Panthers.
01:10:31
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Packers.
01:10:33
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All right.
01:10:33
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So you don't have to go too far into that one because we don't know.
01:10:36
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We don't talk too much about the Packers.
01:10:38
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I'm sad.
01:10:39
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I don't know.
01:10:40
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We'll see what happens in this one, but I have a feeling you're not going to like this one either.
01:10:44
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Week 17, they are playing the Minnesota Vikings in Minnesota.
01:10:51
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Is this on New Year's Eve?
01:10:52
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This is on New Year's Eve.
01:10:54
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Hmm.
01:10:55
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Is it going to be a happy start to 2024?
01:10:56
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Is 2023 going to end with a bang?
01:11:00
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May all acquaint.
01:11:05
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This could go either way.
01:11:07
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It's in Minnesota.
01:11:10
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Man.
01:11:12
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2024, I think you're going to start off on a sad note.
01:11:18
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Give me the Packers.
01:11:20
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Dang it.
01:11:21
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I also think a sad note.
01:11:22
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I think the Packers are going to win those two games and they will then be, if they do, they will be eight and seven heading into week 18.
01:11:31
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So against my boys, could our boys go back to back years, breaking Packers fans hearts in Lambeau.
01:11:38
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I will be, I will be pulling.
01:11:40
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Is that how you boys play week 18?
01:11:41
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In Lambeau, week 18.
01:11:42
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I will be pulling for them so hard week 18.
01:11:46
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Thank you.
01:11:47
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Thank you.
01:11:47
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Hey, maybe you'll be, maybe will you be tied then?
01:11:50
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Will you both be eight and no?
01:11:53
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What are you?
01:11:55
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Right now we're five and eight.
01:11:56
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So yeah, we'll be, we'll both be eight and eight at that point.
01:11:58
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Oh, if you, if you win three, you'd be eight.
01:12:00
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Yes.
01:12:01
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All right.
01:12:02
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And speaking of hoping, please say, please, please say.
01:12:05
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All right.
01:12:06
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Next up, I have random number generator, the Minnesota Vikings.
01:12:12
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Oh.
01:12:13
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Oh, my God.
01:12:15
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So you'll either get the Lions or the Bears.
01:12:18
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Okay, this is chaos, folks.
01:12:20
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This is what we wanted.
01:12:21
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And obviously I have the Vikings schedule pulled up for you because I was ready.
01:12:25
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Why do you keep Googling every team?
01:12:27
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Why don't you just go to the ESPN NFL schedule?
01:12:30
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That's what I'm doing and just clicking between the weeks.
01:12:32
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That would make a lot more sense.
01:12:34
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Obviously that's... Vigorously typing in between each one.
01:12:39
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Obviously I have the ESPN thing pulled up.
01:12:41
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That would make no sense to not...
01:12:44
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Yeah, jumping into this Saturday, like you said, we already hit this game Saturday morning.
01:12:49
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We got Vikings heading to Cincy.
01:12:51
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All right.
01:12:52
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Well, you already covered it perfectly.
01:12:53
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I'm not going to add more.
01:12:54
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I think Cincy's going to win this upcoming weekend.
01:12:58
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Love it.
01:12:59
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And Mac, are you going to have a Merry Christmas?
01:13:01
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This game is going to be a big indicator.
01:13:04
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I'm sure if you will, you will be in Europe.
01:13:07
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It's going to be right around dinnertime, you and Nick's time.
01:13:10
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So I'm sure you're obviously going to prioritize watching this game when you're on your beautiful vacation.
01:13:15
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Totally.
01:13:15
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The Lions in Minnesota, Mac and Nick in Europe.
01:13:19
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What you got?
01:13:21
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I think I am going to have a Merry Christmas.
01:13:24
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I think that my boys are going to beat the Vikings on Christmas Day.
01:13:29
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And we play them again, Week 18.
01:13:31
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I think we're going to beat them both times.
01:13:34
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Oh, wow.
01:13:35
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She's jumping ahead to Week 18.
01:13:36
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Is that allowed?
01:13:37
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Is that too much to ask?
01:13:38
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It is allowed.
01:13:38
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It's allowed.
01:13:39
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She said, it is.
01:13:40
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You better accept it.
01:13:41
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Okay, well, we got lines.
01:13:43
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I agree.
01:13:43
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I think you're going to have a Merry Christmas regardless of that game.
01:13:46
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But I think that's going to make it a little sweeter for you.
01:13:48
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A little fig on top of your pudding.
01:13:52
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And the game that I literally just went over, what do you think?
01:13:55
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Happy New Year's, sad New Year's, Packers at Vikings.
01:13:58
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Unfortunately, I did agree with you.
01:13:59
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I think we're going to be starting off 2024 on a little bit of a sour note.
01:14:04
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I think that the Packers are going to win in Minnesota.
01:14:07
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I think the Vikings are definitely on a downward trajectory, flashing the pin with Josh Dobbs, and it's not sticking.
01:14:15
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Mac, you weren't impressed by the 3-0 win against the Raiders on Sunday?
01:14:19
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I was not impressed with that win.
01:14:22
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Great defensive play, I guess, but it's against the Raiders, so I don't know.
01:14:27
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I'm not buying it.
01:14:29
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They have struggled a lot on offense, honestly, with Kirk Cousins.
01:14:34
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I think they scored one rushing touchdown with Kirk Cousins, so they were struggling.
01:14:39
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They need to rely on a quarterback, and they just don't have that without him.
01:14:43
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Yeah.
01:14:44
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Yeah, and last quick side note, this is literally going to be like six seconds as you're probably rolling your eyes internally here.
01:14:50
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If I was... You can't do that.
01:14:52
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You can't do that because it gives me pressure.
01:14:54
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There goes my six seconds.
01:14:55
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All right, there's six seconds.
01:14:56
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If I was...
01:14:58
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If I was an international fan and I didn't know anything about football and I was like, oh, this is the most exciting sport in the world, and I watched that Raiders-Vikings game, I would probably throw up and bow to never watch another game.
01:15:09
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So hope you didn't ruin the NFL for anybody, Vikings and Raiders, because that game stunk.
01:15:13
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That was very necessary.
01:15:15
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That was very necessary.
01:15:17
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Punt, punt, miss field goal, fumble, interception.
01:15:21
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Zero, zero, zero until the very end.
01:15:23
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So you got to love a defensive battle.
01:15:26
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Speaking of things you got to love, give me lions or bears.
01:15:29
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What do we got?
01:15:30
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Here we go.
01:15:31
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Random jumper generator.
01:15:33
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You get the.
01:15:34
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I want your boys.
01:15:34
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I want your boys.
01:15:35
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I want your boys.
01:15:36
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You get the lions.
01:15:38
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
01:15:42
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I'm going to get your voice, so be nice.
01:15:45
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This weekend, they play the Denver Broncos.
01:15:48
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Yeah, this kind of sucks that I have to go first, actually.
01:15:50
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Can you do my voice first?
01:15:52
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Nope.
01:15:53
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Well, this podcast is obviously about best friendship, but it's also about honesty and giving the people what they want.
01:16:00
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Is this game in Detroit or in Denver?
01:16:01
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This game is in Detroit.
01:16:03
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That makes it harder.
01:16:06
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Mack?
01:16:08
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You know, I love you and you know, I respect your lions and I think they're a man.
01:16:12
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She wants to rip my head off right now.
