Anything Better? - Houston False Flags | Divisional Playoffs
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What's up, everybody, and welcome back to the Anything Better podcast.
NFL edition for, oh, my God, going into Divisional Weekend.
What a wild card weekend it was.
I'm your host, Paul Verze.
Bill Burr is your host over there.
We have the Greek Freak in Beverly Hills, and we have Jake the Snake with our injury report from an undisclosed area.
As always, nobody knows where Jake the Snake is.
But what we do know is that he has the ladies know where he is.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, the ladies know where he is.
I'm not going to lie.
Me and Bill crushed Wild Card Week.
Bill went five and one.
You were five and oh at one point.
I was five and oh at one point.
And what did I tell you, though, dude?
That, that, that, my stupid, stupid fucking speech, oh, Aaron Rogers and Tomlin are going to have a meeting alone and say, let's fucking stick it up everybody.
It was a, it was a pipe.
It probably did.
It just didn't happen.
No, it didn't happen.
What are you going to do?
But about Tomlin, what a run, huh?
Dude, Tomlin and Harbaugh.
Harbaugh, the new coach.
By the way, I'm very happy.
My New York Giants, I have John Harbaugh is a new coach of the New York Giants.
Thank God.
They got somebody in there with a, you know, with actually a record like Tom Coughlin,
first time since Tom Cofflin.
He is going to turn that team around.
Like, that guy is not, the game is not past him by.
No.
It was just time.
It was just time.
And I think the same thing with Tomlin.
I love how Tomlin,
such a prideful guy that he was like,
I'm just calling the Steelers.
I don't know if you heard what he did,
but he didn't even,
I guess the Steelers wanted to have a meeting with him.
And apparently the Steelers said,
dude, we're going to run this back with you,
you know, for your 20th year.
And he was just like, you know,
he's got the fans cheering,
fired Tomlin.
And he's like, dude, you know what?
My time is done here.
And thank you.
No thank you.
I'm done.
And both great coaches, dude,
amazing coaches.
You know what's insane is,
I'm going to be 58 years old in June, and I look this good now.
They have had, the Steelers have had three coaches in my lifetime, I think.
I think Chuck Noel, well, maybe he started in 69.
I was born in 68.
Dude, Steelers have had two coaches since Chuck Knoll.
Steelers have had two coaches in my lifetime.
No, three.
Chuck Knoll was still a coach when you were born.
Oh, was he?
Okay.
When did he end?
When did he stop?
Like 83, 84, 85, somewhere like the mid-80s.
After Terry, Lambert, Mel Blonde, all of those guys left.
All the super-steeles were gone.
Then he retired.
And then Bill Cower, let's go.
He was the first guy.
Let's go.
He was the first guy saying that, I feel.
And then after him was my tongue.
And everybody is one, like Noel got four.
Cowher got one.
Tomlin got one or got one?
Tomlin went to two, got one.
Got one, yep.
So, I mean, that's a hell of an organization, dude.
It's a hell of an organization.
You got to give it up to the Steelers.
Amazing.
Amazing.
No, I'm really glad the Giants actually have some young weapons and now a coach to build it.
You know, and then Bill, you lost with the Eagles and I lost with the Steelers,
other than that, we fucking five and one. Dude, Bill and I, we go 10 and two.
Ten and two. You know, somebody reached out and goes, you guys won me some money.
I had some fans reach out, go, you guys wanted me some money. Nice. That's what we're here for, Paul.
Give them some laughs, and maybe we make them some money. Always make them laugh. Don't always make
them money. This past week, we made him some money. Here's what I learned over the week.
I learned that Josh Allen will make a big time throw.
that not many guys could make in a big moment and seem unfazed.
And I also learned that that Caleb Williams kid,
the quarterback of the Bears, is actually really good, like really good.
You know, I-
You know what he's really good at?
He's good at rolling out, running.
Yeah.
And throwing unbelievably accurate over 20 yards down the field.
Like his mobility, extending the play and all of that.
Like, it was weird, dude.
Like, the first half, I mean, he was, didn't look like he was good.
It was like, I don't know what happened in that game.
I don't understand why the Packers were stopping them.
You know, I can just say halftime adjustments.
