Anything Better? - It's A Different Ball | Week 6 NFL Preview & Picks

Episode Date: October 9, 2025

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What's up, everybody, and welcome back to the Anything Better podcast, NFL edition, going into week number six with your host, me, Paul Verze, Bill Burr, we got themless, we have Jake the Snake on injury reports. Guys, I'm going to get right into it, dude. Okay, at a five weeks of football, I've gone three of the five weeks, I've gone, Oh, and four, oh, three, and one. And guess what? Oh, and four again. I am, to say, to say, to say I'm really. Dude, to say I'm reeling is an understatement. I cannot pick a winner to save my life. Dude, these games, I feel like I have them in the bag. And then two minutes left, you go look at

the score. And it's a fucking game again. There has to be a lot of people. This I mean, I bet you could always have the other team, like, you know, a couple weeks ago having the Colts versus the Rams figure that game out. And then last week, I had the Eagles, Broncos. I'm watching it through three quarters. I'm watching the ticker. And I'm like, all right, dude, yeah, Eagles came to play. It's just like I said, the Broncos aren't as real as everybody's saying. And then it's like, wait a minute. It has been an exciting year, Paul. Oh, it's been exciting. Well, I got to tell you what, you're exciting for one reason here. Oh, the Patriots had to go in last week. I was going to say, your Patriots looked good. They didn't look like, they looked contending good. I got to be honest with you, dude, I think I said on this podcast, I said I got a good feeling that Mike Braveld was going to have this team by the end of October, be the 500 team that nobody wants to play.

But, I mean, like, how they look. Look, it was one week. That's the best that they've looked. If we can just take care of the, Paul, he could just take care of the football. We fumble a lot. Paul, I'm not going to lie to you. We put it on the turf. Dude, you're running back.

Catch his passes out of the backfield. He runs good. Dude, Drake May. How about that kid having poised, confidence? Well, and also what I love is him extending the play coming out of the pocket or whatever. And what's his face? If he could just act like he's playing Buffalo every goddamn week, how amped up he was. Why am I'm thinking Shannon Briggs.

I'm in boxing right now. Who are you talking about? The fucking guy who played for the sign with the minimum. Minnesota. Then he played with the Bills. Then he played with the Texans. Now he's with us. Oh, Stefan Diggs. Stefan Diggs. Not Shannon Briggs, Paul. Steph on Dix. Yeah, dude, that guy was a man possessed. Caught the first pass to the game. He's walking crawling like a dog,

looking down at the end zone. Dude, he was on fire. No, he wanted that game. He wanted that game bad. Unbelievable wanted that game. Dude, he had like 10 catches for like 150 yards. He totally showed up. Our D showed up. Dude, in the post game, in the post game, I've never seen a player almost get emotional on basic questions. They were like, Stefan, did you feel like this is a game you really wanted against your old team?

And his, like, voice was cracking. He's like, well, they kind of, when he left town, they kind of, they kind of said, like, yeah, we don't miss them. Yeah. In a roundabout way. Yeah. So he came back, dude. Dude, Drake May. Drake May making passes, though.

That last drive, the kid was throwing dimes, man. Well, I think, yeah, I think Brable is obviously the guy and speaking, I don't want to, you know, I'm speaking for me, but I think I speak for Patriot Nation. This is the most excited. We've been since 2018, which was Brady second to last year, the 2019 was the hardest thing. That was like, you know, he had nobody to throw to and then, you know, free agency went to Tampa Bay and that was it. So this was like the, I don't know, it's the best-looking team that's reminded, it reminded me of like, that's how we used to win in the early 2000s when they said we were a boring team with no stars or whatever, that kind of football.

And Brable was a part of that. And it's, you know, who knows? We might shit the bed this week. I don't know, because that's still where we are. I'm not going to say, you know, one week is who these guys are. But, like, to finally, like, have a way. win like that dude i'm like i'm giddy dude billy gitty over here giddy bill they looked like they could beat anybody that that night and that i wouldn't say that like they they would they would

i mean dude they beat they beat the they beat the super bowl favorites they say that every year about the bills you know the fucking chiefs are going to figure it out even though they lost again last week um that was another one oh that one hurt me too because i had them i had them I got a conspiracy. I don't want to do that, but I do have conspiracies about certain things. Like, did this whole field goal kicking thing now

where anybody is lethal from 50 yards? Like, how much did the human being evolve in the last three football seasons that a human being kicking a ball 50 yards is just like kicking at like a 32 yarder now? It's, uh, I don't know, dude.

