Anything Better? - The Rio Raiders | NFL Week 1 Preview & Picks

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

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what's up everybody and welcome back to the anything better podcast show NFL edition and I am so thrilled to be back here with me your host Paul Verzi over here and Bill Burr over there and we're very excited to bring back of course we have Andrew Themliss the Greek Freak the Beverly Hills kid and making his year two he made the rock he made the 53 man roster a fan favorite a fan favorite paul jake the snake is back he's got more detail injury reports this year so we are back in full swing bill how the hell are you we're back at week one we gave we gave jake the snake the keys to the car okay this is his team to win a lose one um i'm i'm beyond sight dude i am beyond sights for uh for the game tonight

Well, Bill, I have to say something to you, dude. And I don't know. I was only able to give you credit. If it's not nice, I don't want to hear it. I'm in too good a move. It's very nice. And I wasn't able to do this publicly on the show. I had to call you after the fact.

But, dude, your Super Bowl prediction and what you said would happen, how it would happen, happen. Okay. And listen, you know me. I'm a guy that likes to credit what credits do. Okay. I like to give credit what you do. You said the Philadelphia Eagles were going to kick the shit out of him. You said how they were going to do it.

it if you listen back to that episode you nailed it and uh if the refs let them play and what i want to do is thank all the NFL fans that were talking on social media saying this shit is massaged it's fixed so they were like it's getting too loud call off the dogs it'll still be a game blah blah it wasn't a game no the kansas city chiefs you know they shouldn't have been there dude they should not have been there any more than I should have thought it's a bit of an insaturation it was a beat down it was a beat down well you're looking a little blurry you're looking a little blurry have I'm in the handway am I crazy there it is okay all right um but we got a lot of good picks we got a lot of good games you got a new you got a new coach with the pats

the giants have a new quarterback we got a lot of different stuff but we have to do this Jake to say where Daniel jones go Daniel jones went where Daniel jones is on the Indianapolis Colts they took on all that money the Indianapolis Colts and guess what he just got named the starter QB1 oh dude Jim Hirste passed during the off season

so you know rest his soul rest his soul we didn't always see eye to eye but it'll be interesting to see if they carry on his tradition I mean you know they won a lot over there Paul

how they did it we're not going to bring up heck nobody needs to answer questions Jake the snake before we do our week one picks what are we got what's interesting what are storylines and who is hurt here he is everybody hey oh the fresh look at that patrick mahomes is not the only guy with a new haircut this year that's right i had to freshen up for you guys that's right jake the snake got a guaranteed contract on the show and look at him he's already spending his money he's already spending his money i love it looking shop

Got himself a new ride The whole deal I can see Jake You know it would be great Jake yelling at the barber I'm going on the air tomorrow I said faded higher Does this little camera ready

Does this little camera ready That's awesome You call that a fade I'm going on anything better week one tomorrow All right go ahead What do we got Jake Well the big storyline Is Micah Parsons got traded

to the Packers, and they play the Lions, so that's going to be a huge game on Sunday. They're saying he has a back injury, so we'll see if he actually gets out there. But either way, that's going to be a great game. Then we got the Bills and Ravens on Sunday Night Football, a huge rematch of last year's playoff game to probably the best quarterbacks in football going at it,

so that'll be fun. And then Chief Chargers are going to be out there in Brazil, which I'm nervous about because last, last year, if you remember, the Packers quarterback. Wait, the NFL is going to Brazil now? Yeah, it's tomorrow. Terrible. I mean, there you go. There you go. I mean,

you know, you're going to leave the country. Oh, Paul, he got to do a show down there. I'll tell you, there's a lot of talent down there, okay? Dude, you ain't kidding. It's go to Rio. Yeah, the players

are ecstatic to go there. Oh, my God. Like, the amount of trouble. Oh, yeah. Can you imagine, like, you play in Brazil, and you're like, what is my life? I'm living my dream playing in Brazil, and then the next week you play in, like, Jacksonville, like, Minnesota. Dude, you just see NFL players yawning.

They were out all night. Nobody's going to care about the game. Are you kidding me, dude? That's hilarious. As far as things I ever did, Paul, back in the day, my friends would go down there, and I never went. That's the smartest thing I ever did. You go down there, Paul, you don't come back.

You physically, you come back. You don't come back. You can't come back. And then, like, the level of shit that you're going to be taken from an American woman. And then these goddesses are down. I mean, you know, I just, I mean, Paul, I'm not saying they don't give you shit down there,

but if you're going to take some shit, Paul. That's the best. You know, it's like being homeless. If you're going to do it, San Diego. Oh, yeah. You don't do it in Cleveland. No. If you're going to live under a bridge, Paul.

I mean, where is Paul Percy limit? Probably South Beach. South Beach. It was South Beach, you know, you know. Paul Versey, the happiest homeless guy. You're loving me. Like, you don't even need a house. I swear to God, dude.