Like, I don't know what they did.
Like the Patriots Chargers, I was what?
My brother knows a lot about football.
He was going like, yeah, I go, this game's getting kind of ugly.
And he was just going like, well, you know, what I said.
I said, dude, we've got two good running backs.
They're going to eat up the clock.
The charges completely took that away from us.
And then we were trying to throw our passes that the, that the running game,
usually sets up and their defensive backs were too good.
But when we started dumping it off to the tight end underneath, I think that kind of loosens
stuff up for us.
But I don't know what the hell happened in that Packers game all of a sudden.
But I will say, Jordan Love to the end was throwing strikes.
They didn't catch them.
Yeah.
Jordan Love's good, man.
There was that one right over the fucking middle.
That guy caught it.
He would have gone right in the end zone.
And that would have been it.
What about A.J. Brown, the Eagles, dude.
I mean, that was right in his hands.
That changes everything.
He dropped it.
He was the guy complaining all year, and he dropped it.
A lot of drops this year, but you're right.
Dude, Caleb Williams running left and then just like on the run just through a fucking
unbelievable ball out.
That kid is for real.
Like, if they get him, you know, I don't know what they're on.
I don't know much about the Bears.
I'm an AFC guy.
But like, if that kid has an offensive line and people to throw to, you obviously, you know,
that's the dream.
so you can see, you've got to give your quarterback that.
Because if you don't have those two things,
you're not going to be able to see what their capabilities are,
which is why it's a curse to be the most highly touted quarterback in the draft
because you're going to go to a team with no offensive line and nobody to throw to.
And then they give you a big sack of money.
And all the fans are like,
this guy's the fucking bust and he's out there running for his life.
So that's why I love Baker Mayfield
Because he went to the fucking Browns
In places where quarterbacks go to die
And you also have to with this Williams kid
People go quarterbacks go to Chicago to die
And this fucking guy is you know
I wouldn't say thriving
But he's doing better than anybody I've seen in a long time
Yeah and the thing about him that I noticed
And like I said that's why I kind of picked him a lot all year
Is he does it in the fourth quarter a lot
As the game gets more tight
and there's more pressure on the kid,
he makes bigger throws,
which to me is a winner.
By the way, speaking of winners.
The Bears could have quit, dude, on that, when the Patriots came back,
you know, after they came back,
and they went up by a couple of points,
and the Packers came back and scored a touchdown,
not a field goal.
Like, a team can get down on themselves.
They didn't.
So good job with the players and the coaches and all.
Oh, gee, really compliments this week, Polly.
And how about this?
The Bears don't have a huge, big-time receiver.
You give that kid a big receiver, too, man.
That team could be dangerous.
But by the way, speaking of winners, Bill, speaking of winners, not only did you almost beat the book, you were a game and a half off, but then you win five.
So technically, my friend, technically, if we count everything, you are over that mountain, baby.
No, no, I lost by a couple.
I needed to go three and one, and I went one and three.
So I'm at least two under.
Well, you won five.
What I was already under.
So I'm like, I think I'm about even, Paul.
Billy wins some, lose some.
No, no, you're over.
That taxes and me going 500, Paul.
You're not going to lose your house, but you're not putting on an addition.
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Now, going into the divisional, we only got four games left of the season. This year is flown by,
but one thing that has been a constant is our injury report guy, Jake the snake.
So Jake, tell us what you got for the last four games this,
or for the four games this week in divisional weekend.
What do we got?
Yeah, we're fortunate.
It's not too bad of injury this week.
But in the Patriots, Texans game, we have the Patriots best defensive back
and the Texas best receivers.
That's Nico Collins for the Texans.
And Christian Gonzalez, they both left the weekend.
against games with head injuries.
It seems like Christian Gonzalez is more likely to play than Nico Collins, but hopefully they're
both out there, but they both have concussions.
So something to monitor.
And then,
Gonzalez, I can tell you, it's a shutdown corner.
They don't even throw his way.
Amazing player.
Yeah.
So that's a big.
Wait a minute.
But doesn't the NFL have a rule?
If you get a concussion in the game, isn't there a minimum of a, don't you have to
miss a game or no?
If you make it through the protocol or whatever, then you can play.
