Anything Better? - Baton Rouge? | Week 14 NFL Preview & Picks

Episode Date: December 4, 2025

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What's up, everybody, and welcome back to the Anything Better podcast with your host, Paul Bursey, Bill Burr. We have Andrew Themless behind the glass, and of course we have Jake the Snake back from his extravaganza he had with Lord knows who and Lord knows where, but he's back. Don't ask, don't tell, Paul. No, he doesn't kiss him tell, that's for sure. Dude, I mean, I'll tell you how I did. Oh, last week. Let me hear. Let me hear. First of all, can we just say it was not the same without Jake the snake? It's never is. I'm telling you, the vibes, the vibes were just not there. So with no Jake to Snake, how did it go for you there, Pauley? Well, I started out oh and two because the Chiefs didn't do their thing on Thanksgiving, nor did the Lions.

Luckily, two wild picks that I had came through, which were the Chicago Bears, who are the gift that keeps given. And also the Panthers getting 10. The Panthers ended up winning outright. So those two games came in for me, and I ended up going two and two. But I am still, I mean, I need, I mean, I'm on life support. I need like three, four and O's in a row right now. All right. Let's bring it up.

Let's see the stats here. Are they posted? There we go. Let's see how it looks. All right. Paul, you got? I am 1733 and 2. So I guess the 2 equals one loss and one win.

I don't know how that works, I guess. Bill, you are, I mean, Bill is having a good year. you're right there 20 20 this is the same year i have it billy wins some lose some actually win some lose some all right so 24 26 and two right i want i want the listeners to think about what you just said you pick two games where you thought what was going to happen and then you went out of the limb on two where you're like i'm just you know throwing one in from that the two that you took a risk on that made no sense one and then the things where you thought what was going to happen didn't happen lost i thought the panthers made sense getting 10 the bears i was scared of but i know what you're

saying all right well i'm trying to steer the narrative into don't do what the hurt is doing yeah do something else well i was lucky enough to go and i will say lucky uh i went three and one um what did i have i i had the packer I took the Bengals. That's my gift that keeps giving. Is Joe Flacco with points. I think Joe Burroughs finally back this week. Or I don't know if he went last week.

No, he won last week. They won last week. With him? You won that game, yeah. Oh, he won that game. Okay, I was out with Mike. That's why I was saying I was lucky to go three and one. Last two weeks I've watched very little football.

Been doing the dad thing. Then I had the Texans. And then I picked a game that I heard somebody said, boomer asiason said if you bet on the dolphins versus the saints that you have a problem you need to talk to some that's hilarious and i took the dolphins dude and i was in there paul i was looking at a four no week and uh you know the dolphins just went into the prevent to save you know the game and kill the clock and then they just gave him a touchdown and oh billy the old backdoor cup of paul you know what i should have done looking back at it you know most people go down to

Miami and they party and they can't handle that they're down there. The Saints are in New Orleans, Paul. That's a party town. I don't need to tell you. We certainly don't need to tell Jake the Snake, who three times, I believe, was the king of the Mardi Gras parade just because of his sheer body count down there. I should have known that the Saints were going to, the Saints were going to come in, Paul. Yeah, they came marching in.

Dude, do you remember the time? This was such a hilarious memory. you and I went to Monday night football after performing at Harris together in New Orleans and we saw Mike Vic Mike Vic quarterback the Eagles and me and you get drunk we're drinking and we're walking out

and one guy was like hey man I'll drive you guys back and we're like all right and he was walking in front of us and then me and you got into this huge argument because you know me with sports I got hammered and I go I said something ridiculous like I can throw a college football 50 yards in an NFL football, 45, or something nuts. And you go, knowing the numbers were higher than that, Paul.

Whatever it was. Like your alcohol. I wouldn't have argued 50 or 45. I think you were on the other side of the field, Paul. Yeah, I might have said 45 and 50. I don't think I said, I think I said 55 and 50. Either way, you go, get the fuck out of you. And me and you start arguing about how far I could throw football.

And the guy that was going to drive us just started walking ahead and just left remember yeah he made the good thing pa i apologize for that argument i'm sorry for that that's like i can't have that was the alcohol that was my my bs from a kid so i apologize for that no no it's all good but he was like i can't have these two in my well listen to me i can't sorry right right i shouldn't have done no i remember that guy he like walked away and uh you know as much of an asshole as i am like i am like i'm sorry i'm sorry i shouldn't have done it no i remember that guy he like walked away and uh you know as much of an asshole as I am, like, I always clock stuff like that. Like, I'm not, well, fuck that guy, he's a fucking poor.

I don't. I go, I just made another adult who, when he first met us, five minutes ago, he thought these two complete strangers were okay to get in his car, and now he's briskly walking away. And you know what? Shout out to that guy. Shout out to that guy listening to his inner voice, knowing better than to have us two knuckleheads. Yeah. What a couple of idiots.

Dude. I remember that. And then we had to try to figure out how to get back because the Superdome's all the way down the damn street. We were staying up the way. We walked far. We were drinking. It was, say, those are the good old days. Paul, I remember my heartburn was like fucking here the whole weekend.