Baseball, they've juiced up the balls. Offense sells the game. Where's the next place you could go? Dude, There was literally like 20-something seconds left in a game. And the announcers are like, plenty of time left. Yeah.

So because, yeah, they're going to give them like a 30-yard cushion. And I also like now the kickers, they won't kick it into the end zone because the ball comes out to like the 30 of the 35. So if you notice they do that, they do like this little pooch kick, make the person return it. And then you try to tackle them before that. So, you know, they run it out to like the 30. yard line and then they get like 20 yards in the next play and they're at the 50 and they've

taken like five seconds off the clock and they're like they need another eight yards yeah and and i don't like that they use a special ball to kick they should use the game they said that yeah well there you go paul yeah there's a there's another ball that comes yeah is there is there there's another ball paul i want to kick that ball i bet i can hit a 30 Yadda now. Oh, Billy, extra point. Get me out there. Dude, that would be hilarious.

If we could somehow get our hands on one of those field goal kicking balls. Hey, I have an idea. Baseball, I was watching the Tigers. Oh, my God. They were down three-nothing. And then their bats came alive. There was this bang, bang,

pickoff play by a right-handed pitcher, too. Back to the thing. Nailed this guy. Dude, it was so close. And this umpire got it right. They went to review. And if I was an umpire in Major League Baseball, I would have a fun bet. It's a pool.

Everybody throws in a hundred bucks or whatever. At the end of the year, the umpire that has the most, like, went to review and they got it right, wins like a golden camcorder trophy or some shit like that. Yeah. Because this guy, dude, this dude was a stud. He was just like, no, man, you were out, you were out. And they 100% got it right. I forget I had the other one

I forget what the other one was I had a couple of like I don't know stupid baseball awards sorry Paul that started off good and then it just ran it ran to the weeds nah no it's all good man it isn't all good it fell on its face and it needs to be addressed

I've no one to blame but myself I didn't get it done sorry yeah you started out with you started out with confidence he came out you're like oh dude this guy no because halfway through I was like wait I had another one and I couldn't remember what it was. They do get graded, though, right?

The officials, they get graded. Those are the guys that go to the playoffs. The umpires. What did I call them? The officials. Oh, okay. Well, they all get great. Baseball or football?

This is my fault, by the way. I think all of them get graded in all the sports, and then those are the guys that go to either the World Series Super Bowl. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You know, there was one guy, Angel Hernandez. I don't know if you remember him. Dude, this entire, like, Instagram page is dedicated to that guy.

Angel Hernandez was the MLB guy that everybody just hated because he would, his mood would dictate the strike zone, and he never was in the big one. He was never in that I could remember. Let's bring in Jake. What do you think about guy? I feel like guys that just, like, want confrontation. Like, it has nothing to do. That's like some childhood shit.

He always did. He always did. He would do a call bad. and then look right at the ump or look right at the player and like want them to run out at him he was that guy oh yeah he was that guy yeah he would be like that sounds like that sounds that sounds yeah that sounds like he had an angry father yeah it all goes back to uh let's bring in everybody like digging in you know calling time like digging in just being angel man listen I don't know what happened to you before this game but it's not your fault all right

and then all suddenly the strike zone expands. Angel, dude, nobody understands you, dude. Nobody understands you, dude. Have a good game, dude. Yeah. Whatever it is, dude. Angel, I got a good feeling you and I had the same kind of father. The catcher's like, oh, what the fuck?

Let's bring in Jake the Snake here. Jake the Snake, come in here. Give us something, dude. I need something from you. Is Lamar Jackson playing? I mean, what's going on with the injury report, Jake? Yeah, not a lot of good news there. Lamar's probably going to be out again against the Rams.

So, I mean, the Ravens could be looking at one in five going into their by week. So who knows what their future is going to look like. There was a trade that happened the other day. I don't know if you guys saw, but Joe Flacco was traded to the Bengals. And he's expected to start for them on Sunday versus the Packers. So I love Joe Flacco. Yeah, he's great, but that old line, I mean. How old, Andrew, how old is Joe Flacco?

Is he 41? I mean, Joe Flacco has been in the league forever. He's got 41 years of knowledge in that noggin. They just show him on a commercial flight, like just standing in, like, line in economy going to Cincinnati. Good for him. They flew him, coach. He's 40. Okay, he's 40.

which means he got in the league at like 22 or 21. So he's almost been in the NFL for 20 seasons, dude. I was in my mid-20s when Joe Flacco was a rookie on the Ravens. Yeah, he won the Super Bowl, like, what was that, 12 years ago? He won the Super Bowl, yeah. Against the 49ers. It's like, yeah, it was like 2012, I think. But, yeah.