I go to the beach. You know, range a lot, but it doesn't rain for a long time down here. And as long as it doesn't go sideways, you know, if I'm under the bridge, I mean, I'm good. I got a dog. The NFL is going. I think they need to calm it down a little bit. I mean, what's next? Dude, I'm seeing the Raiders in Columbia next year. I'm telling you. If they're going to try, they're trying to go global, like, you know, how soccer is global. And the UFC, I'm telling you, they don't understand that that's apples and oranges.

I remember Rogan said a long time ago, if you're driving down the street, even if you don't watch MMA, if you saw two people fighting, you're going to stop and watch it. Like, fighting has global appeal, and so does soccer. I mean, it would be, can you imagine if like Australian rules football came over here, or they tried to bring like the seven nation fucking rugby league over there? here and who's going to win the championship or the wooden spoon. I mean, that's what we're trying to do. I'm not shitting on those leagues, but it's just you grew up with those, you watched them with your dad, and it's just, they're there. So I don't know.

But I mean, if they're going to try to go global, you might as well go to some. I thought your voice just cracked when you said dad. I thought you went. Why, you was doing the thing, dad? All right, well, here's the best part, Bill. You get to go first because it's an odd year. and you go first on the odd fellow so what's that and i'm an odd fella you're an odd fella and you get the uh you get the honors to open the year and you know what it's just something about me you can't

quite put your finger on it um all right well i'm going to go right out of the gate and i'm going to take my new england patriots minus two and a half playing the oakland raiders sorry los angeles Raiders to Oakland and the Las Vegas Raiders All right The Raiders are like that dude you know That got married like the fourth time and you're like Am I really going to this wedding I'm just not going

I wish you well but I'm I can't make this one Where do they move next I know I know Wait where do you go after that They got the triangle of fucking death there Oakland L.A. Oakland Vegas I tell you where they're going to go

They're going to be they're going to be the Brazil Raiders. That would be a hell of a promotion. If I was the owner, I would literally have a pirate ship. Stale into the harbor. That's how I would do it. I'm, this is Paul, I am, I am fucking swinging in the fucking wind here. I have no idea what I'm doing.

The Rio Raiders, yeah, I was thinking that too. Andrew said the Rio Raiders. Dude, I got to tell you, it's got a nice ring. Got a nice ring to it. You're telling me the Giants They're playing the Rio Raiders You're not trying to sell that to your wife Babe, we're going to Brazil

I'm going down there for the game For you For you? For you They got they got frozen yogurt down there I got to go with You know, I'm hearing good things I don't like people who like

Watch preseason football And you know with a fucking 200 man roster And somehow they know something This is what I do know Is Mike Braville can coach me this league He did great in Tennessee. There's a former Patriot.

You know, the old player coach thing here. I think people are going to get on board. I hated that they seemed like they hired Mayo to fire him. You know, it's just like, didn't he deserve? I thought he deserved more. But whatever, you got to shake it off. Here we go. So we're playing the Raiders who are always in flux, Paul.

And I don't think we have a convincing win. I think we win. I think we cover. And I don't know what it means. I'm not I'm not going to put that level of weight on it but I you know this I'm this is most for the those you're watching if you haven't been new to the show this is 100% of Verzi bet

this is me betting with my heart but you got to like the two and a half at home the Raiders are the Raiders are a little hapless right now hey Paul I don't have to do anything okay don't put fucking words in my mom you need to no I like no two and a half I like I got it you got uh I'll tell you I like to does that field go kicker on the university of Miami

hitting that 47 yarder that would have been good from like 57 yards in the fucking orange bowl, whatever they call it now, Joe Robbie Stadium, wherever the hell they play against the Raiders, against the fucking Notre Dame fighting Irish. That was a big kick. He went up there like it was nothing. Yeah, dude. And what about that kid who kicked the 70-yarder in preseason college or whatever? During a game?

It banged the 70-yarder, dude. It was nuts. Yeah, can we find out who that was? If you're consistent from 70 yards, all you have to get is to your 40. Oh, I'll bust there be another eight. You'd have to get to like your 48. Yeah, Jake, I'm sorry, it was the Jaguars kicker. Jaguars kicker in preseason.

Kick to 70 yards. Yeah. What is the record? And it had some left, 65 in a real game. I mean, was it to me, Paul, were they still tackling in that game? Could he still have gotten hit? And there's some reason that doesn't count. All right.

All right. I'm going to do something stupid, but I'm going to do it. Tonight, I'm going tonight. Okay, I'm going. You got Eagles Cowboys tonight. The Eagles are minus eight and a half. And you know what? I think they're going to win a game by 10.

I see this game being like a 21 to 10 game. I think that Dallas morale is down with Michael Parsons going to Green Bay. And I thought Cowboys, but you know what? Nah, Super Bowl champs. Sequan's going to be excited. The link is going to be going on. I can't believe I'm saying this.

It's sickening. It's actually sickening. But I'm going to take them to win by 10. It hurts me to say this. Oh, I mean, is there any worse spread than eight and a half? No. I'd rather have 10 because then it's usually a great team against a shit team, but eight and a half division rivalry.