And I didn't understand acidity or whatever. So I said, oh, I'll have a salad. And I got like balsamic vinaigrette, which is also more acidic, you know, smoking cigars. I don't know what we were doing, dude. But it's also like New Orleans, I had an acting gig there a long time. time ago, I did this movie called Black or White, and I spent a summer there. And that was, as far as, you know, being a Roop, not a Root, being a tourist, not knowing what, that was one of the hardest cities I've ever been in to try to eat well. you know it was like everything is fucking deep fried po-boy sandwiches and those little fucking bignets those donuts they got and it's just like i remember there was a there was a um a supermarket up the street and like i had to ask the lady when the vegetables came in it was one day a week and if you got there afternoon they were gone so i bought a juicer at a bed bath and beyond i had to take a cab over a bridge outside of the city like i'm telling you man like this There's something going on there with that fucking wall and no vegetables.

I don't know if the government is jealous about what a good time everybody has down there, but it seems like they're trying to kill him. Dude, we went to Commander Palace and ate. But do you remember when me and you were watching football in the casino sports book or the casino bar? And there was a guy that was angry at everybody. No, he was there. He was off. He was off.

But I was sitting next to him. He was okay with me. do you remember that he was like okay with me and you were like dude we got to watch this guy but he was just like he was like something was off with him dude and it was chill by he was built like marchion lynch too so and then that fucking idiot drunk came up talking to him and you saw him dude it was triggering something in him and i'm like this idiot talking to him does not understand he's about ready to get his fucking head ripped off that guy was like visibly dude any anytime that was that he was doing this watching a game or whatever so that's kind of like you know you're like

okay that's that and you know that shit well you know like i need to get away from this guy but i can't do it immediately or he's going to notice so you kind of kind of got to do like one of those yeah yeah and do one of those you can't just look like soinx and run away from the guy it's like walking away from a fucking predator man yeah he was like staring at the tv like he had a lot of money and that drunk guy was talking to him dude and it was just like dude talk about not reading the room That guy, that guy, he was in his own, he was in his own, I don't think he was betting on the games. I think he was in a sports book and then in his head, he was completely somewhere else.

Yeah. And whatever that world was, this dude came up to him. And yeah, it was, yeah, it was a hell of a weekend. And we saw LSU Alabama, too. LSU Alabama Saturday and then we partied Sunday. And then Monday, we went to Monday night football, Eagle Saints. Yeah, and I remember in the lobby of our hotel, I saw Drew. Rosenhouse, who's the agent of all the big ones. He was at the, like, the reception at the desk.

I was like, oh, shit, dude. That was because he came in there. Mike Vick actually looked really good there, too. Paul, what was the over under of 10,000 calories in those three days? Oh, my God, dude. Hey, take the over. Take the over. There was no defense. No defense in that weekend, Paul. Yeah, that's a good point. Anytime you see somebody rocking, it's never going to be like, hey, beautiful day out there. You guys have a nice day. There's no music playing. yeah it's new this shit here this shit here is fucking wild dude stay away from that yeah it's it's never i was on a subway with a guy once and he was looking i'm here and he was looking here so he's like he's right there and he's just going

yeah huh you guys don't think i'll do it on this thing i do it i swear to god i was down by bowling green down by like wall street And he's going, yeah, and I just took a pen out because I worked down there. And he's not looking at me. He's looking here, but he's going, yeah, what are you going to do with that pen? Huh? How do you think I'm worried about a pen? I was in war.

I'll pull out a gun. I'll kill it. And he didn't even have a gun. He was like, a t-shirt. And he goes, we can do that pen? Dude, I was just like, all right, man. Dude, I remember what time I got on the train. There was this white kid hopped up on something on 96th Street.

And he was singing this song, and he was dropping the N-word. He was going, I'm a crazy end word. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. I'm a crazy end word doing the best I can and he just kept doing it over and over again I was just sitting there everybody's just looking out white people looking like is he going to get his kick

but he's crazy so everybody else you know everybody's like dude I'm going to work he's not saying it to me he's fucking nuts not rolling around dude for like seven stops on a fucking loop he was singing that song this was like 1995 This is right when

this is when New York was still, you know, New York. Dude, what comic had that bit? What comic had that bit? Was it Jessica Kiersen? Somebody, or it was, dude, I don't know why I'm going from, I'm either going from like Jessica Kierston to, who's the guy? Oh, my God.

No, it's not Jessica Kierston. Who's the guy who's a radio host? You're friends with him. Rudy Rush. Is it Rudy Rush? Yeah, yeah, yeah, Rudy. Yeah. Still friends.

I talk to him all the time. Rudy Rush said he was on like a train. and some guy went up and started acting crazy so that he started acting crazy he liked something like where he was like and it worked it's so funny I was going to say is it cancel it out oh dude yeah yeah because you don't

no one wants to fuck with crazy dude I would I would have just thought that he would be able to see through that like it'd be like meeting a veteran he said I went to war and I tried to yeah I went to war too you didn't go to war you fucking pussy sitting in with my Army Navy jacket on um well let's uh we're going into week 14 here this is we got five weeks left 14 15

16 17 18 we got five weeks left and we got to bring in jake the snake back guys fresh off the press back from vacation we don't know where he was or how met who he was with there he look how happy he looks exactly well i mean the the playboy lifestyle is exhausting even even jake can't do it all the time jake we missed you buddy yeah that I'm glad to be back. The last episode title was very funny. Jake's on a plane was a good laugh. Did you, you went back for Thanksgiving?