Time is flying, dude. Time is flying. Well, I'm happy for him, and I hope, well, dude, like I said, you know, these past few weeks. I may keep saying how wrong I was about Daniel Jones, but like it really is, you know, the offensive line is so much, you know, if you're going to be a Hall of Fame quarterback

or somebody, people yell at it at a Hooters that you were a bust, so much of that has to do with what's in front of you, which I guess is really obvious now that I just said that. I'm not having a good week here, Paul. All right. All right, God, I'm going to get into my picks. I got the first pick of the week.

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Okay, I got to dig myself out of this whole. I got to get myself. I got to crawl out of this whole, Bill. It's a rebuilding year for you. Paul. Hey, listen, four in a row. Four in a row. What do you want for me? Don't fucking pack it in, Paul. You're about ready to do the greatest comeback. This is your month, Paul. This is Paul Verzi's month. This is turning around. Listen,

the Yankees had a dynasty that failed or that came to an end. The Patriots had a dynasty that came to an end. The Cowboys of 49ers. It happens. It happens. When are they doing the 30 for 30 on Paul Verzi's Four in a row against the book. I don't know what it was in 2025. He just, he just something changed. Then all of a sudden,

my wife is like, yeah, he wasn't eating right. He wasn't having fun anymore. He used to be excited to beat the book. And it's just, and you're like, I lost my passion.

I lost my passion. All right. What do you got, Pauley? All right. For my first pick, oh, I'm not touching the Giants. I'll tell you that much. Oh, tonight's going to be a,

tonight might be ugly. Paul, can I tell you something about the Thursday game? Don't ever forget. Don't ever forget. Division rivalry, only four days to prepare. That's true. Like Nick Siriani can't do his shit. He only has four days, so it brings down his level, and it elevates your guy who needs a hat and some sunblock.

You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go with the hottest team in the NFL right now. They had a big win. Thank you, Paul. No, no, no. I'm going to, well, they actually are one of them, but I'm going to take the Jacksonville Jaguars at home minus one. Jacksonville is four and one. Trevor Lawrence looks good. The new coach looks like he knows what he's doing. And they're at home. And it's basically a pick-um. I'm going to take Jacksonville to go five-in-one to start the year against the Seahawks. That's a pretty quiet four-on-one, too. I don't remember anybody really talking about them.

Jake, just to protect Paul, because he's a little wounded right now. Is there anything going on that he needs to know in that game? Seattle, is there a reason that's only a one-game, one-point spread? No, I think you're looking at two pretty even teams. Seattle has some injuries on defense, if anything, but otherwise, Jack DeVille is especially healthy, so injury-wise, it should be all good there. Okay. All right.

Jake, don't go away, buddy. I got a question for you. Sure, Ray. I'm looking at that Dolphins Chargers game, and that number seems a little low to me. Yeah, Chargers. Offensive lines heard? What's going on?

Yeah, the offensive line is really banged up for the Chargers. It's coming up in the last couple weeks. And then we just lost another running back. All right. I'm taking the Dolphins plus four and a half because it doesn't make any sense to me. It's a home game. And, you know, I still think they got a competitive

spirit down there and some other sports cliches. I'm taking the total. The fact that we did this show without Jake for years is so funny. We were just big not knowing. All right. I took the charges the last like four, maybe five weeks now, and I will not be taking this week. I mean, I'm off finally.

I mean, if you have to look, I usually look at head coaches now. Obviously, Jim Harbar is more experienced and that type of stuff. But, you know, if you guys run in for his life, it's a hundred, game. Dolphins need a win. Yeah, right. Go ahead. How did they move that game to the Panthers? Do you guys see the ending there? Because I like didn't. I just saw that they lost. I was stunned. I don't know. I thought that was crazy.

Right. I don't know, dude. Come on, Paul. This is just what makes that little old land. I'm going to take, look, I got to do it. He thinks the giant can cover, but he knows that. They can't. Look, Buffalo is coming off a rough loss against the Patriots, dude. It was a rough one.

And this is less than a touchdown, more than a field goal, less than a touchdown against the Falcons. I'm going to take Buffalo to win that game by 10. I like that book. You don't have to go crazy. Just to cover the spread, Paul. I liked it until you said by 10. Yeah, let's get the three. Whatever.

