Bussin' With The Boys - Jon Gruden CONFIDENT Rams Wipe 49ers; Taylor Lewan BELIEVES Steelers Upset Eagles

Episode Date: December 12, 2024

Will Compton, Delanie Walker, Taylor Lewan, and SPECIAL GUEST, Coach Jon Gruden, bring you episode fifteen of The Locker Room. In today’s episode, we dive into the upcoming Week 15 NFL matchups: Los Angeles Rams VS. San Francisco 49ers, Indianapolis Colts VS. Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens VS. New York Giants, Detroit Lions VS. Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers VS. Philadelphia Eagles, and Green Bay Packers VS. Seattle Seahawks. Make sure to submit your fan call-in submissions to [e-mail] TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS 0:00 Open 7:22 Thursday Night Football 13:49 GOTW 28:22 Ballsy NFL 42:08 Rapid Fire 46:59 Bet The Boys Parlay 50:48 Fan Call-In ----- Get on the bus with NFL players Will Compton & Taylor Lewan! The Boys are letting you in on their hilarious, high-energy (and often heartfelt) conversations. Topics range from exclusive stories to active player perspectives to out-of-left-field hot takes on things you and your friends only discuss behind closed doors. Sometimes they chat with a guest, sometimes it's just the two of them, but it's always a good time when you're Bussin' With The Boys. And yes, this is the podcast where Mike Vrabel said he'd cut his piece off for a Super Bowl. ----- SHOP: https://store.barstoolsports.com/collections/bussin-with-the-boys FOLLOW THE BOYS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bussinwtb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BussinWTB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BussinWTB/ Website: https://www.bussinwtb.com LISTEN iTunes: http://bit.ly/BWTB_Apple Spotify: http://bit.ly/BWTB_Spotify ----- SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS FireBall: Ignite your gameday with Fireball Whisky. Must be 21+ to purchase and enjoy. Please drink responsibly. Fireball, Whisky with Natural Cinnamon Flavor, 21% to 33% Alc./Vol., Sazerac Company, Louisville KY. DRAFT KINGS: GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER, [phone] or visit gamblinghelplinema.org (MA). Call 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY). Please Gamble Responsibly. 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), or visit www.mdgamblinghelp.org (MD). 21+ and present in most states. (18+ DC/KY/NH/WY). Void in ONT/OR/NH. Eligibility restrictions apply. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino & Resort (KS). 1 per new customer. Min. $5 deposit. Min. $5 bet. Max. $150 issued as non-withdrawable Bonus Bets if your bet wins. Bonus Bets expire in 7 days (168 hours). Stake removed from payout. Terms: dkng.co/dk-offer-terms. Ends 1/5/25 at 11:59 PM ET. Sponsored by DK. True Classic: Upgrade your wardrobe and save on True Classic at https://trueclassic.com Georgia Boot: Head to GeorgiaBoot.com and use code BUSSIN to get 20% off at checkout ----- #BussinWithTheBoys #BarstoolSports #JonGruden #FootballFor more, visit barstool.link/bussinwtbSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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College Football Championship Weekend is gone. We will get into that later in the month. Very special guest. The man, the myth, the legend, John Grill. Let's give this man a round of applause. Hi, thank you. Are you kidding me? We were talking before the show, and we were playing the Jags one time.

I was, like, kind of jumping up and doing a little spin, and you're talking about my enthusiasm, playing, and just hearing you, a legendary coach, talk about me. It's like one of those like, hey, holy shit, I'm an offensive line. He's talking about me right now. Welcome to the show, how you feel? I'm nervous. I'm excited to be with Delaney Walker,

Wilcoft, two of my favorite grinders. Oh, yeah. They came from nowhere, and they exploded onto the scene, and they sustained 14 years. I don't know how many years he got, but. No one knows. I'm a big fan of yours. You know that.

I appreciate it. Really honored to be here. Thank you guys. I got a question. Having a big personality like Taylor coaching against him. What would be something you'd say about? Oh, I'd get in his head. I mean, how many offensive linemen act like this?

None. Not much. I would know stuff about Luan that would piss him off at pregame warm up. I would start early and I would stay after you. I would distract you big time. Yeah, I'm distractible. I'm very distraughtable. I am very distrable.

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Yeah, that's how it was. Yeah. I remember you dancing between the plays. I mean, the band would be playing, a music would be, and there's an offensive tackle dancing to the music. Who the hell is this guy? You've had a hip replacement. You know what's like? You got to get that mobility in there. You got to make sure everything is good. Always stay in warm. Helmet off, always. Take his helmet off, whip it. He comes in, just hype meeting Delaney talking about.