Yeah, yeah. You're not going to say weird, Jake. We like the man of mystery. Fair enough. Me and my family just went on vacation, though. It was very nice. There you go. And he's a family, man, ladies.

There's no end to the level that this man can satisfy you. And Jake, you are a, just so all the ladies know, you are a bachelor, right? You're a single guy? Yes, this is true. I am single. I mean, guys, what else do you need? What else do you need? All right, I'll say some of the bigger injuries. One of the most subtle segways I've ever seen, Jake. That's one of the...

Yeah, it was on with Herbert. He fractured his hand and kept playing against the Raiders. And then it sounds like he's going to play this week again against the Eagles. Is it his throwing hand? it's his non-throwing hand so that's why people are like maybe you can play through it he had the surgery on monday and so we'll see how it works i i couldn't imagine um and they are going to get their running back um marion hampton back as well from an ankle fracture and then um jane daniels is back practicing for the for the commanders so he could possibly play against the vikings he had that gruesome elbow injury a couple months back um so it's good to see him back out there

hopefully he plays. It's not officially it. And then the Lions, we were just talking about it, but Amon Ross, St. Brown, they're a superstar receiver. He hurt his ankle on Thanksgiving. And it looks like he's a game time decision for tonight. I'm shocked that he's going to be able to play.

But he's a really tough guy, so hopefully he's back out there for them. And then the Colts have some big injuries to. Daniel Jones is playing through a fractured fibula. I don't know how, but I know. I couldn't imagine. That's a tough guy. That's stupid, dude.

they're already playoff bound what are they doing well not anymore because they're eight and four dude they're seven out of eight and four yeah so they play jacksonville this week they're both eight and four the top of the division so there's a lot of big games like that like baltimore plays pittsburg they're both six and six uh and first place for that division bears and packers are both not uh sorry bears are up a game they're nine and three um and that's going to be a really big game too so there's a lot of big division playoff game stuff uh this week i i do it with Paul that like sometimes just to make that stupid playoff run yeah it's really short-sighted where i feel like daniel jones has found a home here let the guy heal up you've done enough that

your fan base is excited about what's going on like don't do like some rg3 stuff and just bring the guy back and in in fibula too fibula's like dude if that that's like if a guy lands on it that's bad dude yeah it's like a hairline fracture how could you play if it's broke I don't know how something is shot gun formation i was even thinking like herbert right it's this non-throwing hand so he's under center this is the top hand and every time you're there that ball comes back and what they do is fucked up they wrap it up tight and they give him a shot so he doesn't feel it yeah i would i would just be like shotgun formation that's exactly what they're been doing yeah so they have a back quarterback under center and they have herbert and

shotgun um is appears to be a strategy but you know they they they play on Monday. We'll see. I would probably, what I would do since the Chargers by the Eagles and Chiefs back is maybe sit them against the Eagles and have them maybe play against the Chiefs, I don't know. I mean, playing through a fractured hand, I don't know how that's possible. I was curious.

You can't lose another game, right? It's going to, it's a tough. They have to, like, could I maybe lose one more? They're 8 and 4. So, I mean, you know, they can lose maybe a couple, but I mean, it's a really close race. The Chargers are 8 and 4.

No, we're talking about the Chiefs. Oh, the Chiefs. Yeah, well, Chiefs play Houston. So they really, yeah, the Chiefs pretty much need to win out. No, if the Chiefs lose another one, they're probably not going to make the playoffs. They'll be six and seven. Yeah, and Houston is another team in the Wild Card kind of race. And the Chiefs have already lost.

Yeah, they've been coming on. Yeah, Chiefs have already lost to Jacksonville and Buffalo, who are in the Wild Card, too, and the Chargers. So they really need to beat somebody for a tiebreaker. They've lost to the Broncos. That's another thing, too. They've a lot of division losses. Who would I ever thought? Who would I ever thought?

Dude, I'll tell you what, man. I know Jake doesn't want to hear this. But I've seen enough to like where I watched the Bronco game from beginning to end. The Broncos, in my opinion, are a really good team. I think their defense is really good. I think they're for real. And they're wide receivers too, you know? He's got a lot of people Sutton and stuff.

So I think the Broncos are going to be a tough out, man. Yeah, who are you guys looking at? He's got a great coach. Well, look, the only thing you could say about the Patriots, the only thing is the schedule strength, but you got to beat who's in front of you. So I don't buy that 100%. I never bought people. Oh, look, they beat the fog.

They beat dismal. They beat disson. I mean, but they beat them. And they have the special teams. They have a coach. There's another thing, Paul. They said we had an easy schedule in September before anybody even knew what the year was going to be like.

It's tough, Paul. The New York City sports biased. The level that you guys fucking run the shit and just amp up Nick fans screaming and yelling like the Knicks are going to win it. And then anything the Patriots do is there wasn't enough air and it was fucking this and that. It's like we're a solid team. No, you're better. I would say you're better than solid team. I'm not impressed that we, you know, beat the Giants the way we did.