It's four and a half, right? All right. I like that one. Let's see here. I got points in the first one. I'm going to take the Cowboys minus three and a half going in playing the Panthers. Ooh, I like that pick. Yeah, smart. I like that pick. Guys, why you jinx to me? Everybody just agreed like that was a fucking foregone conclusion. Well, the Panthers stink. That's a lot of things. Are the Jets winless? they're the only winless team left yep which is crazy

dude the Jets have something dude there's something dude there's something I mean look dude they made Aaron Rogers look like his career was over or wait that's not fair

that's not fair he blew out his knee yeah that's not fair but it happened when he wore a Jets shoot before dude the fourth play of the Jets career

was I mean dude I know and as the hard as that was for wasn't it really the football gods looking out for him? They're going to do. We got to get you out of. We got to get you out of here. Dude, not only is he being great for the Steelers, he looks great in that uniform.

Dude, he's been great for them. I hate that spread there, too. All right, from my third pick, Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I like that game. Yeah, that's, that's going to be one of my picks as well. Minus three against the 49ers in Tampa. I just, you know, it's a low spread. I like it.

No point five either. I like the three. And Baker Mayfield is having a, dude, Baker Mayfield's having one of the seasons of his career. Yeah, I feel like he's not a secret anymore. Like that guy was kind of a, you know, he's just a winner. Like to the point, Colin Cowherd finally just,

he finally capitulated. And it's like, all right. I think that was a good, good for him. It only took him nine years. Well, how long it takes me to admit that Daniel Jones is a great quarterback? I mean, whatever. He's like, you know, what happens? Hey, Paul, sometimes you're wrong.

Sometimes you're wrong a lot. All right. I actually fucking, now that, you know, all the rivalries gone with the Colts, I really enjoy watching this team. I hate that number. If that number was six, if the Colts were minus six against the Cardinals. We also don't know if Kyler Murray's playing.

That's not been decided yet. But listen, that's like getting into a relationship with like some fucking chick that was just doing jello shots on the bar, you know, letting somebody sniff or tits, all right? It's exactly like that. That's exactly what I was thinking. You took the words right on

my mouth. All right. I have on my cheerleader coat this week. I might as well go with the Patriots, even though there's a big chance. This is going to be a letdown game. All right. They're going into New Orleans.

Oh, my God, dude. If I had the time, Paul, if I had the time, I would be at this game. Minus three and a half. Going into one of my, I think, the best stadium in the NFL. The redone New Orleans Superdome. They kept enough of the old thing and they got enough of the new

and their fans are great and I fucking absolutely love that city and the people down there but I hate I hate to tell you this. You're going to lose the Patriots and it's going to be more by more than three and a half. How about we got maybe a new Adam Vinatari? Dude.

Ice water in his veins. And Adam Venetary one week, one week what my team is. How about me doing this dumb shit, Paul? Huh? Dude, and Adam Vinatieri was his hero, and now he, dude, he banged that. I don't know. I like it.

I do not want to play the, if I'm an NFL team right now. Paul, if you're an NFL team, what would you do right now? I would not want to play Brable's Patriots right now. I think Drake May is really coming into his own right now. And it wasn't, even though the throws were great, it was his face. Okay, listen to me, I'm Sicilian, dude. I look at a guy's face. I know.

I looked at Drake May's face, and I go, This kid got it. You know what you... Come on, Paul. You're going to tell me when you looked at Eli's face in a football helmet, you knew when he was like this?

No, but Eli had to put the helmet on for me to know. The hardest thing alludes to the Giants was not the loss. Is that the quarterback looked like this. You know? His mouth would be hanging open

and his face was all squished in and he was killing us. Actually, to be honest with you, come on, Paul. The helmet, catch and your defense, dude. The defense doesn't get enough love. I would say at this point, like the defense has got to be going like,

come on, guys. I know the quarterback's the sexy position, but you got Tom Brady off his spot. Yeah. I only scored 10 points in that game in 07, yeah, or something like that. There was something really low number. No, it was 17, 14. 14. So, yeah,

I mean, holding the greatest offense ever to 14 is pretty incredible. It was unbelievable. It still hurts. Justin Tuck, yeah. Justin Tuck, man, had it really good. All right. My fourth and final pick. Dude, the most intriguing game on here has to be.