I'll tell you, Paul, you've got balls. I don't get too mad at that. All right, here's an easy one. Chiefs minus three playing the Chargers. I just feel like I feel like the Chiefs that was an embarrassment. They want to come back and show

that like, you know, they have that they're not on the other side of it, that Andy Reid's got another one in them. I also feel like the NFL needs this storyline. I don't know if Paula Abdul's going to be at the game or not, but like I just, you know, I feel like it's going to be a close game.

I like the Chiefs minus 3. Paul, I'm not going to lie to you. I really feel good about this. I feel like I'm 2 and 0 right now. I feel like some of my hair's growing back. There's a lot of good feelings over here. I'm going to take the Chiefs, so I think that that's a great pick. And listen, Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift, they got engaged.

God bless them. So you know, you don't have to worry about Travis having his face buried in some fucking Brazilian cheese ass. Hey, he's a scene. Hey, Paul, now, you know, it's a long week. He's off the market. It's a long week. But I agree.

I think the chiefs. Can you do an impression of Travis Kelsey's face when he gets engaged and then sees the NFL schedule that you could go to Brazil? He calls his brother, dude. I should have, I could have waited like three weeks, dude. I should have waited. I should have waited. I thought we still go to Germany or England. Dude, let's be honest.

The last time the Chiefs played a football game that was meaningful, they got fucking smoked in a Super Bowl. I think it's going to be bad for the Chargers. Sorry, Jake. Hey, Jake, the Snake doesn't like this pick, but great pick by you. Well, that's why we had to get, we had to get Jake the big contract. The Chargers was sniffing around them. They wanted to get them up in the booth.

We had to put the franchise tag on Jake the Snake. All right. Well, Bill, you took your team, and you know what? God, damn it. I'm going to take my team. The New York Giants just got probably one of the best defensive linemen in all of the draft, and I love what they're doing on defense. Russell Wilson brings a little stability,

but I also like our backup quarterback, and we have probably one of the best wide receivers in the game. Commanders minus six. I'm going to take the Giants getting six points. My Giants, my new defense look Giants going in there. Not saying we definitely win the game, but I could see it being a field goal game. I'm going to take the Giants getting six.

I mean, who do the Steelers have at quarterback? You know who they got. They got your boy Aaron Rogers. Oh, is that where he went? Jesus. Yeah. Christ. Oh, so they made a trade there?

They made a trade there? He just signed with them like two weeks ago. He waited. Oh, you know Aaron Rogers enjoyed the summer before he made his decision, but that's what he did. Oh, Paul, that's a, that's a, that's a, that's a balsy pick. You got two, you know, you got two grizzled vets on a center. All right. Let's move on here.

I like that Bill's Ravens game. I think it's going to be a great game. Oh, Sunday night. Plus one, minus one. Let's just be honest, Paul. It's a pick. It is a good. I love Lamar Jackson, but there's just something about that Ravens team.

Like, they just always, I don't know, they just, oh, God. I think I'm going to take the bills just because they're at home. And other than that, I have no idea. Like that, that's literally a, whatever. I mean, I just think that's a flip the coin. I'll take the point. I'll take one point if I can get it. I mean, Paul, who am I?

You know, I'm just a guy here. waiting to get a breakfast burrito. You get a breakfast burrito from that place you took me to? The place I took you to, Paul, the old lady's not there anymore. And they switched it up and it's, it's average. My two breakfast burrito place, Paul, they're average now. It's, you know, you see what happens. All of a sudden, when those Uber E guys start showing up and there's some of that

robot AI shit going on, the food just goes like this. This fucking fascination that everybody has with technology and robots, there's nothing better than a person that cares. How old was you? A person that cares is always going to be better than a fucking robot. Always.

That's why I like over medium eggs. You said it best. You got to care just for 30 extra seconds. You got to just a little care. That's it. Yeah.

Eggs are better. You cannot make an over medium egg for someone you don't have love for. Your heart has to be in it. And this fucking bullshit where they're acting like these robots feel feelings, they don't. It's an algorithm.

Yeah, not, dude They can make them as cute as they want Those stupid fucking box things Driving down the fucking street Have you ever seen them go in And actually deliver anything? They're not That's just a promotional tool

Do you get? Oh, oh look Oh, look at it Yeah What's in there, Paul? Huh? Somebody's insulin? How long is it going to take

For them to fucking deliver it? I hate to hear Is the old lady all right? Huh? Is the old lady all right? Who? The breakfast burrito lady. I mean, dude, I don't know if she's all right.

She's not there anymore, but I can tell you right now, if she passed on, if she passed on, God was like, hang on, hang on, hang on, all right, come on in. Come here, come here, you. We got to, you, this, she did it right. Ah, oh, gosh. Put of the line. All right.