What was that small school in Missouri you went to just knowing everything about it? The dude is an encyclopedia. Yeah, exactly. Give me a little game. I know Will just did this for me, but I want a little game on Will Compton and Delaney Walker. Start with Will. We'll kind of talk about the locker room guy he is. What's you're getting as a player in Will Compton?

Well, Will Compton comes out of Nebraska and doesn't get drafted. You know his way up. You got to respect what he did in college. He's an all academic. guy. So you knew he was smart. He wasn't one of these dumbasses that can't learn the defense. So he was a great communicator, a really good coach on the field. And he made plays. And he was consistent. He wasn't an impact player, but he was a guy that helped our defense be as impactful as they could. Everybody was lined up. He was a very good tackler. He's become a royal pain in

the ass to a lot of people, but what a pleasure it was to coach him. I could count on him, man. Dude, my first... See, you smiled during that, too? I mean, it's like, God damn, man, he's here. Yeah, it fires me up. Well, the time I did get the Gruden Griner, you do these pre-production meetings where he sat with him. He's getting to know you, and, you know,

he's getting to know your background and everything else. So knowing that I got to be like a Grunner and then play for him eventually, because I played for your brother, Jay Gruden. It was awesome. My first time going into the meeting when he introduced me to the team because I came in, there was like six weeks left, five, six, I forget.

But he runs a highlight tape, obviously. It didn't last very long. But he's running a highlight tape introducing me to the team. In the very last play, it's, it's, uh, who is that thick running back? Could have been a full, it was it, Ripkowski? Yeah. Ripkowski running through my face. For Greenback?

Got the tackle, got him to the ground. But the final play on there where everybody's laughing, it's a ripkowski just running through my face as I love it, falling down tackling him. He's like busting my balls, but yeah, it's a tackle them though. Yeah, no, I got him to the ground. You got him to the ground. That's all right. When I got him, I got you.

I got you. Sometimes you got to say stuff like that. Oh shit, yeah, you got me. You got me to you. Yeah, you got to say stuff like that. When Will was talking about playing for you, when I know, this is what, 2019 when you're over there, him talking about you putting highlight tapes up of guys, where did you get that from?

Because I've never seen a coach kind of gas guys up like that before. Usually it's you put the bad out there. Yeah. With our experience, a guy like Mike Grable, it's like you put up some practice film and like, hey, what are we paying for? Or you don't, or you don't get introduced. At all. At all.

You know you coming in. You don't know any. Like I knew Coach Gruden just, you know, from me, then from the Grunner and then obviously playing for his brother. But, you know, you're nervous walking in there. And then when he was kind of gassing me up, it's like, oh, shit, this is. And all the boys are kind of about it. You know, like makes you welcome into the, welcome into the team.

Well, you want to make sure that you get some credibility with the guys on your team. I mean, we're bringing in Wilcompton to be our middle linebacker. He's going to play on every down, run the green dot. I want the people to see what I saw. This guy's a hell of a player. This guy's had some great games in this league. He's a fiery some bitch. I want these players to have some confidence when we go out in the practice field.

We have some slap dick coming in here running our defense. But I really appreciated him because he was a coach on the field. Between series, you know, I'm offense. I'm calling plays dealing with these guys. You don't really interact with your defensive players much. And it really helps when you got some guys that see the big picture like you saw it. And it helps you make adjustments during the game, which we had to make a lot of adjustments.

when you were playing for us. Yeah, we had some fires burning, man. How exciting is it? I'm juiced up. How exciting is it is this? I'm juiced up. Yeah. We get to talk football here in a second.

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Because after a couple weeks ago when the Niners lost in the snow to the bills, they have injuries everywhere, you think they're kind of down. Lose McCaffrey that game. Yeah, lose McAfree that game. And Bosa, he's hurt. And it's kind of like, all right, the Niners aren't. They kind of had this year like, hey, if they're going to have an opportunity this last year is going to be it with the band of players that they have there.

And you kind of counted them out and rode them off. And then last week they go, wait, wait, wait. Who did the Niners play last week? Bears. The Bears. They whooped the bears when Caleb Williams was playing well, and they just handled the bear. So it's like you had Seahawks playing the Cardinals. That was a big game for the division.

You got the Rams playing the Bills. That was a big game. And both teams are making it interesting for the NFC West. I think I'm taking the Rams just because I don't know. I feel like the Niners, they'll be hot. They'll be very inconsistent. Lose a game, win a game. And coming off a win against the Bears, I'm going to go, I'm rocking with the Rams.

If this was last week, I probably would have done the same thing with you. But watching Caleb Williams this year and how he's progressed and gotten better and better, and then he goes and plays against a 49ers team that's been beat up with a guy like Nick Bosa, who's not on the field. And at one point, there was a stat that came up in that game. It was 256 yards for the San Francisco 49ers to three for the Bears. So what that's telling me is coaches are in there, no one guys are going down. They're bringing in their Wilcompton.