Didn't I can say? I love the adjectives. The most intriguing game here has to be the Lions getting points against the Chiefs, because the Chiefs are, the Chiefs have shown nothing but that they're not that good anymore. they just right what's their record i i paul this game scares the shit out of me because of everything that you're saying exactly as much as i tease mahomes and blah blah blah it's fucking patrick mahomes they're going home after a fucking loss who the lions are on fire though i i get where you're coming from paul dude the lions are four the lions are four in one and have looked amazing since

they lost week one. I got to see it. I got to see it. I got to see it. I got to see your hand. I got to see the flop. You know when the dealer puts out the three? I got to see the three.

I can't, I don't know, dude. You think that the chiefs are going to go home and beat the hot. I think they're going to win the game. Oh. Paul, it's not good for the NFL either. It's not good for the NFL either. Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift, if it's not good for them, it's a lot of money out the door. They would be what?

Two and four? They'd be two and four. Yeah, I said their record's two and three right now, yeah. Is Jaden Daniels playing? Yes. Yes, he is. I'm taking the commanders at home, Monday night football. Oh, Pauley.

Yeah. Monday night football, minus four and a half. He's back. They're at home. The bears are what, two and? I want to say two and two. They had a buy last week, so they didn't play. I'll take the Commanders Monday night football at home.

They should win that game by a touchdown, I hope. Paul, you almost did the three for you. You did Sunday night, Monday night. All you need is Thursday night. Paul, he's a night guy. I'm a comedian, dude. Dude, I'm real. Paul, I hate seeing you like this.

This is hard. This is real. I'm going to say something. This is really. Is there anything better? Is there anything better than Paul Verzi, up on the book, talking shit? Him with his hoodie up looking like he's getting over a head cold. You know, I pass him outside now, you know.

He's just, the man is reeling, both professionally and personally. You know when a pitcher or a hitter is in a slump and then they go to therapy? That's what I'm at right now. I'm just. Do you know what I did like, Paul? When you lean back, I saw you have a polo. It's a polo hoodie. Yeah.

It's not sad. You're still winning. I mean, what am I? Of course. What we are seeing is a winner with a little bit of depression right now. He's coming back. You got scruff, though, but it's lined up, though. It's lined up. You haven't given up. No, no, not. It's not doing this stuff and you had it down here. I'd be, oh, Polly. I might have to jump on a Delta flight. Yeah, yeah. It's things, hey, it's been rough for me. What are you going to do? All right. I'm going to have fun this week, and I'm just going to throw one out there. After talking you out of that Lions and Chiefs game, I'm going to take the Chiefs. I actually think that they're going to win this game.

I think a lot of people don't think they're going to. And, you know, as much as I have overly hated on that team and not giving them their respect, they are fucking champions. And I don't think that they're going to go out like this. And the Lions, unlike the Chiefs, have not been there. These guys have, they've come back time and time again. And I just think, you know, I just. I think that they're not only are they going to cover, I think they're going to outright win this game.

Wow. Listen, I like the reasoning. Well, when you put on a shiny jacket, you start to think you know things. They kind of have to, right? They can't go two and, what are they, two and three? Yeah, I'm going to live and say that this is a must-win game. I would say, not for the Chiefs, but close, you know?

Paul, the season, you know, goes by fast, Paul. Andy Reid, Andy Reid, you know, If it wasn't for Andy Reid, if they had some other schlep in there, I'd go, oh, this is the, Andy Reid's great. Who's the last time they had that many great coaches in one division? I don't think they're ever had that. Andy Reed, Pete Carroll, Jim Harbaugh. And Sean Hayden. When I go back to when I was a kid, like Don Shula was the legend in the AFC East, Chuck Knoll was the legend in the Central.

There was like one guy. Yeah. But you have three. Three of them won a Super Bowl, and all four of them went to a Super Bowl. Yeah. Which is pretty nuts. Sean Payton's the fourth. Oh, Sean Payton.

I forgot Sean Payton. Yeah, he won a Super Bowl. I mean, that's the, I'll tell you, Paul, that's the division you don't want to play. I just keep using that cliche. It sounds good. I like the must win cliche. My thing is I like everybody says, hey, both things can be true. That's another one.

That one's been going around like fucking COVID. Everybody. I got to win. That's what we do next time. You get to yelling at another motorist. fucking asshole. You fucking come here. Hey, man, both things can be true. I think we're both the asshole. Oh, Paul, Monday night special. We came so cool. We were right there. Dude, we had them run one. We had them throw one. We had it right there.

And it was the Chiefs, Paul. When did they lose a game like that in recent history? Never. My homest throws a pick six. I don't think I've seen that happen before. Only because we bet it. Dude, he threw a 99 yard. That reminds me when Peyton Manning threw that pick six against the Saints. Oh, my God. Like you're just sitting there. Like, I can't believe that just happened.