TSA pre-check. back right into heaven. All right. I got my fourth and final pick here, dude, and I'm going to be honest with you. I don't love it, but I like it. And I'm going to take, I'm going to take for the first time in three years,

I think the Cincinnati Bengals don't lose week one, and I like them minus five and a half. I like that. I think the Browns are in a disarray, and one of the Browns aren't in disarray. I mean, come on. The Browns have been, I'm not going to lie. You think the Browns are the Browns. I'm going to take Joe Burrow.

Browns haven't been in a ray since Jim Brown. Rest his soul. They've been disarray ever since. That's not true. Cardiac kids, you know, those Elway Browns game, that's fucking, if they could have just won one of those games, I think that that rivalry would have had more attention put on it. I mean, those were just fucking, Paul, that was football, municipal stadium and mile high stadium. Those are just ugly. you had to love football to sit in those fucking stadiums.

That was the real deal. I love both of those stadiums. Oh, okay, good. No, actually, Andrew said we both have one more pick. By the way, did I ever tell the story about what I heard about the drive with John Elway, when John Elway went to Cleveland to speak about the drive with the dog pound throwing eggs? Did I tell you that story? If I didn't tell you the story, I'm going to tell you real quick.

Bo Diaz was the cop at Hilarities. Hilarities, shout out to Nick Kossus, great room. He always had police there. Bo Diaz, the catcher from the Indians. No, no, Bo Diaz was the cop. That was at hilarities. But is that the same Bo Diaz that played in MLB? No, no.

This is cop Bo Diaz. What was his partner's name, Roy Smalley? Different guy. Different guy. Different guy. So I'm talking to the club owner, Dave Winfield. He tells me this story. I've said it on other podcasts, so I'm going to make it quick,

because I need to say it on any. anything better. He said that John Elway came to a, like a, you know, one of those conference meeting, you know, like a speaking thing in Cleveland. And Elway stands up and he goes, all right, guys. And he's in Cleveland. And Elway goes, I'm going to tell you guys about the drive. Everyone starts booing. And Bo is the cop in there. Everyone starts booing, boo. And he goes, hold on, hold on. Let me just tell you the story. And he goes, before that drive started, an egg from the dog pound. They had the fans, the dog pound. He said, an egg came, hit the face mask. my old lineman and yoke is all over his face and he said the whole drive this is from this is the

greatest story ever he said the whole drive he's going like this in the drive go he's going and he won't wipe he won't wipe it so elway goes elway goes dude why don't you wipe your eyes and he's going i'm not giving the fuck those fucks the satisfaction to see that they got me and he and and and john Elway said it made them loose and laughing the entire drive and kept them loose the whole thing because they said every time they would get back into the huddle he'd be like this and he wouldn't he wouldn't do it he would and he said Elway and them laughed the whole way down the drive because he's going I'm not giving those fuck the satisfaction how great is that it's it's what makes men fucking hilarious that's it that's all we need is some silly shit that's fucking amazing

That is so goddamn funny. You know what's funny is I actually, the first person I thought I was at was my late great friend, Wayne Prevety. He would have done the exact same thing. Rest his soul. And he played high school football. And his move, he was on the defensive line.

His move was he would grab the other guy's jersey like this and he would just start slamming his head into him. Like, repeat. and just beat the guy down like just take his heart early in the game like like just established that he was out of his fucking mind that is 100% something wayne previty would have done that's awesome um all right you get your fourth pick all right paul and I'm just I'm just gonna fucking close my eyes and uh throw a dart here I don't know why I don't know why this game just I just love their coach and the more he looks like he's like Sean

Penn playing Kleinfeld and like all of a sudden going bad and dealing Coke is the Miami Dolphins. They're plus one against the Colts minus one at home. I just think, you know, Daniel Jones there, now they find out he's out there. You know, it's a new system. He's getting comfortable with the team there home. The dolphins, you know, I feel like, you know, they've played some really good teams. They've beaten them over the years. I mean, they've got to be getting to the point like, when the fuck are we going to do something

with two. I just feel like, you know, it's the first game of the year. I love that pick. They're going to come out and, you know, I think it's going to take Daniels sometime with the Colts. They got a new owner. They got a whole bunch of new shits going on out there in Indianapolis. And I think the dolphins are, they're a little salty over the last couple of years. You know, the Bill's this, the Bill's that, hey, fuck you, we're in this division, too. I think they can win by more than one. Dude, I love the Sean Penn-Klefeld thing.

What a great character, by the way. What a great scumbag lawyer character that was. That's my favorite. When Pacino looks, you know, when he says, you know, I'm your lawyer. And then Pacino goes, lawyer. Yeah. You ain't a lawyer, Kleinfeld. You are gangster.

I love that. Good impression. That was great. That was a great movie, dude. Climfeld is my friend. Dude, how great. Right out of the gate. John Liguizama.

The first movie I ever saw him, he's doing a fucking scene with Al Pacino. And right out of the gate, it's just like, it's like the Jordan thing. When Jordan gets in the NBA, everybody talks about I took offense to that or whatever. I took that personally. My favorite line in the last dance was when he said, when he got to the NBA, I felt like I needed to establish myself. Yeah. Oh, God. Oh, and in the curse of Chicago, the two gold chains.