But it's been stricter this year, but I'm sure for the playoffs.
also might be a little, you know, looser.
So I'm not sure what the exact policy is there,
but that's kind of like what you have to get through to play.
And then we all saw,
but George Kittle tore as Achilles against the Eagles.
So he's obviously done for the year.
Really unfortunate.
The Niners just have been dealing with injuries all year.
And then last one is also the Niners.
Fred Warner is trying to come back,
the outstanding linebacker for the Niners.
But we'll see.
He seems like a long shot to play as of now,
but they've activated him from the IR.
So he has a chance.
but it's a very slow one.
So that's kind of like the big injuries I see.
And I love,
oh, go ahead.
I was going to say, Jake,
you're just like,
even though it's the end of the year,
you're in mid-season form.
I mean, that was,
you're coming in hot.
Yeah, and I love your,
I love the Giants hire,
John Harbaugh.
I was, when I was thinking,
like, what are their best fits for him?
Like, that couldn't be a better place.
And I think,
and that has to crush jet fans.
So that has to crush them, dude.
It's just like,
because, you know,
you guys,
couldn't really talk too much shit this year because you suck too but like the giants
even when they they don't suck for a long time and the jets the jets have type 1 diabetes
the giants have type 2 like you know you can eat your way in and eat your way out the you know
yeah sorry to bring up that reference yeah I'm just waking up too Paul I'm gonna get it
we're gonna get some emails on that you know as someone with type 1 diabetes
Will we want to be your insulin injection this week?
Okay, let's try to pick some winners here.
I can tell you, as a Patriots fan, I don't want to play any team that's left in the
AFC.
These are all fucking good teams.
Andrew, can you pull up so we can take a look, see here?
I feel like the NFC is more wide open.
This is anybody's Super Bowl this year, dude.
It really is.
I'll go first on this one, and then, Bill, you tell me what you think.
Would you say one thing first?
Yeah.
At the beginning of the year, if you would tell me that Kansas City, the Ravens, the Lions,
who else just people you would just assume would be, like, those are the big three.
No Eagles, yeah, I would have thought that, but, you know, after, like, all of those teams weren't.
weren't there for the whole fucking playoffs
except for the Eagles. I would
never
have guessed the Patriots.
Seahawks, I had no idea. They were going to be like
that or certainly not the Bears. So this
is a weird year, Paul.
It's a weird year. Yeah, you're off for the one seat.
All right, well,
this one was, I'm glad this game, the first game we're looking at
is Bill's Broncos because this was the
easiest one for me as far as what I thought.
I instantly thought it.
I'm sticking to it.
Josh Allen is going to win this game.
I think the bills are going to win this game.
I think that I just, I don't know, man.
Bo Nix has not won a playoff game yet.
The Broncos have inexperienced.
I also don't like that an inexperienced team has a buy week
and a team like the bills coming in.
And it's a one point spread.
Andrew, it says one and a half and one.
Which one is it?
That would change.
So, yeah, it's, it's.
That's one.
Let me...
Okay.
So this is basically a pick-um.
It's a pick-um.
I'm taking the bills all day.
I'm taking Josh Allen.
I think that this is a year for him without the Chiefs.
So that's what I'm doing.
That's my pick.
All right.
I love what you're saying that, Paul.
But I think the Broncos are going to beat him,
and then there's going to be a big shake-up in Buffalo.
Wow.
Because all of their...
There's nobody...
Everybody who beats them every year is not in the playoffs.
I just think the Broncos are, they're at home.
They got a great defense.
I think there's a reason why it's a one-point spread.
This is going to come.
There's plenty of time.
It's going to be one of these fucking games.
And who the hell was I watching?
Shout out to the fucking bears, by the way, for playing 60 minutes of football.
that, you know, once they went up,
they were right up on the line on that final drive,
and on that final drive.
They weren't doing that, like,
they give you like a fucking 12-yard cushion,
so it's just first down, first down, first down,
all the way down, and then, you know,
let's wait to play defense when we get in the red zone.
So, but even with that,
the fucking Packers still went down the field.
What am I babbling about?
I'm taking the Broncos.
Take a Broncos, Paul,
just to make it interesting, because I actually,
on paper what you said makes sense to me.