You have an interim coach and you have a young quarterback who doesn't throw the fucking ball away. I don't know why. Like that kid is he's like trying to do this macho. stuff. So he still needs to learn that, I guess. But like, you know, I, you know, definitely. We played the Jets. We've got the dolphins and stuff like that. But, you know, we beat the bills before the bills knew that they sucked. Here's the test. And real quick, though, going back to what Bill said, it's a really good point. Because it's like, you can't say strength to schedule when nobody knew the Colts were going to be this good. Nobody knew, nobody knew the

Colts were going to be a hard out. And not to mention, Drake May's numbers, if what I saw is Drake, I was talking to my son about this. Drake May may have the best numbers of any quarterback in the NFL right now, which is insane. Like the guy's like an MVP candidate and you have a coach that, that, you know, has experience. So I, I, dude, I was shooting ourselves in the foot. We were fumbling two, three, four fucking times a game. Yeah, you will.

And it ended. Yeah, yeah. That is ended. Like, that team is tightest for what, what Brable, who I think is coach of the year, is getting out of that team. Yeah, they bought into him out. And the disciplined way that they're playing in the belief system. that they have um you know i like what drake may said were you know they were saying you feel like

you're you know carrying on the tradition of what brady and belichick did or is this a new error he goes a little bit of both you know they obviously want to can do what they do but this is a new group group of people and i just like i'm like this team has like an identity so i don't think that there is wild as their record but i definitely think that they're better than you know phil mush nick is going to give him credit for being well you guys got the third and Ravens after the bye week. So I think we're going to learn a lot about the Patriots in those two games. Because those are going to be too tough teams.

Yeah. So I think we're going to learn a lot there. Who in the playoffs? Like what are the top three teams that like the Patriots might not be able to handle? Like I'm looking at those. I think the Broncos are going to be their toughest thing. I agree. I've been on the Broncos most of the year too.

I think I don't think Buffalo is going to be a tough out in the playoffs. It's still Josh Allen. I agree. I agree with that. I'll tell you, if the fucking Steelers make it, you know, that Aaron Rogers factor, dude, they could upset somebody. I'm just saying that fucking guy is a, he's a winner. He's got enough in the tank. If the chiefs make it, they're always a tough out.

And the way Houston's playing, I don't think anyone wants to play that decent. No, Houston's got the best defense in elite. Look, my pick was Buffalo, so I got to stick with Buffalo. But I could see Broncos, Texans, and now Patriots. Paul, you don't have to stick with Buffalo. You said that fucking months ago. You don't have to stick with that. Like, you can pick you, now you're just, I feel like you're leaning Broncos.

Patriots have a real chance to get the one seed, which will be huge. I mean, that would be a lot. I mean, I think at this point, they're probably, yeah. Well, Denver is right there. Right, right, one game behind, but yeah, I think. Here's the deal. Are the Kansas City Chiefs going to run the table and really, like, show up or are they done? That's pretty going to be interesting.

They're going to make the president. playoffs and then they're going to they're going to do some things or whatever like as they always do and yes you know i i think that like they have the ability even on like a drive that shouldn't score you know they just have the ability to do those those stupid weird passes or mahomes runs you know with the football and like they always seem to figure it out i know whoever that running back is uh pacheco or whatever i mean they they got enough and then travis kelsey dude the fucking guy runs a route

like nobody in the league like everybody knows he's going not only is the guy open he's fucking wide open yeah so whatever he's doing to whoever's covering him

I mean it's it's insane like the amount of times you know because they got the camera on Patrick Mahomes they throw it to Travis Kelsey you go how to fuck

is he that open yeah it's the route said he's running that you know the chiefs put Houston Texas and Chargers back to back

if they went both those games, I think their chance to make the playoffs are very good, because they'd be eight and six. All right. Okay. I want to know the crazy story in the NFL right now is that the Miami Dolphins are not mathematically out of it, and they've won three of their last four or whatever, and they kind of turned it around. So, like, if they win the next two, they're like, imagine they snuck in, dude, because look,

dude, they had a coach ready to be fired. They were like, is he going to make the plane? And now they're fucking playing for him, so it's pretty easy. interesting. I'll tell you even crazier one, the Bengals aren't mathematically limited either at 4 and 8. If they beat Buffalo somehow this week, then, you know, they're not that far out from even the division. I mean, you know, with Joe Burrow and that offense, that's a team no one wants to play either. Yeah. And it might be the end of Congress this week. There's some really good games. Yeah. That Texan Chiefs game, just because of the way the Chiefs are at, man,

And that's going to be a fun one to watch. And I just think... Speaking of that. I think the greatness of Mahomes, I think he's going to get him over on that one. I haven't mentioned the Colts. You think the Colts? I mean, obviously, they started hot.

They've kind of cooled down a bit. Well, not if the quarterback's playing with a broken fucking leg, dude. I mean... I'm just talking about... You know, Paul, I think you're on to something there. I can't believe he's playing this week. Forget about the playoffs. How long does it take for that to heal?

And I don't know any doctor that says, you broke your leg. What should I do this week? Play some professional football. Yeah, yeah. I have a college football question real quick, so I'm sure you guys saw with the Lane Kiffin News. Do you have any opinions on that?