And he's just in there Just looking like Spider-Man Dude, the two goals I feel like John Ligizamo did that Okay, I'm in a scene With Al Pacino I'm the new kid on the block I need to establish my show

Benny Blanco from the Bronx ball Benny Blanco from the Bronx Come on And Louis Guzman going You know I got to look out for the future When he when he you know He crossed him He crossed him

He set him up at the train station And he goes, I got to look out for the future, but... Because he wouldn't kill Benny. He showed that he actually had, you know... I don't know. It was considered soft. He could have killed him.

Carlito, what are you doing? Come on, man. I've finished him. Whatever. I got to see that again. Yeah, it's a great movie. I'm watching ghost dog right now with Forrest Whitaker. Oh, that's good, right? It's a strange movie. It's like

when Forrest Whitaker's in it, you're like, this movie's going to win an Oscar. And then when the other people are in it's like some other some of the other people it's like it's it's it's the the tone of the movie is a little fucking off change he he is amazing no he's a great actor dude you just made me think of jordan with two chains when he had the two chains in the dunk contest uh i mean oh i got a can i tell a quick story i got to tell a quick story about my son so my son is is uh he's in the big boy school now he's not in pre-k anymore so he goes to the big school and he's all nervous about going to school and all of that stuff you know so he was a little

emotional the first couple of days so the teachers knew it you know he didn't like the big school he wanted to go back to his little school so when he showed up they were doing that you know that high pitchy thing talked to him so he's walking in with his you know backpack on and they're out going hey buddy how you doing oh good to see are you excited huh you're happy to be here and they're trying to do that they're going you're happy to be here and he doesn't even look at him he just walks mine, we just goes, I gave the thumbs down. Dude, I told my wife, right by him,

didn't fucking say a word. Dude, I had to look away. I told my wife that. And then he saw one of his friends from the little school when he was just like, hey, and then he just hung out with him. Dude, my wife, so I told my wife that story. She burst it out.

She burst it out. I mean, that, the thumbs down, it's almost mature. It's almost mature. And it wasn't, it wasn't, it wasn't like malicious. David, it's like, blah, blah, blah, blah. How you doing? I just walked in. By the time I got back to the car, I was crying.

I couldn't even get it out. And Nia just started laughing going, what, what? And I was going, I was done. You're not completely what our son just did. And we laughed all through, all through breakfast. How could you not? All right. You know what?

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I got people coming to my comedy shows. I had a wife. I had a wife come to my comedy show. She walked up with her husband and she just goes, hey, we're here because you did really good by us in the football season. Oh, my God. Did she give you a tribute? And I was, give you a little envelope of cash. And all, you've been crushing it for so many years.

You've got to have a receiving table. Also, we got to do the first touchdown. Guys, you guys know how this works. You place any player. You pick any player to score touchdown of any game. And if your player doesn't, but scores the second, you get the entire stake back in cash, no opt-in required. So you pick your player to get the first touchdown.

And if they do, you win. And if they don't, you get your cash back. If they get the second one, in fact. guys for my fourth and final pick here we go my fourth and final pick you know i didn't want to do it i didn't want to do it but you gotta i do it i do this lion's packers line is really messing with me dude it's really weird it's a it's a and you always told me this from when we first met the the the same division division rivals minus two and a half packers Lions. The Packers are home. They just got a big defense. All this hype about the

Packers. They got this guy. You got this guy. Acting like the Lions didn't win the division last year, acting like, you know. I'm going to do something stupid. Oh, Paulie's going in. I'm taking the Broncos. I'm going Broncos minus eight and a half. Brom what the fuck just happened? I know. I know. I got two teams. The whole movie just changed. I got two. Here's the deal. You want to know why. I hate to say this. and I'm sorry to any fans in Tennessee, the Titans stink and Denver's coming. And it's going to be a bloodbath in Denver.

I think this is a 17-point win. Listen, Paul, it wouldn't be anything better if you didn't call one game this week a bloodbath. He's calling it early. Oh, Bill, they're asking us, Jake the Snake asked, did you guys see the Cowboys dock on Netflix? No, Jake, I have not,

but I heard that. it actually really is like somebody said not to go big but this is what somebody said it's the best doc they've seen since last dance not as good as last dance not as good as last dance but the jimmy johnson part how jimmy johnson's like you can't practice okay i got a funny one for you yeah my wife you know she'd been she'd been picking like a lot of the stuff lately that we were watching so she goes all right she goes you know that's why we're watching ghost dog now because i wanted to watch it right so she goes all right this is a uh you know, this is your night.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Let's pick something. So we were, like, scrolling through, and she goes, oh, look, they got a thing behind the scenes, Cowboys thing. You want to watch this? And I go, yeah, yeah, let's watch it. And she just watched the trailer and Jimmy Johnson

screaming at his players and stuff. She goes, wow, she goes, that guy's like really, that guy's really me. Just ladling on it. I'll watch it. I'll watch that. I'll watch that. I watch that on my own.