01:16:14
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Nope.
01:16:14
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Nope.
01:16:14
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You're fine.
01:16:15
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Go ahead.
01:16:16
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And I think this is going to be a good game.
01:16:18
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I wouldn't be surprised either way, but I just think of the Sean Payton era has finally taken full effect.
01:16:25
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I think that offense, he has it going exactly the way it,
01:16:29
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is was basically set up to be going.
01:16:32
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And I saw a nugget the other day that cemented my pick here is that after the Broncos gave up 70 points and lost 70 to 20 to the dolphins back in like week three, they have had the best point in terms of points allowed PPG per game.
01:16:49
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defense of the NFL since then they have figured it out.
01:16:54
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They have lost one game and it was on that crazy end of the game interception in the end zone against the Texans, which they easily could have won.
01:17:02
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Give me the Broncos.
01:17:03
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I'm sorry.
01:17:04
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I'm sending, I'm sending you a gift right now.
01:17:07
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All right.
01:17:08
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So you're going with the Broncos.
01:17:09
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That's interesting.
01:17:12
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Next up, we already talked on this.
01:17:14
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The, they are playing the Minnesota Vikings.
01:17:18
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Merry Christmas, Mac.
01:17:20
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I would never, ever pick against your boys on Christmas Eve.
01:17:24
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Give me the Lions.
01:17:27
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Merry Christmas.
01:17:28
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Okay.
01:17:29
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Merry Christmas.
01:17:30
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That's not going to last very long because next they're playing the Cowboys in Dallas.
01:17:36
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This is going to be a tough one.
01:17:40
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If I was on this podcast by myself right now, I'd probably be a little bit more emphasized with some of these things.
01:17:46
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More aggressive.
01:17:48
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My boys were not nice to Max Boys on Sundays.
01:17:50
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Last Sunday, I just picked the Broncos.
01:17:54
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I'm just going to say my pick flatly and move on.
01:17:56
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I think the Cowboys are going to win this game.
01:17:58
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Okay.
01:18:01
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And I'm going to leave it at that.
01:18:02
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You're going to wipe that smile off your face.
01:18:03
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There must be a lag.
01:18:04
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I'm not smiling.
01:18:05
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That was from a second ago.
01:18:07
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All right.
01:18:09
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Your turn.
01:18:10
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Oh, shit.
01:18:11
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Okay.
01:18:13
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Well, you've already told every... I'm just kidding.
01:18:15
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Oh, my.
01:18:17
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Santa Claus.
01:18:18
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Sinterklaas.
01:18:18
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Loss, loss, loss.
01:18:20
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No, I'm just kidding.
01:18:21
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They have some weak opponents in week 17 and 18, or 16.
01:18:24
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I mean, I already looked.
01:18:26
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Well, unfortunately, you already said who you think is going to win against the Browns this weekend.
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01:18:30
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I don't know if you wanted to add anything to that.
01:18:31
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They're definitely going to lose against the Browns.
01:18:35
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Okay.
01:18:36
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Was the definitely necessary?
01:18:37
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You didn't say that before.
01:18:39
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Yeah, it's necessary now.
01:18:42
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Okay, well- The line has been drawn.
01:18:44
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Well, the line's been drawn, and apparently I'm in big trouble.
01:18:47
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So hopefully, thankfully, they're playing a team that has two wins right now.
01:18:52
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So please use your common sense on this one.
01:18:54
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Christmas Eve, 325, right before 7 p.m.
01:18:58
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Mass with my family.
01:18:59
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We got the Cardinals in Chicago.
01:19:01
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What do we do?
01:19:02
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Merry Christmas to me.
01:19:03
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Go Arizona.
01:19:05
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I'm kidding.
01:19:06
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I'm kidding.
01:19:06
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I think you're going to have a very Merry Christmas.
01:19:08
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I think there's no way that you lose to the Cardinals.
01:19:11
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Okay, well, you don't need to say no way.
01:19:12
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That adds a little pressure.
01:19:14
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Jeez.
01:19:15
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Well, okay, I don't think that you will lose to the Cardinals.
01:19:19
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Thank you.
01:19:19
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I appreciate that.
01:19:20
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Merry Christmas to both of us.
01:19:22
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Bear down.
01:19:24
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And on New Year's Eve, am I going to have a Happy New Year?
01:19:28
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This gets a little more interesting.
01:19:31
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Sorry, go ahead.
01:19:32
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No, you're good.
01:19:33
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It definitely does.
01:19:34
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New Year's Eve, noon in Chicago, Bears fighting for their playoff lives against the Arizona Cardinals.
01:19:41
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What say you?
01:19:42
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Wait, no, no, no.
01:19:44
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The Atlanta Falcons.
01:19:45
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Atlanta Falcons.
01:19:46
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Sorry.
01:19:46
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I was so excited to hear your answer.
01:19:49
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Had a little brain fart.
01:19:50
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Okay.
01:19:51
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So this is interesting because the Falcons will also be playing for their playoff lives.
01:19:56
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Um, they are a little bit higher in their positioning right now than the bears, a couple, a couple of higher.
01:20:03
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So they're definitely still in the thick of things.
01:20:06
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This is in Chicago.
01:20:08
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This is, this is a much more interesting and I'd say a little bit more of a 50 50 type game.
01:20:11
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Um,
01:20:16
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Is your best friend going to have a good start to 2024 or a horrendous start to 2024?
01:20:19
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Well, you already said bad because the Packers winning.
01:20:22
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Yeah, but this would really like... This would really, really solidify it.
01:20:28
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I think that...
01:20:32
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Will the present be sent or will the present be returned?
01:20:35
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We'll see.
01:20:36
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This is really, really dicey.
01:20:38
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This is a tough one because the Falcons have not been doing too, too bad.
01:20:43
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But I'm trying to think of like who their wins are against.
01:20:46
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So they beat, let's see, they beat the Panthers.
01:20:49
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They beat the Packers.
01:20:51
Speaker
Who did they beat recently?
01:20:53
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They just lost the Bucs.
01:20:55
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They did beat the Jets.
01:20:56
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They did beat the Saints.
01:20:57
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Yeah.
01:20:59
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Speaking of recently, what have the Bears done for you recently?
01:21:01
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They have some rough losses, though.
01:21:03
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Speaking of recently, you said.
01:21:04
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I'm also looking at the opponent.
01:21:07
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I know who the Bears are.
01:21:08
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I know their identity.
01:21:09
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I know what they do.
01:21:12
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I think you're going to have a good start to 2024.
01:21:18
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Oh, I feel like the biggest jackass of all time.
01:21:21
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As you should.
01:21:23
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She said, oh, you said Broncos.
01:21:25
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Really?
01:21:25
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Interesting.
01:21:25
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Interesting.
01:21:27
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I think it's in Chicago.
01:21:28
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I think that's going to give him a bit of an edge.
01:21:30
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And Desmond Ritter is, I don't think he's it.
01:21:35
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Mac, this is unbelievable.
01:21:36
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Just a couple short weeks ago, I thought we were never going to pick my boys.
01:21:39
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And now they're just adding up left and right.
01:21:42
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Well, they're playing against like some easier teams.
01:21:45
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Merry Christmas to me.
01:21:47
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Okay, this is great.
01:21:49
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Thank you so much.
01:21:50
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And I will remember this when we're making our actual picks in Pickham in a couple weekends.
01:21:55
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I'm sure you will.