All right.
I like that.
The first one head to head, it's nice.
All right.
So here's the next one.
49ers Seahawks are looking like a fucking juggernaut.
49ers have a huge injury.
But, you know, this has happened to them all year.
And they've been in games the whole year.
And that's a really disgustingly huge disrespectful spread.
And I like the 49ers.
I like Brock Purdy.
I like their coach.
uh shanahan who i was calling uh uh fucking schottenheimer it's peyton no no 49ers oh okay 49ers so i'm gonna take
the 49ers getting seven points it's a division rivalry they know each other it's a playoff game
i think uh you know teams have a tendency to go up and then try not to lose which is you know
a big spread like that that's a big number to cover paul in january yeah uh well and
as much as the 49ers are hurt, I'm guaranteeing you.
The Seahawks are hurt.
Everybody's hurt this time of year.
Undisclosed shit.
I want to, all right, well, the nice thing is we're going head-to-head a lot this week,
because I want to believe that.
I want to believe that.
And I want that to happen because I love the 49ers organization.
But I think no kiddle.
I just think that it's going to run out on them.
I think the Seahawks defense is nuts.
Sam Darnold has to prove it.
but I think a touchdown is something they can do against this team that's banged up.
I hope I'm wrong, but I'm going to take the Seahawks to cover that.
Yeah, he seems to each other, too.
It felt like a mismatch, but, you know, Purdy's really stepped it up.
I mean, he's looked great these last few weeks.
Yeah, Purdy's great.
Who won the last time they played?
They played not long ago, right?
Yeah, it was the last game of the year.
Seattle won, so that's why that was for the one seat, so Seattle's now the one seat.
What did they win by?
What was that score?
Ooh, good question.
I'll look up real fast.
They kind of pulled away, but it was close early.
What do you think, Bill, your Texans and Patriots, I know where you're going here.
You have to go.
I know, I know.
I am scared to death of the Texans.
They have an unbelievable defense.
They have a great coach.
They got the whole thing.
They have the team to go into Foxborough and win the fucking game.
But, you know, this is your pick, but you know who I'm already.
This is yours.
But you know where I'm going with this.
This is the hardest one for me.
I've been going back and forth in my mind.
Nico Collins being out really changing.
things. I think if Nico Collins is in this game, I think the Texas could win.
Nico Collins is not in this game, dude. And, and, and, and, and, and,
C.J. Stroud doesn't have a big wide receiver to throw to. I am stuck with this.
It's a perfect number three. It's just, it's just Vegas being that asshole that you're just, like,
shaking your head at. I mean, this is a, as, as much of a, I know it's all a coin.
Yeah, this was for Paul. It's a no-brainer. You're going on Texas.
Oh, this is for, I'm dead. This is just, dude, Nico Collins being
out and we don't know if he's going to play.
The team has
push written all over it.
It really does.
It really does. And who's
favored? The Patriots are favored.
Yep. There right.
That's not the one, too.
And look at that number,
too, Paul. Look at that over under.
40 and a half.
That's a compliment
to both teams.
Oh, my God. Unless you look at us offensively.
The defensive line. The defensive line is so
crazy. Every time I watch a Texans this year,
defensive line is crazy, but I don't know if C.J. Strauss got anybody to throw to. Look, since we're
going head to head on all of them, I could see the Patriots winning this game big, but I could see
that the Texans. All right, look, I'm just going to say, I'm just, I love the look away. I love it.
I really like this one. Hey, can I get a pass? Let's just not do this one. I'll take the Texans
just to make it interesting because you're taking the pads. This is a push game. I'll be honest. Dude,
If it wasn't a Patriots, I would take the Texans.
I'm going to take the Texans just because it's three.
And like you said, they're getting three.
And when a defense that good gets three, I'll take them.
But I don't know about that game.
I'm just going to take the Texas.
It's the last week.
I would be honest with you, dude, their number one receiver being out would not scare me.
You know, you don't throw to that guy every time.
And there's somebody's going to step up.
I know, but he changes the defensive schemes.
I would take the Texans.