Yeah. Oh, no. Oh, what happened? We lost Billy. Oh, right in the middle of the Jerry Jones thing. Oh, brutal. He'll be back. He'll be back.

Have you been watching it, though? So, yeah, I watched it. But, I mean, what's funny is, like, it's kind of about Jerry, but Jerry Jones is, like, the least interesting part of the documentary. Like, the most interesting part is, like, Michael Irvin, Jimmy Johnson, Emmett Smith, Troy, you know, those guys. And then I think another thing I want to bring up that was, like, really cool, It's like the footage of the games is like it looks like they're playing them today.

Like if you show, if you showed those games, somebody you're like, was that last week? It's like the footage of the game is like unbelievable. And you see how hard they're hitting in that era of football. Incredible. And the urban stories are hilarious. And there's Billy's back. Bill's back. So I was saying like me making her watch that, then it would be like I got to watch real housewives with her.

I mean, I don't mind the real housewives of Jersey. I can sit through some of those. The guys on the show are fun. There's a scene in the documentary. They remind me of you of you, Bill. And Emmett Smith was going through a holdout or whatever. And I guess Barry Switzer was kind of tired of them asking about it constantly. And he turns to their reporting.

He goes, do you guys have any, do you guys have any shit better to ask today or something like that? It was like, I don't know what answer it if he was the coach. So anyway, it's a great one. Barry Switzer was a character, man. He was fucking funny, dude. Well, you know what it was? It was the same formula. They took a big-time college coach that, like, well, one of the guys, Jimmy put Miami on the map.

But they caught up to whatever Oklahoma had been doing as far as like, hey, you want a new car, you want this, you whatever. Like back in the day, all of that, all of that fun shit, now it's all above board and everybody knows what the money was. I mean, I don't know. I think it was just more fun with the boosters and everything. But I think it was like two like similar programs. Like it's kind of amazing. I think he tried because he had such, Jerry Jones had such good luck with Jimmy Johnson that he went back to the well.

Like I'm going to get like a really well respected legendary. Like very Switzerland was a legend at Oklahoma. Yeah. So he tried to do that twice. It was interesting to me that when he came on that he didn't pick a former NFL coach. Like we just picked up very. able you know you know we can do it yeah yeah like he he just picked these college guys you know and a lot of times those college guys come up and it doesn't go so well and like you know it's a

completely different deal you know as opposed to like you know with the booster money as opposed to guys already being millionaires having to coach himself yeah yeah i mean i like how jimmy i saw coming like a trailer where jimmy johnson was like yeah we can't practice the way we practiced anymore. You can't do what we did in practice anymore. And I wanted to watch it, but Bill, am I going to watch it? No. And you want to know why I'm not going to watch it because I'm too immature right now as a Giants fan to watch my rivals movie. I don't, I can't do it. You know, I'll grow up, but I can't do it. I didn't watch any of that fucking Lakers selfish shit. No. I don't want to live through that again. I don't want to watch like how they

downplay. They don't even bring up Lendby is dying. Like that's what fucked us. It wasn't the lakers yeah i'll give them 85 but it was just like we had a number one draft pick and that that would have been the 87 88 if we have like lend bias it's just it was the worst thing and what's funny is like you know a lot of laker fans don't give a shit it's just like well just imagine those games imagine i'm not even saying we would have won i'm just saying that but magic kareem cooper and all of those guys would have had to deal with that problem too which would have been They would have had to take their greatness and go to an even another level. And then Larry, like, dude, Larry, like, when that kid got drafted, rest of soul,

Larry immediately called him up and challenged him to a game of one-on-one. He was so amped up for it. And it's just one of the, there's a couple of things during that era, that great things almost happened and then did Patriots feeding the Miami Dolphins in the Orange Bowl. So then you get bills, you get the Patriots versus the Bears versus the Dolphins. The Dolphins were the only team that beat the Bears that year, and it would have been like a chance for the Bears to avenge it. I brought that up a million times.

Wait, Bill, you probably know this more than me. Why are the Dallas Cowboys in the New York Giants' NFC East Division? I never understood why a Texas team would be in the NFC East. I don't know the answer to that. Oh, yeah. I was talking about some friends, too, and the NFC West used to have like the Saints and the Falcons. It was very bizarre. They switched it, like, relatively recently.

But, yeah, I guess that's probably that had to do with those teams that I think that had to do with because they were both expansion franchises. Yeah. But the Dallas Cowboys were, you know, that's an NFL team. I mean, they were expansion. I guess there goes that theory. I was just thinking, like, you know, sometimes like when leagues would merge, they'd be sort of these weird things. I mean, I don't understand why Seattle went from the AFC to the NFC or the Milwaukee Brewers all of a sudden went to the National League.