They're showing the highlight tape. And they're making guys know that, listen, we might. not have the guys that we started the season with that we knew we were going to be impact players for us, but what we can do is have 11 guys messing around and getting to the ball. When you see a team like that, do what they did. And also, the Rams are spicy too. I mean, they beat the bills. Yeah. Beat the bills. Yeah. Beat the bills a big fashion. Josh Allen six touchdown. These two teams are interesting because of the injuries that have been sustained. Like, the 49ers are now more beat up than ever. When the Rams in the beginning of the year,

you lose Pooka Nuku for a little bit. Their entire offensive line goes out. And so the Rams kind of become an afterthought in the entire NFL. Now after that, winning against the bills and Josh Allen who's arguably the MVP this year, they're looking better and better. But I love the way the 49ers defense is playing. I think the 49ers 2 and a half. What do you think, coach? I think there's two thoughts for all three of you guys to think about.

This is a division rivalry, man. This is the Rams and the 49ers in the same state. So there is still some of that going on, and it's week 15 and it's a short week. All you guys feel like crap, you're beat up, you're pissed off. There's no practices. Everything's a walk through. Just real quick, how did you like Thursday night football in week 15? Yeah, it wasn't the most enjoyable.

The upside is you're just doing walkthroughs. Just doing walkers. We'd be in that gym. That's right. It'd be a rainy day. We'd be in a basketball gym doing walkthroughs. I think you want to say it's going to be a high scoring game because when I watch the Rams defense, Saquant ran for about 4,000 yards against him.

They gave up 45 points last week. The 49ers, I think their defense is beat up as well. But I think it's going to be a high scoring game, but because these teams know each other so well. There's so much at stake. I think the players are going to be a little bit feeling each other out early, but I do look for the Rams to win this game because of those two receivers. They're dynamic, man. And this Puka Nakua, he's a vicious, savage, man, when the game starts. He might be my favorite player in the league right now. That catch he had on the sideline was unbelievable. They hand him the ball five times. He's carrying the ball. He looks like a tight end.

They're like, just give it to him. Well, you see him on the perimeter catching that quick. screen on the outside when he goes in the score. He just rips it. He just rips it vertical. Don't you feel like every time he has the ball, he's screen? Ah, you feel like he's a Tasmania wild, man. Yeah, he's doing the hockey. Yeah, he's something else, man. I like the Rams. Where you going, D? I'm actually going to go with the over. Just like he said, I think it's going to be a high taking the over. I'm taking the over. Staying away from all games. I'm taking the over on this game. Division rivalry. NFC West is up in the air and you want to just take the over. You know, I can't go against the 49ers, man. You know this. So then take them. I'm not taking the 49ers right now.

They just like he said, they're beat up. The Rams are looking good. They got two of their best players back. I even think they got the running back Williamson back last week. He came back and he's going to be explosive again. It's going to be hard trying to stop these boys when they are motivated being in the team like the bills and the 49ers being the team like the Bears. It doesn't compare. It really doesn't compare. So I really don't, I want to stay away from the 49ers game. So you like the Rams. I like the Rams. You like the Rams. You like. The Rams. I'm going to take the over, man.

He doesn't want to go get the club. No, I'm going to take the over because you got to look at it. The problem is they put it in season records this week. And Delaney is looking at his right now, 44%. He's thinking to himself, I want to make sure we go. We both 44%. Yeah, yeah, but I'm not worried about my record. I'm not what I'm firing, brother.

I'll keep going. I'm always worried about the record because I win. That's what I do. According to this, you're 40%. This year, right, this year. But last year, where was I? Are we talking about last year? Okay, that's what I'm saying.

Last year and this time, you were probably around 44%. We still got games. Because he started hot. He started real hot. You know yourself a couple 20% weeks. Because when you're having to lose the season, you go in there, hey, but that Super Bowl run we had,

that Super Bowl run we had, that Super Bowl. No, I believe it's all about the current. I could give a rat's ass about last year. I don't know. I'm just letting him know. He's taking the Rams. Look at the record. They're all highlighted.

Are you putting that on the big screen? Walker, 44%. Last episode, you were 31%. But the last episode before that, the more you talk, The more I want to take the Niners. The last episode before that, I was 60% was I not. You're still your previous point.

Yeah, I am. I always talk about the past. Baby, I live in the glory days. You know, I'm retired. But, yeah, I'm going to take the over, man. I got to stay. I don't want to, I don't want to put a bad taste in my mouth with the 49. We got no.

You know, I always got boss. A lot of those. Just two of those. If you got more than two, we got to box. I thought you said you liked to have, like, options last week. Wait, what? Oh. You're talking about the bisexual comment.