I saw that, is he going somewhere else? Yeah, he's officially going to LSU. No, no, he basically left. They gave LSU gave him $100 million, and he, like, left the team. And, like, fans went to the airport. and just booed him, like, on his way up the private jet. What he tried to do was he tried to, like, see if he could stay

and, like, have somebody else. But legally, I guess, once you accept the job, he's not able to, he's not able to coach them in the bowl game. Well, he was, but then the Ole Miss said, no, if you're going to take this job, just get out. Ole Miss was like, if you're going to do this, just leave. And they literally fucking, like, he went to a, but LSU offered him a hundred. Not only does he leave, he goes into the same conference. okay this this guy is running out of states in the south east of conference that he can go to all right he upset

Tennessee he said I am here I love this I'm going to turn this thing around and then USC said hey big boy right he goes out there he anybody he's a whore the man no hundred million dollars you're not a whore what am I supposed to do supposed to stay in Mississippi right it's just the timing that's so gross you find you have your best season of your career you give almost the best year in program history you're 11 and 1 you're in the playoffs and instead of saying you know what i'm going to wait until after the season to see if i want to leave or not and maybe the offer's not on the table i get it but it's like it's still shame on lsu

that's right shame on ellis what are you doing give the guy tell the guy listen you're going to be our guy just fucking finish out and then yeah dude that fucking guy man every time he turns his his rep around Dude, what he's did in Mississippi is fucking amazing. 11 and 1. They're in the playoffs. It's like, all right, okay. And you finally have a fan base that's fucking with you.

He's like the bad guy in wrestling. Very heel terms. That's actually perfect. All right. So what does he do at LSU and how does he leave? You have to know at this point you're dating a stripper. You have to know, Notre Dame's going to offer him 150 million in three years. They're saying like three, four years he'll go to the Miami Dolphins or something.

He's going to speak to the airport, Paul, dressed like a leprechaun to go up to South Bend. A little hat, a little Scottish hat. Here's the thing. Oh, they give me my pot of gold. I have to say this, though. Women come into play here. And just hear me out. And I'm not trying to be, oh, here goes Paul talking about.

But here's the deal. You tell your wife, dude, I remember I had a manager once, and another manager wanted to work with me. And my wife was like, yeah, you're getting rid of. You're getting rid of your first manager, and you're going to work with that, like, legitimate, legit, no offense to anybody that I worked with. Dude, let me take something. Get manager. Low key, your wife, your wife's a great at business.

Yes. They spend their whole life when they're picking out a dude. They are like a coach. Yes. Can this husband earn at the pro level? Dude, because they're scanning guys from kindergarten, dude. They're scanning. They know.

So by the time this happened. They know. They're in the game before you even know. there's a game being played. So here's my scenario. Lane Kiffin starts pouring himself an orange juice. And you go, honey, I talked to LSU. So do one of these.

She's like, what did they say? I'm doing a pie, baby. He's pouring himself a glass orange juice. He goes, yeah, I talked to LSU sweet. Oh, what they say? They want to give me $100 million, but, you know, what? Right there. We're in the playoffs.

I mean, I can't. We're 11 and 1. I don't get. get you got three four daughters no no no no no that's not how you all this is what they do they pout first baton rouge i always heard that was really nice the houses are no i don't i'm not saying i don't like mississippi i'm just we could like look they they do that first yeah yeah yeah what oh have you seen the homes there oh my god it's so charming school systems the school systems

i i don't know i heard through a friend that drew breeze's wife loved it oh yeah pa this is what they do they they fucking they go school system like they act like they're thinking about the kids oh yeah oh no dude they're already thinking burking bags and gator fucking shoes she's thinking now she's got a private jet and lanes got one they each got one Yes, exactly Together She's closer to Miami It's a two-car garage for privates

All right You want to get the funniest thing Lane Kiffin said That's what we move on He said Oh, they didn't know the money Yeah he said I don't even want to know the contract

You know a mad dog Mad Dog had a rant on I just scrolled Mad Dog from Mike in the mail He goes What are you talking about? You don't know the money Because Lane Kiffin is in a suit LSU pin

Purple Tie already Already happened I didn't even know the money I don't know the money I told him I didn't want to know the money until dude mad dog's gone I don't know the money you know Stephen A. Smith

Look at him Stephen A. Smith is cry and he goes He knows every nickel he's getting from the cake You don't leave an 11-1 program Not knowing what you're Paul you go into buy a fucking granola bar you don't know the money

$100 million on the table You fucking know it He probably didn't look literally And his agent goes it's 100 million And he fucking plays that game Fuck off Yeah that's all right his agent probably because his agent's going to get 10% of that right yeah depending he could have a deal worked out with them that they could make a flat fee but his agent was he probably just sat down across from you know like when when robert kenny and jfk were facing each other you know that famous black and white photo during the Cuban missile crisis he's just going lane I know you said you didn't want to do this but can you be the bad guy one more time and then he's just going like you got

What's the number? Don't tell me. Don't tell me. Don't tell me. Whisper it. Whisper it. More than 80? More than 90? He's like, dude, look. I, listen, it is what it is. It's Mississippi. You never come in here again.

and then meanwhile lane's all like these players in the transfer portal's bad for the sport and he's like how much was that up contract again how about the how about the reporter called him a hoe the reporter called him a hoe walking in and he just stopped and turned around and he walked to them and he just goes and the reporter goes yeah what and he goes yeah how about you call me a hoe in there we see how it goes and then he just turned around and walked away I mean, he turned into a fucking wrestling heel is the perfect bill. It's perfect. Well, here's the thing.