I remember that game. Oh, my God. Yeah, absolutely. It's a big one, man. All right. So Bill has the dolphins, Patriots, Cowboys, and Chiefs. I have the Jaguars, Bucks,

bills, and commanders. Let's do the Monday, night special. Monday night special is the Bears at the commanders. I mean, I love the commander's money line. Paul, you didn't let me sing my song. Oh, sorry. Let the Monday night special win some money for you. Let the Monday night special win some motherfucking money for you. We've won it twice this year. Yep, we're two out of five. We went back to back first time ever. Maybe that first season, In the first season, Paul, when there was no three-point line, we were fucking draining them. I think we hit four or five that year.

We're going to beat it this year, though. Okay. Let's take- Well, that starts with the victory this week. So it's the Bears commanders, Paul. If our listeners remember from a few minutes ago, you took the commanders because Justin Field is back. Bears coming off two-week vacation, you know?

No, Justin Fields is with the Jets. Justin Field. All right. Shannon Briggs is back with the commanders. Jaden Daniels. Jaden, death. Dude, I can't, you know, these new names. Jaden Daniels is back.

You know what happened was Jason became Jaden, Brian became Bryce? Like, I can't, I can't fucking, my old brain, I just can't do it. Let's do. How about more Daniel Jones? That's an easy one to remember. Joe Flacco. I used to do a joke that that's the name you give to the cops when you don't want to give you a real name. What's your name?

Joe. Joe what? What was Keanu Reeves' name in the movie The Replacements? Oh, he had a good one. Flacco. It was like that. McFlurry. He was scraping the shells off of the bottom of boats,

and then they showed up and asked him to play. There was never a quarterback named Mike McFurray. No. He threw a two-yard pass. in the city of New York like the level of press that that guy would get. Shane Flacco

was Gianno Reeves so it was Falco. It was Falco. Joe Flacco and then Falco. You know what I would do if I was managing him he would do a podcast and it would be called

Flacco Tuesdays instead of Taco Tuesdays. Flacco Tuesdays and he would break down the game after Monday night. Oh, I like that. at um i'm just thinking about his after his career he's 40 years old got to look out for him yeah he's still wearing k-swiss cleats all right let we're wasting time here what do you

got paulie british nights remember those yeah pretty kangaroos fucking kangaroo um all right i think the commander's money line at home on monday nights are definite i think i don't don't I was with you until you said, I think. Doing that Verzi, shaking the head thing. Bill, I'm fragile right now. Come on, Paul. All right? You got to forget about her.

All right? You fall fucking Verzi. That's right. Do a shot. Go up there. Talk to some broads. Come on, man. Get back in the game.

Yeah, you see your ex show up to the dance with someone else. You're just kind of. Commander's money line with some confidence. commander's money line what do you think jake you always throw one in for us what do you like i like that commander's money line play um hmm i i feel like going to throw one to art monk i think i think we're going to see some offense in this game so i'd look for um for some anytime touchdowns um but commanders have this running back uh keroski merritt's really good jane daniels to run one in is also probably a good choice uh what is the kind of played that before

The running back? It's a complicated name, but it's Kroski Morret. Crossie. Yeah. He killed the Chargers last week. I think he had like 120 yards. He's real deal. Andrew Semless.

Andrew Themless just wrote, Add Bill's Money Line and a touchdown from each quarterback. Are we allowed to, are we double-dipping in these Monday Night Games? So if there's two Monday Night Games, we could do that. Bill's Money Line, I love. Commander's Money Line, I love. love. I mean,

Josh down to throw a touchdown. And then we'll do each each quarterback any time touchdown. I mean, I can't disagree with that. That's a four-leggar, so it'll be nice odds.

Josh Allen's going to get a touchdown. Jane Dan's going to get a touchdown and both of those teams are going to win. I love it. Yeah. And you know that you're on equal footing on this podcast, so I hope when you say you can't disagree

with that, there's like some sort of power structure here that you're talking to. Tell the people the real deal. I actually do agree, not because I'm physically unable to agree, to disagree, but because it seems like a smart fly. Jake, why, this whole season, you come back, you look like he just came back from Cabo or some shit. I know, I'm messing with the lights.

I tried putting a lamp. No, I like it. I like it. You look better than me. I'm as white as the stripe on this fucking coat. I'm a little tanner, yeah. That's a killer coat, though, Bill. That's a killer coat.