I believe in that team
But I am a Patriots fan
And I'm from the South Shore
That was a 15 minute drive for me, Polly
I know
And I was wrong last week about the weather
Was I was wrong
The weather was wrong
Well, Steelers and Pats
They said there might be some snow
Or some precipitation that was none
This week it says that there could be
Some snow and showers
And Foxborough
Andrew, save that for the Chicago game
Because it's supposed to be freezing there
It's supposed to
I like
I'm taking the
Patriots, minus three.
Because you have to.
Because I have to. And as a fan, I'm just happy to be here.
Yeah, as you should be.
You know what, though, Bill, I got to say, as much as you can't throw to your best receiver,
it changes the defensive scheme, him being out there.
And I think you guys...
They would have taken them away anyway, to a certain extent.
So, it's like, you know, and then they...
Like last week, they took away a running game,
so you have to beat him another way.
Like, that's Belichick, you know,
if anybody learned, I don't know where Belichick learned it,
but that's what he would do.
It's like, all right,
what is their biggest asset?
We'll take away.
Like, we're going to have,
it's like we'll make you throw with your left hand.
And you guys have good defensive backs.
You guys have good defensive backs.
No, but Gonzalez is out.
Well, not definitely, you know.
Yeah.
Well, you know, he got his fucking head rattled.
So, any, all right.
here we go. The last game, the last game of the divisional weekend is the Rams versus the
Bears. It's a perfect spread, of course, because that little point, that little dot five
will make you loose sleep. Oh, that point five has gotten me, buddy. The Bears are home.
Oh, my God, Matthew Stafford having the season he's having, Pooka Nakuwa.
It's a perfect number.
Polly, looking down a lot.
You're very, like...
This is tough.
This is tough, dude, because Caleb Williams, they're like a fourth quarter team.
The bears are, like, down 15, and they're not out of it, ever.
All right, let's not get crazy.
Let's not, let's, you know, they fucking came back against the Packers.
They're also still the goddamn bears.
All right?
Let's not, like, you know...
Let's not crown them just yet.
You want to crown them?
You want to crown them?
Chicago fans were exactly who we thought they were.
And we let him out the hook.
That's, that's, um, you know what, Bill?
20 degrees.
Jake's right.
It's going to be very cold.
Uh, what terms of the game?
It's a night game.
It's going to be low as eight degrees in that game with a negative six wind show.
All right.
Yeah.
All right.
You ready?
I just flipped my mind.
I'm going to do it.
I did hear, and I don't know if I don't know if this is true.
I did hear that Matthew.
Stafford's record under like 40 degrees.
It's like one and eight.
I'm going to take the home team on this run getting getting three and a half.
Are they getting three and a half at home?
Soldier Field is going to be so cold.
And Caleb Williams has now, you know, from what I've seen, he's up for the moment.
He's up for the big moment.
I'm going to take the bears getting three and a half against Matthew Stafford and the Rams.
Paul, the numbers speak one and nine in record cold, rainy or snowy games since joining the Rams.
His performance in such conditions shows a 54 and a half percent completion percentage.
14 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 76 pass the ratings in 90s below 40.
Some of those games he was playing with the Lions and they were terrible teams.
I hate fucking stats like that.
No, I understand.
Like what is the fucking MVP of the league doesn't try when it's cold out?
Right.
It's ridiculous.
Okay, on paper, the Rams should easily cover this.
Yep.
With experience, with the coaches, where they've been, and all that type of stuff.
My thing is it's the playoffs.
I believe in the Bears.
It's the half a point.
It is the half a point.
I do feel that the cold weather is better for defense.
And the fact that they're just putting this on Matthew Saffert, it's harder to catch a ball.
Yeah.
Coming at you.
It's like a fucking.
Cinderblock. I think that all of that's good for the Bears plus their home and the half a point
and the half a point. Yeah. I see the, I think the Bears go to the NFC championship game and then
they turn into a pumpkin. That's what I think. That's what I think happens over there. So you're
bummed out and they're going to have their hot dog, but then think, well, hey, they got that far.
It's going to be like a Patriots thing, you know, like this year, how far can we go? The future's
looking bright. So that's my, I'm taking the bears getting three and a half at home.
All right. So the only one me and Bill agree on is the last game of the weekend, which is fun.