01:21:58
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Moving on, baby.
01:21:59
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This is great, Wave Riders.
01:22:01
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All right, moving on.
01:22:02
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Let's go to AFC South.
01:22:05
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You, first and foremost, are going to take the Houston Texans.
01:22:10
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So week 15, Houston Texans are going to be, let's see, where are they?
01:22:17
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Traveling to Tennessee to take the Titans.
01:22:20
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Okay.
01:22:21
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Oh my God.
01:22:22
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Okay.
01:22:22
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Right when I was about to say, we're really going to hit the accelerator here because we're almost at an hour 30.
01:22:26
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We still got two divisions.
01:22:27
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I am going to go fast.
01:22:28
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This truly was like a 50, 50 when I was making the picks for this weekend though.
01:22:32
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So I'm just going to say my piece.
01:22:34
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Oh, this is another one of those games where like a week ago before Sunday and Monday, I would have said Texans double digits in a heartbeat.
01:22:40
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But the reality of what just happened is the Texans got blown out by the Jets and the Titans just had an unbelievable come from behind victory in Miami.
01:22:51
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And Will Levis, yeah, he's a weirdo.
01:22:54
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He puts mayonnaise in his coffee.
01:22:55
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probably on the pot pot many hours after that BTW.
01:23:00
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He looked so good in the second half.
01:23:01
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Like he, I watched the entirety of both of those Monday night games.
01:23:05
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It was a, it was a magical night for me over here.
01:23:08
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He looked so good and he was hitting Hopkins.
01:23:11
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He was hitting receivers.
01:23:12
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Derrick Henry was looking great.
01:23:14
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Ty J Spears was looking awesome.
01:23:17
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And the Texans are banged up.
01:23:18
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I don't know if Nico Collins is going to play this weekend.
01:23:20
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I don't know if CJ Stroud's going to play this weekend.
01:23:22
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This is a toss up.
01:23:23
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We're going to definitely need to discuss.
01:23:25
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for like our actual like pick tomorrow offline, gun to the head, block 62.
01:23:31
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I'm going to have to say, give me the Titans.
01:23:36
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Wow.
01:23:37
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I cannot believe I just said that.
01:23:38
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Wow.
01:23:39
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Okay.
01:23:39
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I am sort of surprised by that.
01:23:42
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But all right.
01:23:43
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I like it.
01:23:43
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So week 16, we already sort of touched on this one.
01:23:46
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The Browns at Texans.
01:23:48
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Give me the Texans moving on.
01:23:50
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Okay.
01:23:51
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Wow.
01:23:51
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Okay.
01:23:52
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I think, oh, I also went Texans last minute.
01:23:56
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And finally, week 17, they will once again be hosting this time the Tennessee Titans.
01:24:03
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So they're playing them twice.
01:24:04
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Okay, so I'm just going to have to assume that they're going to be healthy with CJ back.
01:24:08
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And they probably will be fighting for the division title at that point.
01:24:12
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In Houston, before the season, I said Houston's going to be vying for the division title.
01:24:16
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Here we are.
01:24:17
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Am I Nostradamus?
01:24:18
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Do I have a crystal ball?
Texans, Colts, Jaguars, and Titans Overview
01:24:20
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I don't know.
01:24:20
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Give me the Texans.
01:24:23
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Give me the nice list.
01:24:24
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Give me a lot of presents under the Christmas tree.
01:24:27
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Okay, so they're going to split this year over the course.
01:24:31
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That's crazy.
01:24:31
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They played twice in the course of two weeks.
01:24:33
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Well, I guess that's the same with the Lions and the Vikings.
01:24:35
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Oh, is it kind of like the Lions and the Vikings?
01:24:36
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Weird that the scheduler makers did that.
01:24:38
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Weird that they did that.
01:24:40
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Okay, cool, cool.
01:24:41
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So I next up have the Indianapolis Colts.
01:24:45
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Is it Colts?
01:24:46
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Let me pull up the ESPN scheduler that I have here.
01:24:50
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Oh, my goodness.
01:24:50
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Oh, my goodness.
01:24:52
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All right.
01:24:52
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We got the Indianapolis Colts and this weekend they are playing the slow internet home against Mitchell Trubisky.
01:25:01
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Be nice.
01:25:02
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Okay.
01:25:03
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You've already touched on this one a good bit.
01:25:06
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And I believe you also chose the Colts at home.
01:25:10
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Did you?
01:25:11
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I did choose the Colts.
01:25:12
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Yes.
01:25:13
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Okay.
01:25:13
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You chose the Colts at home and I'm going to concur.
01:25:16
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I agree.
01:25:17
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Colts at home.
01:25:18
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Uh, Jonathan Taylor will hopefully be getting back into the swing of things within the next two weeks or so.
01:25:23
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I've got to be in fantasy.
01:25:24
Speaker
Come on for the playoffs.
01:25:27
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Yeah.
01:25:27
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I'm going Colts or love it.
01:25:30
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Yeah.
01:25:30
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I mean, no offense to Mitch, but a team of coats would probably beat the Steelers right now.
01:25:34
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So we'll go with the Colts or the coats next weekend.
01:25:38
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Uh, speaking of the Ritter led Falcons, we got the, uh, the Falcons and that game is in hot Atlanta.
01:25:45
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Oof, okay.
01:25:46
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Another kind of tough game.
01:25:47
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These are both, you know, middle-of-the-road type teams.
01:25:51
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Colts right on the bubble.
01:25:53
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Falcons working their way, trying to get into the playoffs.
01:25:58
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I think it's going to go, oof, in Atlanta.
01:26:02
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I'm going to go Colts.
01:26:02
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I'm going to keep Colts.
01:26:04
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Okay, so no Merry Christmas for Atlanta.
01:26:07
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Indianapolis, you're welcome.
01:26:08
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Merry Christmas.
01:26:09
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I'm going to keep Colts in this one.
01:26:10
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I think they've been actually doing surprisingly well with Garner Minshew.
01:26:14
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They have.
01:26:15
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They still had Richardson.
01:26:16
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I feel like that would be incredible.
01:26:18
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If they had Richardson and a healthy Jonathan Taylor right now, watch out for the Colts next year.
01:26:23
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Sheesh.
01:26:23
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Gardner Minshew.
01:26:24
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Hey, kudos to you.
01:26:26
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Keep doing your thing, brother.
01:26:27
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Yeah.
01:26:28
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New Year's Eve against Las Vegas.
01:26:30
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Unfortunately for everyone playing in this game, they will not be in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve.
01:26:34
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This is in Indianapolis against the party.
01:26:36
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That would be great.
01:26:38
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That would have been quite the party.
01:26:40
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Raiders.
01:26:41
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Well, as we saw, the Raiders can't score.
01:26:45
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So that kind of doesn't bode well for winning a game.
01:26:48
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The Colts, on the other hand, can score.
01:26:51
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They also have a pretty solid defense to be able to keep the Aiden O'Connell-led Raiders from having a very good start to 2024.
01:27:01
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Give me the Colts.
01:27:01
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Colts are going to win next three.
01:27:02
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Wow.
01:27:03
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Wow.
01:27:03
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Wow.
01:27:04
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Max says, give me the coats.
01:27:05
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Give me the coats.
01:27:06
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Give me the coats, baby.
01:27:07
Speaker
Give me them coats.
01:27:09
Speaker
Damn, shout out Colts.