That's a really cool jacket, yeah. Oh, yeah. Pat Patriot, dude. This is my 5 and 11 back in the day. All the NFL old school jackets and just uniforms in general are just so cool.

Tampa and Seattle were both wearing their throwbacks yesterday, and it's just like so much so awesome. I was retelling this story about one time I was doing this gig in Boston back at the Wilbur, and I was working with Joe de Rosa, right?

And a bunch of my old high school drinking buddies came out and we were getting after it after. So all of a sudden, DeRosa comes up, you know, he gets his face like this and he goes, one of my buddies, he was talking about one of my buddies, he just goes, he goes, hey man, he goes, well, what's what's going on?

I'm not going to say my buddy's name, but he goes, what's going on with so and so? He goes, you know, he was like talking, chopping it up and everything, and all of a sudden, you know, he just stopped talking to me. I was just like, I don't know, man, he's probably fucking hammered. Don't worry about it. He goes, all right, he just walks away and like 20 minutes later that same dude he was talking about

comes up to me and he goes he goes what's up with your boy and I go what what's the matter he goes wow I was going to buy a rounder drinks I asked him what he wanted he goes dude the kid ordered a white Russian

and walked away like that was it he wrote him off he ordered a white Russian oh that's fucking dude that's all it takes dude that's all it takes that is the most new england thing i've ever heard that's the best no dude he might as well have said he married a man dude what's up with your boy kid we're like what what's up with

your boy dude that sounds like i asked him what he wanted to drink the kid ordered a white russian and he looks at me he goes like this he goes he he approached like he was judging me that i was hanging out with him he approached it like dude what's up with your boy dude he talked to my girl that's how he that's how he said that like your dude you don't talk to my girl like Dude, it was like Henry Hill. That's how fast it happens. One minute, you're in the crew. Next thing you know, you order the wrong drink and it's over.

Dude, it was over. Dagger. Didn't talk to him again. Didn't talk to him. But that was when I had been gone away from Boston long enough to be like, to actually objectively look at it and be like, there's really something wrong with us. But we're still fucking funny.

All right. What do we got now? I think that's it, dude. I've got to go work on a script here. Yes. Those are our picks, everybody. Download the app. Use our code B-U-R-R-R and put $10 in. And if that bet loses, you'll get $1,500 in bonus bets.

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Go to Paul Verdey.com for all of my dates. And anything else we have? Yeah, the listeners are going to want to know why a Yankee fan doesn't want to do stand-up in Toronto. Don't make them say you're ducking them, Paul. They need the reason. Listen, they were the better team. It sounds like you had a press conference.

Paul, I somehow find them more annoying than you guys at this point. I don't know when that happened. They put up so many runs, dude. They put up so many runs. And then, you know, I don't know if this bothers me, but when they're dumping champagne in our locker room, they're playing New York, New York.

I get it. Oh, they did that? They blasted New York. Dumb move. That is a dumb. They blasted Frankie Sinatra while pouring champagne on their heads. And I'm like, all right, you know what?

but don't think we don't listen I'm a true day after the Yemen by the way we have to talk about Nick Totoro can I say one thing real quick Paul yeah I'm going to state the obvious

you guys are not going to forget that and they are going to regret that yes yes they are going that is the stupidest thing

that was that was really dumb okay go ahead if you think you are a fan you have to watch Nick Tatoro's Instagram. There is nobody on this planet. There is nobody on this planet who gives a fuck more about the Yankees.

To the point where I was concerned for his health. Dude, he was watching a game. His eyes were bugging out of his head and he's going, what the fuck are we doing? Dude, his son was videoing it and I literally was like that man needs to sit on the couch.

He, every game, I am on his Instagram. Game 14 of the regular season, and he's acting like game. He is a true give-a-fuck fan on a level that is hilarious and nuts and amazing all at the same time. Oh, no, yeah. He's, the amount of Red Sox fans

that follow that guy, he transcends the Yankees. It's just like, this is what, this is like, this is making me want to step up my game. Actually, to be honest with you at my age, I just did his show recently, and he delivered us a pizza to you. And I literally said that to him.

I go, dude, I am actually concerned about your health. And he goes, I know. I go, no, in like a cardiovascular way. Like, you can't, you can't be your age and bring in the RPMs to 8,000. You can't do that. He did a video of him going to the airport for the two Yankee home games. Like he was on the team traveling on the road. He goes, all right, we got two games.

We got two games. Like, you see him go to his hotel. You see him show up on the subway with the Yankee fans sitting in the, thing, and then the next day, all right, we got that one, one more, back on the subway, and then flies home to California. It's incredible. He's like, if you, if you, so many times you say, you know what, I'm a big fan, and then you run into a guy like that.