There you guys have it. Those are our picks. And yeah, I mean, that's it. What do we look at just
perfect, perfect timing, Andrew, right? What else do we got to do here? What do we got to, what do we?
There's no Monday night special. That's what it is. Jake, you want to hit them with your picks, Jake?
Yeah, I think I picked everything Paul picked, except I'm going Rams at the end.
So I really like the Bills.
That'd be my favorite pick.
I really like Seattle.
I think just because Paul has said it as well, I think the Niners injuries are just going to catch up to them there.
And I think they're going to pull away.
And then Houston's defense is just too good.
This is the best defense I think I've seen in like a decade.
This is like Legion of Boom.
You have to go back to something like that.
They're just unstoppable.
Oh,
Legeon of boom.
How many those guys tested positive
for steroids and nobody gave them
shit for fucking cheating?
It's such fucking bullshit.
Dude,
they had like three players
on fucking steroids.
That was a German.
Yeah,
right into your right butt cheek,
your fucking cheap pieces of shit.
With that fucking stupid stadium
that's like designed
to make their proud sound even louder.
The fucking shit you can get away with in Seattle
is why Robinson Cano decided to play
there. Oh, shots fired, Paul.
Oh, whof.
Nobody's paying attention
up there. You're halfway to fucking Russia.
The Reds Bears
is a toughest game, but I just think I'm taking
the better team with the better defense
and a better offense. But I think
the Bears is the blueprint for how you
want to build a team. You look at Caleb
Williams, he was sacked. Some
crazy amount last year, I don't remember the exact number.
Now you look this year, they built up, they beefed up
the middle of the O line. They got a new coach in there.
that's what the chargers need to do other than getting a new coach in there.
They need to fix that O lineup, and then you see what happens.
This is exactly the blueprint for how to make a deep run in the playoffs.
Then the Bears are going to be really good for a long time.
Jake, I'm so happy you don't talk a lot in this podcast
because you really know your shit.
You make me look like an idiot.
No, you guys are talking about like short up the pressure on the side.
Earlier, you guys had some really good football nod.
I was like, dang, I didn't think about that.
I thought when you give me a little pat on the head.
Thanks, Jake.
No, no, no.
You said something 20 minutes ago
that kind of made sense.
Paulie, where are you going to be?
What are you got coming up?
Where's Paul Versey going to be bringing his vibe?
Where am I going to be?
Well, actually, you know what, you guys?
Oh, yeah, because we're going to be,
we only have two more weeks of this, guys.
I'll have two more weeks.
We only have two more weeks.
I'm only going to say that, Paul.
Don't talk like that.
Jake, I'm going to miss that haircut, Jake.
I'm going to miss you.
I'm going to miss the blurry background.
I'm going to miss you.
I'm going to miss the women sneaking out.
Guys, we live like Paris.
We threw you.
But I will tell you, I will tell you a hot ticket going around.
Hey, I'll tell you, okay.
Valentine, a month away, Valentine's Day weekend, I'm doing five shows in Tampa.
I'm running my hour five times at side splitters in Tampa from February 12th to February 14th.
Dude, one of the best clubs in the country.
So get tickets to that.
Tickets are going.
I'm told they're going to sell out.
Go to that one.
and Paul Verzi.com for dates.
Oh, oh, oh, I'm going to be in L.A.
I think I'm doing something in L.A.
They're trying to get me.
It's last minute.
So I'm like, hey, can you get me an hour somewhere?
But there's a room.
I think I'm going to be doing it called the Lab at the Improv, I think.
Oh, yeah.
The Lab at the Improv, Hollywood Improv.
I think I'm going to run that on February 17th, I think,
but I'll let you guys know.
But by the way, I wanted to talk about this real quick
because it's a cool thing to talk.
Yeah, Paul will look over your picks up at the bar after.
I'm going to be doing a meet and greet
and I'm doing a meet and greet
and I'll look at your NBA sheet.
Dude, did you see the handshake?
The handshake of the Bears Packers
was nuts, dude, where, like, apparently they don't like each other.
So, like, the Packers was, like, really quick the other time.
So then this time, the Chicago guy, he just runs out.
Dude, doesn't look at him, puts his hand out,
and just takes it away and runs off.