01:27:10
Speaker
Let's keep it rolling.
01:27:11
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Next up, you have the Jacksonville Jaguars.
01:27:17
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So let's see here for the Jags.
01:27:20
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This upcoming weekend, already touched on this game.
01:27:22
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They will be hosting the Baltimore Ravens.
01:27:25
Speaker
Isn't this Christmas chaos episode just the best?
01:27:27
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This is chaos.
01:27:28
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So much is going on.
01:27:29
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This is a lot to keep track of.
01:27:31
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I got to be honest, but we're doing pretty good.
01:27:33
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We're doing a good job.
01:27:34
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I've been writing everything down.
01:27:35
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I don't know if I'm going to be able to translate what I'm writing down here at a future date, but I'm trying my best.
01:27:40
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I've been typing which teams we've been already covering.
01:27:45
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Well, hey, kudos to you for doing that because that sounds like a lot better system than yours truly over here.
01:27:50
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I'm interested to see those notes eventually.
01:27:53
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Yeah, there's a lot going on here.
01:27:55
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A lot of chicken scratch.
01:27:56
Speaker
We'll just say that.
01:27:58
Speaker
But okay, so they are hosting...
01:28:02
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The Ravens.
01:28:04
Speaker
Yes, Jags are hosting the Ravens.
01:28:05
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Great game.
01:28:06
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Sunday Night Football.
01:28:07
Speaker
Can't wait to just sit in front of the fire, watch a Christmas movie before and maybe after.
01:28:12
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I have some Christmas cookies.
01:28:14
Speaker
Hopefully Toll House.
01:28:15
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I'm going to agree with you on this one, Edgar Allan Poe.
01:28:18
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I'm sorry, Miss Jackson.
01:28:19
Speaker
Jackson for real.
01:28:21
Speaker
Give me Ravens.
01:28:23
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Okay.
01:28:23
Speaker
Ravens it is.
01:28:24
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Next up, Week 16, we have the Jags taking on the Tampa Bay Bucs.
01:28:30
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I know I picked the Bucs kind of surprisingly against the Packers just because I was feeling a little sassy.
01:28:35
Speaker
The Packers ticked me off and out of the naughty list forever.
01:28:38
Speaker
They're a Grinch.
01:28:39
Speaker
But I don't think the Bucs.
01:28:41
Speaker
Picking the Bucs more than once in a three-week period would be a piss-for decision.
01:28:46
Speaker
It's a recipe for disaster.
01:28:47
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It's a recipe for some cookies without sugar.
01:28:50
Speaker
Let's just say that.
01:28:51
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Some Christmas cookies that don't taste so great.
01:28:53
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Yeah, give me the Jags, the Bucs, the Bucs.
01:28:55
Speaker
They just kind of stink.
01:28:57
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So, yeah, I'm going Lord Farquaad.
01:29:00
Speaker
Okay, that sounds good.
01:29:02
Speaker
And finally, rounding out these three-week stretch, they're ending on an easy note here against the Carolina Panthers.
01:29:10
Speaker
Hmm.
01:29:12
Speaker
Yeah, give me the Jags.
01:29:13
Speaker
Sorry, Panthers.
01:29:14
Speaker
No one is going to have a Merry Christmas in Carolina.
01:29:18
Speaker
Yeah, Panthers stink.
01:29:19
Speaker
Jags.
01:29:21
Speaker
Nice win there.
01:29:22
Speaker
Let's move on.
01:29:23
Speaker
All right.
01:29:24
Speaker
So to say the least, Jags are looking good for a playoff spot this year.
01:29:28
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Hopefully Trevor Lawrence is all
01:29:30
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healthy and good and dandy.
01:29:33
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Last up for the AFC South would be the Tennessee Titans, which you already touched on the first game and the last game of the three week stretch, which I would say I have to agree with you specifically if CJ does not play.
01:29:47
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If he does though, I'm going to go that Houston's going to win both those games.
01:29:51
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If CJ plays.
01:29:53
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Okay, so we got Texans this weekend, if he plays, a little asterisk.
01:29:56
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Texans in three weekends.
01:29:58
Speaker
And right in the middle, we got a Seahawks sandwich between the two Texans games.
01:30:02
Speaker
And that is in Nashville.
01:30:07
Speaker
In Nashville against the Seahawks.
01:30:10
Speaker
Hmm.
01:30:11
Speaker
This is a little bit more, this is a close one.
01:30:14
Speaker
This is a little bit more interesting, I guess, because the Seahawks also just vying for that spot.
01:30:23
Speaker
I think they've got, let's see, where are the Titans in this list?
01:30:27
Speaker
The Titans are pretty far out of the playoff race at this point.
01:30:32
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I'm going to go Seahawks.
01:30:32
Speaker
I think they've got more to play for.
01:30:34
Speaker
I'm going to go Seahawks with that win in the middle.
01:30:36
Speaker
So sorry, Titans.
01:30:38
Speaker
I don't think you are going to the playoffs this year.
01:30:40
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She said good win on Monday, but loss, loss, one more fat L. Yeah, I think they've got some stuff to figure out moving forward.
01:30:48
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They do.
01:30:49
Speaker
Good win on Monday, but okay, I like it.
01:30:51
Speaker
Very, very good.
01:30:52
Speaker
Very good.
01:30:53
Speaker
Mac, are we moving on to our last division?
01:30:55
Speaker
Is this the last one?
01:30:56
Speaker
Nope, we still have three more.
01:30:59
Speaker
Are you being serious?
01:31:00
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Yep, we still have the NFC South, the AFC West, and the NFC West.
01:31:05
Speaker
Oh my God, we got some work to do.
01:31:07
Speaker
Let's really hit the boost here.
01:31:10
Speaker
Yeah, hit the ground running.
01:31:11
Speaker
A lot of these we've already covered.
01:31:13
Speaker
For the NFC South, we've covered a lot for the Bucs, Falcons, Saints, and Panthers already.
01:31:17
Speaker
So first up, you are taking on the Atlanta Falcons.
01:31:23
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Hotlanta.
01:31:24
Speaker
So week 15 for the Falcons, they are... Where are they?
01:31:31
Speaker
They are playing at Carolina.
01:31:33
Speaker
Oh, boom, that knocks two of them off right there.
01:31:36
Speaker
You don't know what I was going to go with there.
01:31:38
Speaker
Well, that'll knock two teams off, though, because this is the same division.
01:31:43
Speaker
There we go.
01:31:44
Speaker
Jokes aside, obviously, I'm going Falcons, and we're going to save a little bit of time here.
01:31:48
Speaker
We're north of 1.30.
01:31:49
Speaker
This is a time where jokes, they need to be minimized, Bobby.
01:31:52
Speaker
Lock it in.
01:31:53
Speaker
Lock it in.
01:31:54
Speaker
Okay.
01:31:55
Speaker
Week 16, we've already covered this game as well.
01:31:57
Speaker
The Colts at Falcons.
01:31:59
Speaker
I went Colts.
01:32:01
Speaker
Do you concur?
01:32:03
Speaker
I got a lot to say about that.
01:32:04
Speaker
Or do you not concur?
01:32:06
Speaker
Hmm.
01:32:07
Speaker
Are those the only two options I have?
01:32:09
Speaker
Concur or not?
01:32:11
Speaker
Concur.
01:32:13
Speaker
Okay.
01:32:13
Speaker
And also we already talked about this one.
01:32:15
Speaker
Falcons at Bears.