What I love about him, though, is it's not cartoony. No. You know what I mean? It's not like, you know, paint your face and take your shirt off and trying to get on TV. He just shows up with a Yankee hat and his. is the jersey he's been wearing all years spilling fucking pizza sauce and coke on and just shows up like, dude, like... Dude, when he's home, he puts the jersey over nothing. There's no undershirt.

So it's just the jersey over skin open with his chains out. It's the greatest thing I've ever seen. No, like, literally, he's such a big-hearted, awesome guy, too. So I actually, as much as I'm joking, I do get concerned sometimes. but then like when he's yelling though he like makes he makes sense like he knows the can you made some big trade earlier this year he uh and you guys blew a big lead that you know one it was basically your worst loss i remember so he was just like going like when they're not getting it done he was basically yelling that the yankees traded for all these players and before

the game they already made the decision that they were putting them all in no matter what was going on in the game. He goes, every one of them, every fucking one of them. Oh, yeah. I think that was the one where A-Rod actually gave them props, this guy's making sense. I remember the exact game. Cashman made a trade for all of these guys to fill in these holes,

and the day they showed up, they all got in, and they all took part in the loss, and Nick couldn't handle it. Oh, yeah. No, they put in, like, 12 pitchers. it felt like. They just kept. All right, he gave up a dinger. Who's next? Who's next? But they played New York, New York, and champagne. I don't like that for them. Oh, don't think. I'm going to say that that's going to age really, really, really badly. I'm trying to think, I know, I know I've seen this before. I've just not thinking. It wasn't when T.O. ran and stood on the logo and

pointed up. It wasn't that. It was something else where people just you don't you don't do that. Like you just leave them deflated, leave them defeated, and just leave quietly. The quietly, the more quiet you leave, the more devastating

it is. Yeah. Have respect for them. Obviously to come in here to play the Yankees, you know, the most legendary franchise, da-da-da-da. You just give them their flowers and then you leave. And then when you're on the bus, you're like, hey, guys, that's exactly right.

Start spreading the news. Fuck them. That's how you do it. You sing it on the bus home or you sing it on the airplane home. You don't do it at the stadium. You don't do it at the stadium. No, that was dumb. Yeah, yeah.

How many songs do your bleacher fans already have? I will tell you what, though, man. Aaron Judge, dude, that ball he hit. That was a hundred miles. a hundred miles an hour on his fucking wrist. And the fact that he did that, man, was really, he's a great player, man. He's Paul Bunyan. Dude, he's only, what, three players with his stats, home runs.

He's a great guy, dude, too. All right, guys, that's it. Look, here's the deal. Yankees are out. Giants are bad. The Knicks are the best team in the East. That's what I'm hanging my hat on. Yeah, I've got the Knicks.

You know, Bill, your Patriots are coming around. Hey, listen, it happens. Hey, you know what? I don't know what the Bruins. Bruins had their first game last night. I got to watch it. I tape the game. I don't know what happened, but, you know.

Hockey just started? Yeah, we scored it. You know, we were scoring like four goals a game, it seemed during the preseason. So we'll see. I just, you know, end of the day, Paul. I'm a hockey guy. I love the Bruins. Yeah.

I love them. And I still miss the Adams Division. Just sucks. Bring back the whalers. Bring back the odd, the garden, the forum. I love those places. Yeah, bring back the forum for sure. Bring back the Quebec Nordiques.

Just give us something. The Hartford Whalers, dude, that was a cool logo. Yeah. They're now the Carolina hurricanes. And the Nordiques are the avalanche. It's weird that, like, hockey had a common good teams in the south. And they named them after weather. Yeah, and it's in the south, too, you know?

Avalanche isn't weather, but you know what I mean? I know lightning, hurricane, all that shit. All right, guys. The Misters. Those are our picks. This has been the show. I can't believe we're done week six already. This thing is flying by.

The Indian summers. The microbursts. That's what you call a minor league team. All right, Paul. Flagstaff foliage. What? The foliage and the helmet. It's a picture of a miserable dad with his wife,

like fucking taking pictures on her iPhone. That's great. Paul, next week, Paul, the hoodie's off. The hats on backwards. The shades are on. Oh, there you go. Paul, he's coming back. Got to come back.

All right, guys, enjoy football tonight. Eagles Giants and Monday night special. We will see you guys next week. Take care. All right, bye-bye. Great. Thank you.