You guys are all judging him and all of that type of stuff. The day you walk away from $100 million to be in fucking Baton Rouge in Death Valley to coach the LSU Tigers, the day you can fucking walk, the day that offer comes in and you walk away from it, then, you know, listen, Paul, I got to be honest with you. I'm starting to like Lane Kiffin. Dude, I walk the way. He's fun. He's good for the fucking sport.

And it's like, the best thing is if he doesn't come to your program, just to know that he's going to break the hearts. He's going to fucking break hearts, Paul. He's a heartbreaker. Oh, yeah. No, look, Lane Kiffin is every, every, Lane Kiffin has got a little sneaky peat in him, a little. Oh, yeah. Dude, sneaky Pete doesn't. Steaky Pete doesn't.

doesn't leave messes like this guy. I mean, he's like 80s action hero walking away. Bill, even sneaky Pete was impressed. Sneaky Pete was like, he did what? Who? Shewing his gum. You know, I had the chance to do it. I couldn't do it.

I couldn't do it. I was scared. I was scared. That's why this podcast is the best sports podcast of the world. And I don't think people understand, like, Lane Kiffin's position, taking a hundred million dollars at his age right now what is lane kiffin what is lane kiffin 55 years old right yeah sure he's the christian

latner of fucking coaches i i watched that 30 for 30 on christian latina dude that's one of my favorite ones i love that guy i love that guy's whole fucking vibe i love that he loved people not liking him but then there was a part of him being like you know sometimes it went a little far or whatever like what really really want to

one of the great villains it takes a lot to do it takes a lot to accept that it takes a lot to accept like everywhere i go people are going to kind a lot of these people are going to not like me it takes a lot what's funny about laying kiffin is he hasn't really won anything yet he's this will be the first time he's made the playoff and everyone's like oh well here's 100 million dollars i mean clearly he clearly he's turned the programs he really could he really could be a coach that gets you there but not over the fucking you know get you in the day Listen, what he did in Mississippi, I feel, now that we're, you know, sort of like laughing about Lane Kiffin, I really feel bad for the fans of Mississippi and all that. Like, you know, the program that the guy built out there, they deserved, you know, Alabama's been stealing, you know, the spotlight for so long.

And then Georgia comes along. LSU's won a couple there. You know, it's been, I don't, what was the last time fucking Mississippi? Never. They never won one. Yeah. So it's like, I understand, you know, that's the kind of shit used to happen, the Patriots all. That's a Chuck Fairbanks mood.

We were on the way of the playoffs in the middle of it. He took a job at the University of Colorado. I just don't understand why LSU didn't let him wait. Like, do it the right way. Finish this year out and then be like, I had a great time here. I'm taking this opportunity to, like, just get on a plane now. Wait a minute, Paul. You don't understand that college sports is.

filthy? No, no, no. I don't, I understand it's filthy. I don't understand why LSU couldn't wait a month, wait until the holidays were like, what's the difference? Because they don't care, Paul. They have what they want. Their boosters have what they want. Do once you got a bunch of white guys and loafers with no socks and blue blazers on, you have no idea what they're capable of. They don't give a shit. These are the people that will poison your food supply, pollute the fucking water, false flag wars. You don't think they're going to take a coach from Mississippi to fucking LSU. Where do they get that money, Paul?

See, that's why Italians are a little, that's why Italians are smarter than everybody when it comes to that shit. Because Italians talk low and go, dude, we're going to get them. We're going to get them. We're going to get them. I know.

I talked to the guy. We just got to wait. That's what Italians do. These fucking greedy assholes, you've got to get them now. You got to get them now. No, you don't. You're going to get them.

Yeah. Because you got the money. Let's go easy. You know, they also went, up to BC and ruin those kids lives. So, come on. Let's, let's not act like you guys are saints. No, no, we're not saints. Listen, Paul, I would never fuck with your

cuisine. No, listen. Okay, but like, I'm stopping short of like, see, that's why Italians, when we do our stuff that they're corrupt. It's a little better. No, no, they're corrupt. They're just organized corrupt. I never said they, I just said they have I don't know how to do it. Hey, Paul,

fair enough. Let's get into the NFL picks here, Paul. Yes. We got some picks to make now, we are going into week 14, so that's an even number, which means it is my pick. And right off the bat, the first game that I liked, hey, what do I got to lose? I need to have, I'm

Aaron Rogers at the 50- 50-yard line, Hail Mary, for this season. But the first game I looked at and the first game I saw is tonight. The Lions cannot lose two in a row at home. They're coming off a terrible loss on Thanksgiving. It's

a three-point game. And the Cowboys are playing good, but the Cowboys also haven't played that great a team. And I think that the Lions are going to play with the, if that fucking guy could take the points to coach. But I'm going to take the Lions minus three at home tonight. Real quick, that's almost a de facto elimination game with those two teams' records. And they're both not going to win their divisions more than likely. So big game. Yeah.

All right. First game I like, I like the Falcons at home getting seven against the Seahawks. I think they're a tough team. I know the Seahawks are really good and everything. I think the Seahawks win, but I don't think that they cover. I like that what was that receiver they got, London or something like that. Yeah. Yeah, that guy, you know, he was killing the Patriots, killing the Patriots.

East. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm going to take the Falcons at home getting seven points, Paul. Jesus Christ, I got my feet up. Got my feet up in the first quarter. Well, I'm going to take. What are they doing? I, dude, you're right there, Bill.

You're one game back. Two. Sam Rothstein, no, one, you have a two-game tie. Oh, okay. Paul, I've had my heartbroken too many times to get excited. Well, listen, with four or five weeks left, you already had a good year, so. Hey, I can't think like that, Paul. You know what I mean?

I just, you know, I have a job to do. I just try to get it done. You know, I'm the chiefs right now. I had my dynasty right now. I'm just trying to see if I could get in the game. She never had a dynasty. Let's stop saying that. A dynasty, you have to win three in a row.

But three years, the trophy was in your city, and there wasn't a fucking thing anybody could do about it. You don't get to win one, lose, lose, lose, win, win. Yeah. Fuck on it. Like three other teams, four of the cities have a fucking championship parade during your dynasty. No, I have a...

I would say this, Paul. It was the most giving dynasty I've ever seen. How about that? It was very generous. I have a dynasty. Oh, you're going to help. I'm at my dynasty. Paul, once again, Paul.

Four in a row. I'm sorry. I'm going to take the Jacksonville Jaguars, getting one and a half at home. The starting quarterback of the other team has a broken leg. I don't care if it's a hairline. The guy has a hairline fracture in his fibula, and he's starting in the game, and Jacksonville is home, and Jacksonville is kind of flying right now. So it's kind of a pick-um.

I think that the line is a little low because of the... the cults maybe they think the cults are better than they are i think the colts are uh i don't know i like the jacks paul i got to say a nix fan voting against uh betting against a guy with a broken leg really surprised me i know i'm jumping sports here but you know that's one of the great moments in nick's history yeah but what people don't realize is he limped back on and i think he only had two points yeah one bucket Jesus, Jake, Jake, they're calling you early this week. Jake, you know, Jake picks up the wrong.

Honey, honey, it's not the weekend yet. I'm working. I'm working. All right, my next pick. I like the Pittsburgh Steelers getting six points going into, wait, why do they both say plus six? I got to feel like the Ravens are laying. The Ravens are favorite, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I like the Pittsburgh Steelers. Aaron Rogers come in there, division rivalry. They know each other. It's fat enough points for me. this time of year everybody's got everybody's banged up and whatnot and uh i don't know i i feel like the ravens win the game and they just they just haven't like a lot of teams this year they just haven't been able to put together like a like a nice streak here so um let's i'm gonna go

at the Steelers that always seems like those two teams play close games just black and blue division brother yeah oh yeah big time ball he's deep and thought all right all right Upboard. Yeah, I mean, dude, this Bill Spangles game is a weird one. The line is, you know. That's a Thursday night spread. Five and a half. You don't see that on Sunday a lot, I feel.

So far, I got one dog, and I got one favorite. You know what? I'm going to take the Miami Dolphins, dude. I'm going to take to Miami Dolphins a three-point favorite against the Jets. I know the Jets won last week, but they got Tyrod Taylor, and I think Miami is kind of fighting for their coach to stay around, and they kind of figured something out. I kind of like that bet.

Paul, that's kind of like a gift, I feel. You don't like it. No, I love it. I love that pick. I love that pick. I feel like, you know, the Jets won their third game. I don't think they're going to win back-to-back fucking games. And I think Jets fans are going to come in this week because they had the win last week.

I think Jets fans are going to be a little excited that they're going to win. And Paul, what happens every time Jets fans get excited? Oof. The rug gets ripped out from underneath them. Paul, God damn it, I like that pick. I wish you didn't take it because I wanted to take that kick. So, off I go into the rest of the fucking thing here. Bears Packers

Six and a half I know the Packers had a big win so to the Bears Division rivalry I mean I might take all dogs this week I'm going to take the Bears

I don't give a fuck I mean it gives me an excuse to watch that One of the oldest rivalries Paul Yeah I was going to take them They are a very good football team What's their record 8 and 3?

There's a 9 3 Number one seat in the NFC Because the Rams lost Yeah I'm not saying They're going to win the game. I'm just you know, all of these games. I just feel like I like the points

that I'm getting. Okay. And for my fourth and final pick, the game that's going to make me go 4 and 0 this week, because that's what I'm going to do. Of course you are, Paul. Manifested. I am going to take the Cleveland Browns minus 4 at home

against the hapless, terrible. Tennessee Titans, Shador Sanders is going to maybe find his way they're at home they're going to be excited uh i i i don't love that it's four i wish it was three but i think that i mean tennessee has been a really really bad team probably the worst team in a league and uh i think that uh the brown should beat them by seven or ten so those are my four picks hey paul you know what i you know as much as you've been having a tough year everything

you say makes sense it's just this year has made no sense i love that pick i love that pick um all right so I'm staying away from both Monday night games. I hate the spreads of both of those. There's only one, but yeah. Oh, okay. So I'm staying away from the Sunday night game, and I'm staying away from the Monday night game.

What was your fourth pick, Bill? I got you, Steelers, Falcons, Bears. This right here is my fourth pick. And I'm just talking because I don't see anything that's really sticking out at me. I keep going back to that Bengals' Bills game. The bills have just been struggling. Are they just going to break out and do what everybody thought they were going to do?