And they asked him,
any interview and it was so awesome he goes yeah because we don't like each other it's like we don't
like them they don't like us i'm not gonna and it was just so honest but i mean a little
shitty sportsmanship but it was funny it was no i like that dude i i like that i like that i love
i mean you look at that nfc north going forward you're going to have campbell uh jordan love
go Williams and then the my things are you know always are going to bring it too so that that
division is going to be a lot of fun for the next five years or so it is and then the lines being like
what the fuck I thought this was our division
which is crazy I didn't even realize
they had a force record they had the same record as the Vikings
but the Vikings swept them so
lines finished last in the division going from the one seat
to last in the division's crazy
not to shift gears too
not to shift gears too much you guys here
the royals might have been talking
to officials in Nashville
no they they moved
the Kansas City Royals
they moved the ballpark in right then they
they move the ballpark in like 10
feed or something. They moved to like the home online.
I saw that too. I don't know. I don't know
that I heard that there was talks that they were taking meetings.
And just like the teams are just really
Yeah. There's still the Royals, you know.
No.
There's other teams. I don't know.
There's other teams like the Oilers.
Like the Miami Marlins.
Oh, the fact that there's not a team in the NFL called the Oilers when you look at
our foreign policy, it was one of the most accurately
named teams out there.
How about the Houston false flags?
By the way, how great were the Houston Oilers.
We should just own what we're doing.
The Nogel natural resources.
The conglomerates.
The conglomerates.
The Tallahassee, we're too big to fails.
The Philadelphia pharmaceuticals.
It's just a huge.
needle. It's just a needle on the helmet. It's a drip coming out of the syringe. The Orlando opioids.
I will say this. I will say this. The Houston Oilers uniform was, dude, the Houston Oilers uniform was
incredible, dude. Fantastic. Oh, God. Warren Moon. They can't just change it back. But they're
to the Texans now. Can Borough, Dan Pastorini, Mike Barber?
Remember Jeffries, the wide receiver?
Jeffries, I don't.
Jim Jeffries?
No, what was...
God, that kid is talented.
Was it Hayward?
Dude, yeah.
Dude, that remember that.
There's a fucking old school black guy name you missed.
Dude, Haywood?
Oh, my God.
Haywood, that's when there was still white guys with the last name, Kowalski.
All right.
All right.
Here's the podcast, brother.
Hold on.
Here's an old rich.
man name. Ready? This is a great one. Arthur. Dude.
Arthur is, if you don't think of, if you don't think of a glass of scotch and a fucking
bow tie or whatever. Ascot.
All right.
By the way, it's Utah. From a barbershop in the 1800s, allo-wishus.
That's that dude coming in with the part right down the middle and the curly cues like that,
and a little stupid mustache. That's how I introduced that.
Reggie Miller. I'm Dan Patrick every week.
Dan Patrick, any reason I go,
Reggie, Aloitious Miller.
I don't think that's a real middle way.
All right.
All right, guys. Well, listen, that's nuts.
All right, guys.
Well, listen, that's the show.
Those are our picks for NFL divisional weekend.
Enjoy it.
It's going to be good.
Dude, could you imagine a Bears, Texans?
Dude, by the way, Paul.
Because we picked three different games.
That means one of us is going to be eight and two next week.
The other part.
really win some lose some might come back down.
If I go one in three, I will be six and four.
And that's about right about. But Paul, you're a streaky guy and you haven't hit your
streaks yet. So if I'm watching this podcast, I'm thinking I got to go, Verzi's due.
Well, we'll see, man. I don't know. That's a big number seven with the Seahawks.
And listen, you're right about the Broncos. Broncos got a really good defense.
I'm curious to see Josh Allen go in there. That game is, that game is.
Paul, you got up off the table, you ripped the IV out of your hand, and you're walking down the street with your ass out.
The show crushed.
You're about ready to commandeer somebody.
Give me your sport coat and your jeans, and you're going to drive away to a casino.
I see it happening, Paul.
What did you say, Jake?
I just said the show crushed on the Wild Car weekend, and then I called you at the Verzonator.
Well, we'll see, man.
It'll be good weekend, and we will see you guys next.
next week for championship weekend for myself and everybody here.
We're out of here.
We'll see you next week.