01:32:17
Speaker
I said Bears.
01:32:18
Speaker
Do you, you must not agree with that.
01:32:20
Speaker
Okay.
01:32:20
Speaker
You don't agree.
01:32:21
Speaker
Yeah, I agree.
01:32:22
Speaker
Atlanta.
01:32:24
Speaker
Did you have a conversation with me with only yourself?
01:32:27
Speaker
That hurt my head.
01:32:28
Speaker
That was scary.
01:32:29
Speaker
Yes, I agree with you.
01:32:30
Speaker
It's going to be a very happy new year.
01:32:32
Speaker
The Bears are going to stomp the Falcons.
01:32:35
Speaker
Bears are going to win out.
01:32:36
Speaker
I'm done talking about the Bears.
01:32:37
Speaker
Chicago, watch out.
01:32:39
Speaker
It's going to be exciting.
01:32:40
Speaker
All right.
01:32:42
Speaker
Let's go.
01:32:43
Speaker
Okay.
01:32:44
Speaker
So for me, the next team that I have is the Panthers, the Carolina Panthers.
01:32:51
Speaker
Do you want to just say LLL and just not even have me tell you?
01:32:53
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, honestly, yes.
01:32:55
Speaker
I don't even know who they're playing.
01:32:57
Speaker
Loss, loss, loss.
01:32:58
Speaker
Well, unfortunately, it looks like it might be.
01:33:01
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We got the Falcons this weekend, as you said.
01:33:04
Speaker
Loss.
01:33:04
Speaker
Okay, so Panthers, we got Falcons winning.
01:33:09
Speaker
Then we got the Packers.
01:33:13
Speaker
Christmas Eve.
01:33:14
Speaker
Okay, loss.
01:33:17
Speaker
And are you playing?
01:33:20
Speaker
And what was the other one?
01:33:21
Speaker
Oh, sorry.
01:33:21
Speaker
And then the last one is in Jacksonville.
01:33:24
Speaker
Okay.
01:33:25
Speaker
Yeah.
01:33:26
Speaker
Loss again.
01:33:26
Speaker
So loss, loss, loss.
01:33:27
Speaker
Okay.
01:33:28
Speaker
Let's keep this
Buccaneers, Chargers, and Chiefs Predictions
01:33:30
Speaker
Olympic pace for this division going.
01:33:32
Speaker
We could set some records here.
01:33:33
Speaker
I think we could.
01:33:34
Speaker
All right.
01:33:34
Speaker
Next up, you are going to get the Bucs.
01:33:38
Speaker
So that will leave me with the Saints.
01:33:40
Speaker
Okay.
01:33:40
Speaker
In case you have to rule the Saints schedule.
01:33:42
Speaker
You should type it right now.
01:33:43
Speaker
That's smart.
01:33:44
Speaker
That's smart.
01:33:44
Speaker
It's all about efficiency now.
01:33:47
Speaker
Okay, so for the Bucs this upcoming weekend, you already said that you think they are going to beat the Green Bay Packers.
01:33:53
Speaker
Are you taking the mic out of my mouth again?
01:33:56
Speaker
Is that accurate still?
01:33:57
Speaker
Yes, it is.
01:33:58
Speaker
We'll stick with the Bucs.
01:33:59
Speaker
Okay, the next weekend, you also already said that they are going to lose to the Jacksonville Jags.
01:34:05
Speaker
This is getting to be bullshit.
01:34:07
Speaker
We'll stick with the Jags.
01:34:08
Speaker
This is unbelievable.
01:34:10
Speaker
She's having conversations with me.
01:34:12
Speaker
I knew it was going to really take off at the end because we've covered a lot of these teams already.
01:34:15
Speaker
These notes are coming in handy.
01:34:16
Speaker
This is why she's typing everything out is for this exact reason.
01:34:20
Speaker
Well, those I'm just remembering off the top of my head.
01:34:22
Speaker
I'm just typing which teams we've covered in which division.
01:34:25
Speaker
This is great.
01:34:27
Speaker
And finally for the Bucs.
01:34:29
Speaker
Oh, okay.
01:34:30
Speaker
This is the Micah Zerus.
01:34:32
Speaker
The New Orleans Saints.
01:34:34
Speaker
Oh, my God.
01:34:35
Speaker
Okay.
01:34:35
Speaker
In Tampa Bay.
01:34:37
Speaker
See, we actually got a good game here for one.
01:34:39
Speaker
So this might not be world record pace.
01:34:42
Speaker
I'm going to do my best to keep it there.
01:34:44
Speaker
I just a minute and a half ago said you'd be crazy to pick the Bucs two out of three in a three-game stretch.
01:34:51
Speaker
I said they're going to beat the Packers.
01:34:53
Speaker
Am I going to go against my word from two minutes ago?
01:34:55
Speaker
Yes.
01:34:56
Speaker
Bucs are going to beat the Saints.
01:34:58
Speaker
Saints are in disarray.
01:34:59
Speaker
Good word.
01:35:00
Speaker
Give me the Bucs.
01:35:02
Speaker
All right.
01:35:02
Speaker
I think I have to agree with you there.
01:35:04
Speaker
Thank you.
01:35:05
Speaker
So I guess that just takes away your third game.
01:35:07
Speaker
So I will take it.
01:35:08
Speaker
So maybe you'll take away the other ones.
01:35:10
Speaker
Go ahead.
01:35:10
Speaker
Your turn now to take away the mic for me.
01:35:13
Speaker
Great.
01:35:13
Speaker
So you got the Saints.
01:35:14
Speaker
Obviously I got to Google that real quick.
01:35:16
Speaker
JK, LOL.
01:35:17
Speaker
We don't have time for that, Bob.
01:35:19
Speaker
This weekend, they're at home against the New York football giants.
01:35:23
Speaker
No pressure, but Eli, Amy, and baby Ivy are all listening in.
01:35:28
Speaker
Well, I already touched on this game, if you'll remember in your chicken scratch notes, and I said Tommy DeVito is going to get the W. Like I said, no Mike needed.
01:35:36
Speaker
She said Tommy DeVito is going to put cement on your shoes.
01:35:39
Speaker
You're going to be swimming with the fishies.
01:35:41
Speaker
Give her the Giants.
01:35:42
Speaker
Next week, they're going to L.A.
01:35:45
Speaker
against the Rams.
01:35:46
Speaker
Who you got?
01:35:48
Speaker
I'll go with the Rams in that one.
01:35:49
Speaker
I think that we've already also touched on that game.
01:35:54
Speaker
No, we haven't yet.
01:35:55
Speaker
What's going on with chicken scratch here?
01:35:56
Speaker
But we have talked about the Rams a little bit.
01:35:58
Speaker
We haven't touched on that one specifically, but we've talked a lot about how the Rams are doing well.
01:36:03
Speaker
I think they're going to continue that.
01:36:05
Speaker
In L.A., give me the Rams.
01:36:07
Speaker
Okay.
01:36:08
Speaker
And you know what?
01:36:09
Speaker
Save some breath.
01:36:10
Speaker
Wet the whistle.
01:36:11
Speaker
Get some water.
01:36:12
Speaker
She's taking the Bucs over the Saints in three weekends on New Year's Eve.
01:36:18
Speaker
Absolutely.
01:36:19
Speaker
I am.
01:36:20
Speaker
Let's go.
01:36:21
Speaker
Moving on to the AFC West.