Or is Joe, fuck that. Joe Burroughs a cigar-smoking man. He's back. He's missed the game. I feel like this is another one where my team might not win the game. I'm taking all dogs this week, Paul. I'm a dog guy. I respect cats, but I like dogs.

I'm taking Joe Burrow and the Bengals, getting five and a half. And I'm also inviting Joe Burrow to smoke a cigar, me and Paul Verzi any time he wants. We smoke the best stuff out there. Somebody just gave me some real kicks. So if we're ever in that, Paul, if we're ever in Cincinnati. Smoking a stick with Burrow. I mean, I love that kid.

Got to love it. I love that kid. I love that we think he has the time to smoke with us, Paul. That's how good we're feeling this week about our picks. We just invited an NFL quarterback. But if you show up and he smokes a cigar terrible, like he ashes it, he does everything wrong. He's a terrible conversation. Because I've seen them.

Yeah. I've seen the way handles that I might. Yeah, Joe Burroughs an old soul, I think. He's great. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love it. All right. Well, all right, Paulie.

Those are our four picks each. And now it is time for the Monday night special, which is Eagles Chargers. Bill, you know what time it is. Oh, let that Monday night special win some money for you. We haven't won since the first two weeks. So this is what we're going to do. Win some money for you. Come on, we got to do something here.

We keep hitting like two out of three on our things. We've been there, but these, you know, you got to admit, bet MGM, they're in business to make money. And God damn it, they've been kicking our ass here. We're two and eleven, Paul. We're on the hot seat here. What's there we get to win? Eagles charges, Paul.

You got a guy with the fractured non-throwing hand. The fucking Eagles, they keep tripping over their shoelaces this year. they're in Los Angeles there's a lot of hot pussy out there they're leaving Philly you know I mean you know there's a lot of good looking women in Philly too let's not let's not let's not lie here okay a little more attitude

yeah it's not L.A though huh? It's not L.A. L.A. is like the Lakers they don't all that sits from somewhere else they got free agent pussy out here Paul I mean, Jake, this is your team here.

What are we doing? Is this hand a problem or what's going on? It could definitely be a problem. The big way I have is the offensive line going against the Eagles defensive line. That's the key matchup to watch. Little Herbert have time to throw. That's going to be the big question. Well, why do you answer the question that, Jake?

How do you feel about your offensive line? Jake likes the Eagles. Well, I don't know. The Eagles offense has not been good, but I mean, they'll probably do something against us. It's, I don't know. It's a tough call. I think our O-line is very bad and their D-line is very good. So that's my worry going into this game, I'll say.

So, Jake, if you hated the Chargers, you would not, if you didn't like the Chargers, you would not like them in this game, right? That's true. I'd probably be like, oh, Herbert has a broken hand. Their O-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-6. That's why Jake is what he does. He's honest. He's not biased.

He's telling you the truth. He knows. All right, this is what I don't like, Paul. If the charges have a bad offensive line and their quarterback has a broken non-throwing hand and the Eagles have a good defensive line and then the number's only three, I feel like they want us to jump on that, Paul.

That's what I'm thinking, too. Get on that fucking hook. Yeah, I think all of America is going to be picking, like, what I just said. They're going to be all over the Eagles. Every once in a while, Paul, you've got to walk away from the group. You know, you've got to be a maverick. the eagles are struggling that's that's very true

their offenses look really weird we're in Vegas making their money here Paul everyone's taking the Eagles it's true follow the money let's go let's go Herbert in the charges dude all right let's go Herbert in the charges

do you want to go money line do you want to just I would personally take the three I think we should take the three points dude I am an idiot let's go money line rather than taking three points. I hope that didn't go by any of our listeners.

I'm sure you didn't. 90% of the money line is on Philly. Okay, yeah, I was curious what the couple of money was going to be. Money line's 90%, the two and a half, 66%. That's not a bad. Over under. Well, everyone's going to be on the under, whatever that is. You know what, this game is?

You actually bet the charges take the points and bet the money line and take the over jake it's on the over 75% of the money i bet you herbert has a good game dude i bet you herbert has a good game if they're throwing him out there he's you know he's a he's is a dog and he can make any throw on the field let's do chargers with the three herbert to throw one and uh and then and then and then he's something magical man

we need four people working on this part we got to hit one of this we got to do we we probably do it for the people and a field goal over 50 that's very possible with the charges have a great kicker so i don't know that's and her doesn't like it he's got to win one we just came out with the speech we got to win one i think there's bad i take i take an interception i would take each guy to take an interception over if they go over picking over i don't know i don't think both guys turned it over that well herbert has turned over a little bit well herbert at least herbert yeah hurts doesn't really turn it over that much no he doesn't i don't i don't like that one as much but

So what, Keenan Allen to catch one? I would look at the Chargers running back if we're taking a Chargers player. I mean, there's a lot of people on the Eagles we could take as well to score. Sequant, Sequin, right? We got Sequin, they got hurts. A.J. Brown's great. I would look at either Hampton or McCongue. I go A.J. Brown's ball.

I just feel like Sequin's the obvious. Let's just go against the grain. I like that. Okay. AJ Brown, Justin Herbert, and Chargers. There it is. I'm into it. There it is. Guys, don't forget, guys, if you want to play with us, have a good time.

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