I don't understand why they made the moves. Yeah, happen with the aftros, too. Dude, one year the Arizona Cardinals in the 90s were in the New York Giants Division. The Arizona Cardinals were in the NFC East for a little. I don't understand why they do that. But I think you're right, Bill. I'll tell you why that is because they used to be the St. Louis Cardinals. And even then it didn't make sense that they were in the East, but they, they would go like, you know, it's like the Tigers used to be in the AL East, Detroit, before when they had like two divisions.

They had like a real weird way that they set that up. But I will tell you, I will look that up because that's the kind of like sports nerd shit that I love. Yeah, no, that's why I asked you, because I have no idea. There's no rhyme or reason. but we still have guess what time it is right now right oh let the monday night special wins the money for you move let's the monday night special uh it's good to oh it's good to hear that that means a b is in full effect what are we got andrew what is monday night football looking like here not at healy oh let's talk about division rivals the vikings and bears in

chicago one and a half it's a pick them it's basically a pick um basically a pick um all right What are we doing with quarterbacks here? Who do we got? We have... The Michigan quarterback, J.J.J. McCarthy, the Michigan quarterback. Jay J.J. McCarthy played his first game ever as a Viking, because he was their pick, and then he was hurt last year. So it's J.J. McCarthy. We don't know anything about him, but they have the best wide receiver in football in Justin Jefferson, or top two or three.

And who's the quarterback for the Bears? Caleb Williams from USC in Oklahoma. Caleb Williams from USC. Second year, had a decent year last year. Took him first overall. We can't take a rookie never played in an NFL game quarterback before, can we? It's the Bears, dude.

It is the Bears. I mean, at this point, if you're an NFL quarterback prospect, can you get drafted by the bears or the browns? You got to be, it's like you're on a conveyor belt to a fucking garbage bin. Like they don't know how to, they don't know how to develop them.

I'm not saying it's, it's, they even pick the wrong. They have picked some, you know, questionable people, but like, I don't know what it is. It's like, you know, people like there's certain people, if you give them a plant, they can't keep it alive. That's what like the bears and browns are when it comes to quarterbacks.

I don't know what it is. They can't protect them. They don't give them anybody to throw. There's nobody to hand off to. You're just fucking, you're on an island. You're a man without the country. Wait a minute, though. Vikings did just get Adam Thielen back,

who was the number one receiver for the Panthers, and now he's on the other side of Justin Jefferson. All right, so let's do just. I'll take Paul, not knowing shit about this game. I automatically go, the Vikings are going to win that. All right. Let's take Justin Jefferson to catch one touchdown. That's a definite.

okay that's what i'm going to suggest that's a definite uh or my name is paul t version what's that andre swift any relation to taylor uh no um what do we got here players to score three touchdowns that's not going to happen um you can combine that with the vikings money line if you both like the vikings You want to do Vikings money line? Yeah. Okay, Bill liked the Vikings from the gate. Let's do it.

Justin Jefferson to catch one. Vikings to win the game outright. And then we need one more. You like a total or how do you feel? I don't like underovers. They bite us. They're bitten us too much. What's the line on that guy coming back to the game to catch in the stands,

to jump out of the stands and catch a field goal that goes through the uprights? Oh, my God. How funny was that, dude? Was that a Vikings game? No, that was a bad. That was a Giants game. The Giants game. Oh, wow.

Dude, I just remember my roommate from Boston start crying, laughing. And I just saw a dude with a mullet fly out of the fucking upper deck and catch. Dude, that's like the most. That's the most fucking fucked up thing. Dude, that was unbelievable. The only other thing that I saw was as crazy as that was this guy, like, reached to get a ball and, like, the upper-down. and one of those old school cookie cutter things and he flipped over and started to fall we've shown that clip the guy was like 80s jacked and he was able with one hand and these dude his friends pulled him

back up but dude when i tell you he was at one point his his feet were at 12 o'clock his head was at 6 he was hanging off the upper he's going over the upper deck oh my god oh yeah dude he was like you know like when a dog just gets like fucking you know hyper-focused on something he just saw that ball and he forgot about gravity his own well-being the whole thing dude it sounds like an action movie uh it was yeah um all right jake you know we got jake's take what do you want to what do you want to do me and bill took ours what do you want to do i was going to suggest Justin jefferson there um what are some kind of lilyan props um any what are his overall under for like a passing touchdown maybe just take him to throw a passing touchdown something

yeah you know what you want to ease into easy into week one with just to with uh yeah him to throw one justin jefferson to catch one and we think the money line and the money line give give our people something simple week one yeah i just woke up you know what i mean have a light breakfast yeah you know go for a little charge we got 18 weeks there for you got 18 week go get some eggs relax It's only week one. Just, you know, by the way, football tonight makes me very, very happy. The fact that I can sit down tonight, I don't have to work.