01:36:25
Speaker
First up, you are going to take the Los Angeles Chargers win.
01:36:32
Speaker
Whatever will they do this upcoming weekend?
01:36:36
Speaker
Their first game is against the Las Vegas Raiders.
01:36:40
Speaker
That's tough.
01:36:41
Speaker
That's tough, actually.
01:36:42
Speaker
This sucks.
01:36:44
Speaker
Can I just say this game is going to end 0-0?
01:36:47
Speaker
Yeah, sure.
01:36:49
Speaker
Honestly, this is one of the only teams in the NFL right now I think they could beat without Herbert.
01:36:53
Speaker
And I think that Eckler and Allen is going to be the, I think that's going to be the deciding factors.
01:37:02
Speaker
Tomorrow night, we're going to have a tough time deciding who to pick there.
01:37:05
Speaker
And you said this is in Vegas or this is in L.A.?
01:37:07
Speaker
This is in Vegas.
01:37:08
Speaker
Why do I even ask?
01:37:09
Speaker
Because I was going to go Chargers anyways.
01:37:11
Speaker
I'm taking the Chargers for like one point.
01:37:13
Speaker
I know we're not doing confidence, but just to let you know how unsure about that I am, give me one point on the Chargers.
01:37:18
Speaker
Hey, fair enough.
01:37:19
Speaker
I really don't blame you.
01:37:21
Speaker
We've already touched on this game.
01:37:22
Speaker
I do know that to be true.
01:37:23
Speaker
But week 16, it's the Bills at Chargers.
01:37:28
Speaker
I don't trust your chicken scratch for one second.
01:37:30
Speaker
I'm going to dive fully into this game.
01:37:32
Speaker
Give me the Bills.
01:37:34
Speaker
Give you the bills.
01:37:35
Speaker
Okay.
01:37:36
Speaker
I will indeed give you the bills.
01:37:37
Speaker
You can have them.
01:37:38
Speaker
You can take them.
01:37:39
Speaker
Take them all the way to the bank if you want to.
01:37:41
Speaker
And then finally.
01:37:41
Speaker
I don't want to take them to the bank, but.
01:37:44
Speaker
Finally, week 17, they are playing the Denver Broncos.
01:37:49
Speaker
Yeah.
01:37:49
Speaker
I mean, I was just singing the Broncos praises.
01:37:52
Speaker
Let's ride.
01:37:53
Speaker
They're going to ride into 2024 on a winning note.
01:37:57
Speaker
Give me the Broncos.
01:37:58
Speaker
Okay.
01:37:59
Speaker
Sound like a plan.
01:38:01
Speaker
Stay it.
01:38:02
Speaker
So next up, beep boop, beep boop, I have the Las Vegas Raiders.
01:38:10
Speaker
Folks, I hate to throw Mackenzie under the bus.
01:38:12
Speaker
I hate to throw my best friend co-host, but she just slacked me and said, or messaged me and said, the beep boop, beep boop, it's not legit.
01:38:19
Speaker
I'm sorry.
01:38:20
Speaker
I cannot tell a lie.
01:38:21
Speaker
Yes, it is.
01:38:22
Speaker
I'm randomizing it, but I'm sending you ahead of time so you can Google.
01:38:26
Speaker
Sorry.
01:38:27
Speaker
So it is still random, but the beep boop, beep boop.
01:38:29
Speaker
Thanks for throwing me under the bus, quote unquote, even though I'm still randomizing it.
01:38:33
Speaker
And I'm trying to give you a heads up so you can not be like, oh, Google, beep, beep, beep, beep.
01:38:38
Speaker
But what I would say is the beep-boop beep-boop, not legit.
01:38:41
Speaker
But as I digress.
01:38:43
Speaker
It is legit.
01:38:44
Speaker
Sorry, that is definitely realistic.
01:38:47
Speaker
The beep-boop.
01:38:47
Speaker
Everybody thought it was legit until you just said that.
01:38:49
Speaker
Thanks for talking about it.
01:38:50
Speaker
We could have gotten a huge sponsorship off that beep-boop beep-boop.
01:38:53
Speaker
Dang it.
01:38:54
Speaker
Okay, Raiders beep-boop beep-boop.
01:38:55
Speaker
This weekend they are playing the... Los Angeles Chargers.
01:39:00
Speaker
Am I okay?
01:39:03
Speaker
I agree with you.
01:39:04
Speaker
I'm going Chargers in that game.
01:39:06
Speaker
They still have Eckler.
01:39:08
Speaker
They still have Allen.
01:39:10
Speaker
I'm going Chargers still.
01:39:11
Speaker
If this podcast was run by two McKenzie's right now, it would be done in 58 minutes every single episode.
01:39:20
Speaker
But who wants that?
01:39:21
Speaker
Our Wave Riders love this.
01:39:24
Speaker
Next weekend, on Christmas Day, they are going to Kansas City.
01:39:28
Speaker
Are they going to have a Merry Christmas?
01:39:31
Speaker
They are not.
01:39:32
Speaker
But Kansas City will.
01:39:34
Speaker
I'm going Chiefs on that game, Christmas Day.
01:39:37
Speaker
No problem.
01:39:38
Speaker
No stress.
01:39:39
Speaker
Even with the Chiefs not being able to catch a dang ball.
01:39:42
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, they can.
01:39:42
Speaker
This is true.
01:39:43
Speaker
But they're still going to have a Merry Christmas because they're playing the hapless Raiders.
01:39:47
Speaker
And take a rest, my friend, because you already said that the Colts are going to beat the Raiders in three weekends.
01:39:53
Speaker
We shall move on.
01:39:55
Speaker
Okay, thank you for the rest.
01:39:57
Speaker
You're so welcome.
01:39:57
Speaker
Next up, you get to talk about the Denver Broncos.
01:40:02
Speaker
You've already talked about this weekend.
01:40:04
Speaker
You think they're going to win in Detroit.
01:40:07
Speaker
You know what?
01:40:08
Speaker
You just played yourself.
01:40:09
Speaker
This weekend against the Lions, Broncos hitting their stride, Lions struggling.
01:40:14
Speaker
I'm going to go with the Broncos again.
01:40:16
Speaker
Yeah, thanks.
01:40:17
Speaker
Thanks for rubbing that in.
01:40:18
Speaker
You're welcome.
01:40:19
Speaker
Next.
01:40:20
Speaker
Week 16, they are going to take on the... Why can't I find them?
01:40:27
Speaker
Denver Broncos are going to play the... Wait, I literally cannot find them.
01:40:34
Speaker
This is ridiculous.
01:40:36
Speaker
Two Bobbies running this podcast would be... Yeah, they are.
01:40:38
Speaker
They're going to be hosting the New England Patriots.
01:40:41
Speaker
So we've already talked about that.
01:40:42
Speaker
Two Bobbies running this podcast would be awesome.
01:40:45
Speaker
Yeah, that's what it would be like.
01:40:46
Speaker
Yeah.
01:40:48
Speaker
She's so funny.
01:40:49
Speaker
She's so funny.
01:40:50
Speaker
Give me the Broncos.
01:40:51
Speaker
If we had more time, I would be, I'd be hitting back, but we're moving on.
01:40:54
Speaker
We're moving on.
01:40:55
Speaker
And week 17, save your breath because you've already said that they are going to loot or win against the Chargers.
01:41:02
Speaker
I don't want to save my breath, but you know what?
01:41:05
Speaker
Give me Broncos.
01:41:06
Speaker
Moving on.
01:41:07
Speaker
You know what?
01:41:08
Speaker
This is too chaotic for me.
01:41:09
Speaker
I like saying my piece.
01:41:10
Speaker
This is too chaotic.
01:41:12
Speaker
All right.
01:41:13
Speaker
Finally, I have the Chiefs.
01:41:15
Speaker
We got the Chiefs.
01:41:16
Speaker
Beep, bop, boop, beep, boop.
01:41:21
Speaker
chiefs oh my gosh why are we sending you these ahead of time i'm sorry i can't only have so many tabs open at once this is i got chicken scratch on my notebook i got the espn nfl schedule my mac my macbook here is running at like two percent capacity because i've got a million tabs open oh my word okay chiefs are going to new england i'm gonna i'm gonna let you save some breath you haven't talked about it but she's gonna go with chiefs on that one
01:41:48
Speaker
Yes, we have talked about it.
01:41:49
Speaker
We already did the Patriots.
01:41:52
Speaker
Okay.
01:41:52
Speaker
Like I said, she already said we're going Patriots.
01:41:56
Speaker
No, no, no.
01:41:57
Speaker
We already talked about the Patriots.
01:41:58
Speaker
We're not going Patriots.
01:42:00
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
01:42:01
Speaker
Oh, my God.
01:42:02
Speaker
You're so confused right now.
01:42:04
Speaker
Chiefs over Patriots.
01:42:05
Speaker
It's so good.
01:42:06
Speaker
On Christmas Day, you just told us all that the Raiders are not going to have a Merry Christmas in Kansas City.
01:42:12
Speaker
So that's the Chiefs.
01:42:13
Speaker
And then, oh, you have not talked about this one.
01:42:15
Speaker
New Year's Eve, I have.
01:42:17
Speaker
You haven't.
01:42:18
Speaker
Bengals in Kansas City.
01:42:19
Speaker
Who you got?
01:42:20
Speaker
Oh, okay.
01:42:21
Speaker
This is a good game.
01:42:23
Speaker
I'm exhausted.
01:42:24
Speaker
Remind me who you went with.
01:42:26
Speaker
I went against all of my heart right now.
01:42:31
Speaker
I went with the Chiefs to beat Browning.
01:42:33
Speaker
Interesting.
01:42:34
Speaker
Okay.
01:42:35
Speaker
I think that I disagree.
01:42:38
Speaker
I think the Bengals are playing lights out right now, believe it or not.
01:42:43
Speaker
I believe it.
01:42:43
Speaker
Wait, sorry.
01:42:44
Speaker
Tell me, where is this one?
01:42:45
Speaker
This is in Arrowhead.
01:42:47
Speaker
Oh, shoot.
01:42:48
Speaker
That's right.
01:42:49
Speaker
You already said it?
01:42:49
Speaker
You already said it?
01:42:50
Speaker
I did already say it.
01:42:51
Speaker
I think I still disagree.
01:42:53
Speaker
The Bengals are playing really, really well right now, shockingly.
01:42:57
Speaker
And the Chiefs are not.
01:42:59
Speaker
So the Chiefs have had some weird losses, even at home, which is supposed to be a really hard place to play.
01:43:04
Speaker
Yep.
01:43:06
Speaker
Give me the bagels.
01:43:08
Speaker
I absolutely love it.
01:43:09
Speaker
I love it.
01:43:10
Speaker
We got our first upset here in a minute.
01:43:13
Speaker
Way to go with your heart, Mac.
01:43:14
Speaker
I'm going to take a little page out of your books moving forward.
01:43:17
Speaker
All right.
01:43:17
Speaker
Thank you.
01:43:18
Speaker
All right.
01:43:18
Speaker
Moving to the final division.
01:43:21
Speaker
Take a breath.
01:43:22
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
01:43:23
Speaker
And hopefully we've covered a lot of these.
01:43:24
Speaker
Who knows?
01:43:25
Speaker
Because this is the last four.
01:43:27
Speaker
The Arizona Cardinals is who you have first up.
01:43:32
Speaker
Week 15, they are taking on the what?
01:43:37
Speaker
Definitely is.
01:43:38
Speaker
They are taking on the San Francisco
49ers, Rams, and Anticipated Ravens Clash
01:43:40
Speaker
49ers.
01:43:42
Speaker
I mean, there's never been a game all season I'm more confident with.
01:43:45
Speaker
Give me the Niners.
01:43:47
Speaker
Okay.
01:43:48
Speaker
How about week 16 against your boys?
01:43:50
Speaker
Okay.
01:43:54
Speaker
I stand corrected.
01:43:55
Speaker
Now there's never been.
01:43:57
Speaker
Oh, please.
01:43:58
Speaker
Now there's never been a game that I feel more confident with.
01:44:01
Speaker
Give me my boys.
01:44:03
Speaker
Merry Christmas.
01:44:04
Speaker
Everybody have a happy new year as well.
01:44:06
Speaker
Okay.
01:44:07
Speaker
In week 17, already talked about it.
01:44:09
Speaker
Sorry, Cardinals.
01:44:11
Speaker
Cardinals are really struggling here to end the year.
01:44:14
Speaker
They're playing Philadelphia.
01:44:17
Speaker
I have a lot to say about this game.
01:44:19
Speaker
Give me the Eagles.
01:44:21
Speaker
Okay, you've got the Eagles.
01:44:23
Speaker
Fly, Eagles, fly.
01:44:24
Speaker
And I'm going to talk about the Matthew Stafford-led Rams.
01:44:30
Speaker
All right, speaking of efficiency, I had it all pulled up.
01:44:32
Speaker
We already talked about this game.
01:44:33
Speaker
You said the Rams were going to beat the Commanders, if I'm not mistaken, this weekend.
01:44:37
Speaker
That is correct.
01:44:38
Speaker
I did say that, and I stand by it.
01:44:40
Speaker
Okay, so Rams staying hot, beating the Commanders.
01:44:45
Speaker
Next weekend, will the Rams have a Merry Christmas weekend?
01:44:49
Speaker
Thursday night, a couple of days before the Jolly Man squeezes his arse down the chimneys.
01:44:56
Speaker
We got the Saints heading to the City of Angels.
01:44:59
Speaker
Who you got?
01:45:01
Speaker
Yes, I'm still sticking with the Rams in that one.
01:45:03
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
01:45:04
Speaker
Okay.
01:45:05
Speaker
She says Rams are beating the Saints.
01:45:08
Speaker
And finally, oh my God, why is getting the spinning wheel of death here?
01:45:12
Speaker
Okay.
01:45:14
Speaker
Amo, Eli, Baby Ivy.
01:45:17
Speaker
Are they going to have a happy new year against the Rams?
01:45:20
Speaker
No, I don't think they are.
01:45:22
Speaker
I think I already touched on this.
01:45:23
Speaker
Unfortunately, I don't believe they are going to have a happy new year.
01:45:27
Speaker
And I'm going to go with the Rams yet again.
01:45:30
Speaker
Rams?
01:45:31
Speaker
Looking red hot.
01:45:32
Speaker
I think they're going to sneak their way into the playoffs.
01:45:33
Speaker
I truly do.
01:45:35
Speaker
Wow.
01:45:35
Speaker
You heard it here first.
01:45:36
Speaker
Rams back in the playoffs.