But of Ken, my luck, I got to watch the Eagles and Cowboys. I can't win, though. I can't win. Put the Raiders on, the Rio Raiders. That's what I want to see tonight. What are you thinking about Russell Wilson? I think that if the Giants aren't 500 at week six, it's going to go to Jackson Dart, our rookie. I think that's what I think.

But I think he's going to keep it stable. I think we'll be all right. I don't understand that guy's career. The second he leaves Seattle, all of a sudden, he hasn't been Russell Wilson. And I just don't believe that what happened in Seattle was all their defense, all coaching. His deep ball was one of the best deep balls in the league. I don't know what's going on up here. If he's got the yips, I don't know what it is.

But like, I don't know. I just feel like he's going to do well with you guys because you're more defensive-minded. He doesn't have to put. up all of these crazy numbers or whatever. Well, he said him and his wife are happy now. He said him and me and my wife are happy now. We're where we want to be. He did throw a moon ball, dude.

He threw a bomb in preseason, and it looked like old Russell Wilson, and they said he's happy and stuff. We'll see what happens. But look, the Giants haven't had a guy like that, you know, since Eli's prime. And he's better than Eli, oh, you know, as much as I hate to say that. But, yeah. Oh, he was always your guy.

You always love that. The power of the wife. unbelievable I think here's the funniest part about that I think you're shaking your head because you were going to go I've always loved Russell Wilson you just go

the wife sounds fucking believable it's it's taken down like the 60,000 people fucking watching you paying for parking and all of that fucking shit and you're in the huddle going like how the fuck can you say that to me

all right what are we doing it's like free play in the argument in his fucking head it's it's the only thing that could take down an empire they just they just can stop everything you know can you imagine the house that they live in it can you just be cool for 18 fucking weeks we make the playoffs i'm sorry it's gonna go a little long you know what they are you know what they are

i'm gonna tell you well there we go here's what they are what are they're a phone call on the 12th hole of golf when you're having a great time and you're smoking a cigar and you're with your buddy and the coolers back there and you're even shooting well and if you make par or bogey on the next hole you're right where you want to be and then the phone call comes

what time you're coming home and just the face changes if you go from this to hold on a second hold on a second and it fucking double bogey over wheels come on

I'm three putting I'm three and then you're upset when you come home and then she plays the victim I let you go out and play golf with your friends. No, you didn't. You let me play 12 holes. I was two putt and max before that text. Two putt and max.

Send her a text during fucking brunch. After what she's doing. Oh, dude, there you go. There you go. Nothing. Just having something. When you're going to be home? I'll let you know.

We don't need to end like this. We don't need to end like this. Paul, you know, it was in the air. I felt it. I felt there was something hanging there, Paul. You know, Russell Wilson's wife is happy, so I think he might play better. That's how nuts it is. I can't believe you guys.

Here's the deal. Here's the deal. And no offense to Sierra, his wife, but you know when he was in Denver, she's like, it's nothing to do out here. Pick. Pick. I'm the biggest Russell Wilson fan ever, but you marry a woman named Sierra. She hasn't been told no a lot

If that's not a daddy's girl's name Forget about it I'm gonna be 100% wrong But I'm seeing the Sweet Sixteen party With a brand new car with a bow on it That's when I hear the name Sierra That's so yeah Or Sierra there's a chance

That her dad's in a white militia In fucking Idaho when you start getting those, you know, upper Midwest out on the prairie names for kids. And let's be honest, when your wife is Sierra who was a pop star, a Sierra's not happy in Denver or Pittsburgh. A Sierra is not happy in Denver. A Sierra needs L.A. or New York.

Can we be honest? Sierra was going, you know, when I used to play Mile High Stadium when I was singing my fucking songs, okay, we did a runner. The show was over. We got on the bus and we left. And then he's forcing balls in because he doesn't care. Now I think he'll be all right. There you go.

Now she's in New York, Paul. You got Fifth Avenue. Oh, yeah. You got Fifth Avenue. She's going to, I think, you know. No, she showed up to Giants camp with her sunglasses, went up, hug the coaches, laughing with the players. Russ looked relaxed.

There you go. She's happy. He's happy. All of a sudden, Russell could throw the deep ball. again. Four touchdowns up tomorrow. It was a Sunday.

All right, everybody, there you have. If he gets another trade, he has a, like, like, when a mobster like testifies with the lawyer right next, what are some of the teams you'd be willing to go for?

Hang out a second. Miami. Vegas. Vegas. Yeah, Vegas. It's like in Goodfellas, when he went into the fruit. Just nowhere cold, okay?

He's got asthma. Remember? Who would have to Tom Brady? He went to Tampa and that was the end of it. I ain't going to fucking Tampa. Fuck am I going to do it on there. Go to a titty bar or go to a Win Dixie? Oh, man, that's great.

Well, what a great first episode this way. This is why this is the best podcast. This is the best. And this is why we're going to beat everybody. Let's let these people some fucking money again this year, Paul. There you go, guys. Our Monday night special is Justin Jeff. to catch one. Caleb Williams to throw one and the Minnesota Vikings money line. You have

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