01:45:37
Speaker
We shall see.
01:45:38
Speaker
It's looking good on their schedule.
01:45:40
Speaker
Two games to go.
01:45:41
Speaker
We're killing it.
01:45:42
Speaker
Two teams to go, and you get the number one, arguably Super Bowl-bound San Francisco 49ers.
01:45:49
Speaker
Win, win, win, probably, in your opinion.
01:45:54
Speaker
I have a feeling.
01:45:55
Speaker
Probably have a feeling this first game, though.
01:45:56
Speaker
This weekend, I'm going to want to talk about it for at least a couple minutes.
01:45:59
Speaker
Yeah, you should, because they are playing the Arizona Cardinals, which is probably the most least, the most least.
01:46:04
Speaker
This is probably the least competent game you've ever had to decide on.
01:46:08
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely.
01:46:09
Speaker
And I know they don't play the Bears the weekend after this.
01:46:11
Speaker
So let me just waste a little bit of time.
01:46:13
Speaker
Niners.
01:46:14
Speaker
Bear.
01:46:15
Speaker
Am I good?
01:46:16
Speaker
Okay.
01:46:17
Speaker
We're going to go with the Niners.
01:46:19
Speaker
That just threw me off my game.
01:46:20
Speaker
Geez.
01:46:22
Speaker
I do think I talked about this team, though, and I'm interested to hear what you have to say.
01:46:25
Speaker
Week 16, the really, really good game.
01:46:27
Speaker
Christmas night.
01:46:29
Speaker
They are hosting the Baltimore Ravens.
01:46:32
Speaker
I hope my mom's not wanting me to do a lot of family stuff on Christmas Eve.
01:46:34
Speaker
Sorry, Nance.
01:46:36
Speaker
on Christmas night.
01:46:37
Speaker
Sorry, Nance.
01:46:38
Speaker
I'm really excited for watching Christmas Story with you.
01:46:40
Speaker
I'm excited to deck the halls, excited to stock the stuffings, make some cookies, sing some carols, but you better leave me alone between the hours of 7 and 10 on Christmas night because I'm about to be watching this.
01:46:51
Speaker
Sorry, baby Mackenzie.
01:46:53
Speaker
Sorry, baby Declan.
01:46:54
Speaker
I'm not going to be exchanging gifts.
01:46:57
Speaker
This is going to be an awesome game.
01:46:59
Speaker
Since it's in San Fran, I think that's going to be the main decider, but I think it's going to be a high power game.
01:47:05
Speaker
I think it's going to be the Superbowl preview.
01:47:07
Speaker
Okay.
01:47:08
Speaker
You said Niners.
01:47:09
Speaker
I'm going to have to agree with you.
01:47:11
Speaker
I'm going to have to go Niners just because it's at home and they play so well in San Fran.
01:47:15
Speaker
So give me the Niners.
01:47:17
Speaker
All right.
01:47:17
Speaker
Niners it is.
01:47:19
Speaker
And finally, I think they're going to end on a good note here.
01:47:22
Speaker
They are taking on the commanders.
01:47:26
Speaker
Niners, nothing else.
01:47:28
Speaker
Easy money.
01:47:30
Speaker
Easy money.
01:47:31
Speaker
Last game of Christmas chaos.
01:47:34
Speaker
Or last three games.
01:47:35
Speaker
Last team, the Seattle Seahawks.
01:47:38
Speaker
Tell me who they're playing.
01:47:39
Speaker
Last time I'm going to look it up last second.
01:47:40
Speaker
All right.
01:47:41
Speaker
I think we talked about most of these too.
01:47:43
Speaker
I think we talked about two out of these three at least.
01:47:47
Speaker
This weekend they got the Titans in Nashville.
01:47:49
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Oh, sorry.
01:47:50
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They play the Eagles on Monday night in Seattle.
01:47:54
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Okay.
01:47:55
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Obviously, we have talked about all these because it's the last team and they can't play themselves.
01:48:00
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Right when I said, I think we have.
01:48:02
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No, I said, I think we have too.
01:48:05
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And then right when I said that, I was like, we most definitely have.
01:48:08
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They have the Eagles.
01:48:09
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So yes, I still agree with that.
01:48:11
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It's going to be the Eagles.
01:48:12
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Then I think we're going to beat the Titans.
01:48:14
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Oh, my God.
01:48:17
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And then tell me again, what was week 17?
01:48:19
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Steelers at Seattle.
01:48:21
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Last game of Christmas chaos.
01:48:23
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Make it really juicy.
01:48:24
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Give us at least one nugget to end on a good note.
01:48:27
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What you got?
01:48:27
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All right.
01:48:28
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The nugget that I will give you is that...
01:48:32
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The Steelers have never lost week 17 of 2023 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are led by a man named Bitch Trubitsky.
01:48:44
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And so I think that's going to continue this season.
01:48:48
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Not only was that nugget invalid.
01:48:50
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The Seahawks are going to win.
01:48:53
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Not only was that nugget invalid, she said Mitch, but with a B. No, that is valid.
01:48:58
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They have never lost week 17, 2023.
01:49:01
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That is valid.
01:49:03
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A nugget is something that people can chew on.
01:49:05
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You just said something that has yet to happen.
01:49:06
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I will not let that be a nugget.
01:49:08
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She said Mitch took out the M, added a B. Steve and Patty, I'm so sorry.
01:49:12
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I hope she's not using this profanity next time she's in Michigan.
01:49:15
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He's on the naughty list.
01:49:17
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We're on the nice list.
01:49:18
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That was a lot.
01:49:19
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We deserve, oh my God, what a minute, hour, hour,
01:49:24
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We're an hour.
01:49:25
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We've been doing this for two hours.
01:49:27
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Yes.
01:49:28
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And I am freaking drained to say the least.
01:49:32
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All jokes aside, Mac.
01:49:33
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Sorry, there were no ads today because there just wasn't any time.
01:49:37
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We can just add another 10 minutes and do it right now.
01:49:40
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No.
01:49:41
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All jokes aside, huge shouts out to Mac.
01:49:44
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She always puts up with my shenanigans and she's not feeling well.
01:49:47
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So thank you for sticking it out.
01:49:50
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I know we're not going to be on for a couple more weeks.
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So,
01:49:53
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Hope you have the best time with your wife.
01:49:55
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You're going to have a great trip.
01:49:57
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I will pull down the fort here for the next couple of weeks.
01:50:00
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Please do.
01:50:01
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And,
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To all of our loyal Wave Riders, we love you all.
01:50:05
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We appreciate all the support.
01:50:07
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We hope everybody has a super happy and merry Christmas.
01:50:12
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Hope those of you who celebrate Hanukkah are having a happy Hanukkah and any other holidays.
01:50:16
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Hope you enjoy with your loved ones, your family, your friends, and have a great start to your 2024.
01:50:23
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And we can't wait to be back here in three weeks to finish the season strong.
01:50:29
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Could not have said it better myself.
01:50:31
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Happy holidays, everyone.
01:50:33
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Be safe.
01:50:34
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Be merry.
01:50:35
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And we'll see you in a few weeks.
01:50:36
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There will be only one week left of the NFL regular season before we kick off a very fun time of year, which is the NFL playoffs.
01:50:45
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We'll see you then.
01:50:47
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Peace.
01:50:51
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Merry Christmas.
01:50:51
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Go Bears.
01:50:53
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Go Bears.