Yeah. And I feel like you guys thought about it the wrong way. I got it. I get it. Yeah, toxic masculinity. That's all right, boys. Do we want to have that? I don't do that.

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It's from the top there. I'm going Indianapolis at Denver. Playing in Denver this late in the season. It's getting cold. The spread right now is minus four. The over under is 44. I'm a Bo Leaver. I'm into Boe Nix.

I love the progress he's made throughout the year. Obviously, he started off throwing some interceptions. His ratio now is incredible. He's up for offensive rookie the year. I like what they're doing on offense, and their defense is vicious. One of the best defenses in a league, and I just feel like the points here at minus four in Denver, when Denver's got a lot to play for, I love this situation. And again, Indianapolis, like their season is pretty much done.

They're going out to Denver. You hate going out to Denver this late in the year. You talk about practices, like how easier practices get now because of the wear and tear on guys. You know, as a coach, I'm assuming you're really worried about guys conditioning levels because again if you're going to do extra work it's outside of gassers it's getting on the bike and going out and playing in a place like denver in that altitude i think it's going to get to the indianapolis coach so i feel like the broncos blow them out oh okay i thought you were getting the colts at first no i'm all in on denver i love what denver's doing right now and i love

the chemistry it seems like and coach you can speak to this feels like the head coach that quarterback chemistry is so important it feels like they're driving well and that's why yeah i'm all in on denver i like denver a lot i do i think the broncos that's a that's a huge pick you like he's the cold season is pretty much over. Going in to Mile High City is always a pain in the ass. Especially when you get in December, the Tans now wore off the body. You're putting the joggers on instead of the cleats. You're just slowly getting that like melted snowman look for all the white pale guys out there, grinding it out.

And then you fly over there, literally walking up a flat of stairs. You know what it's like. You walk off that plane, even going down, though, those stairs, you're hurting. And so I think there's going to be a big one. I love the thought of process about the head coach and the quarterback, Bo, true pro. Yeah. What you thought on how they've been dialed into out the season and the progress that Bo necks the rookies made?

I think Bo's been good. I don't think he's been over the top great. I think he's been good. Cortland Sutton has really arrived back onto the scene. He's become a go-to guy. They can run the ball decent. They don't make a lot of big runs. They're a ball control offense, low risk.

Where they have really made strides is defense. They were a bad defense two years ago. And right now they were really rolling until James went in there and lit them up. I'm hoping they get their moss, their other cornerback, because they put in a guy Levi something. He got shredded last week. They have to be alert for Anthony Richardson to run around and throw bombs to this young receiver Pierce.

If they can stay away from the big plays, I really like Denver because of their ball control and their defense. And fortunately, they come out of the Browns game with a win. It's one of those kind of reset where you can go into the defensive room, kind of challenge them a little bit more, knowing you got the win. It's like, hey, this isn't our standard.

That's right. And they see Bo Nicks every day in practice, who runs the zone reads, keeps it. So Anthony Richardson won't be a completely foreign offense to him. Yeah, good for that. I think that's going to really help their preparation for this game. What is your thought on Anthony Richardson right now? Obviously, it gets benched in the beginning of the year. They blame Joe Flacco for a bad loss.

They put him back in. If you're the coach of the Indianapolis Colts, how are you talking to Anthony Richardson? Anthony, he reminds me to taste some Hill of the Saints. I mean, he's a great runner. He's a competitive freak. I mean, this guy's unbelievable. You don't want to defend this man in two-point plays. New England found out.

You don't want to defend them in short yardage. But passing the ball, throwing the ball to all five eligibles in rhythm, he's got a long way to go. This is a one-dimensional quarterback right now. I don't think he has a great feel for the passing part of professional football yet. They have a real challenge, I think, to get better because of that. And if they shut down the run, run, they're in trouble.

If you, in all your years of coaching, have you ever seen a quarterback tap his helmet and take a playoff? No, I have not. Wow. I've never seen an offensive tackle do that. I've never seen a quarterback do that.

That's something that he'll never live down. But I got to tell you, I'm really respectful for how he's come back from adversity and done some really good things for the Colts. Yeah, definitely. You getting in on the game? Are you going to? Yeah, I'll definitely take Denver over the Colts for sure.

I mean, Colts, like you said, struggling. I'm not going to hit that one for on Denver now. But I love it. It's my pick. That's my game of league. That's my game of the week. That's my favorite pick of the week. Is it?

Yeah. What do you got? My favorite pick of the week is Ravens, minus 14 and a half against the Giants. I don't know what it is this year about me picking massive spreads, but it seems like it's kind of working out for me. The losses I quickly forget about, but all the wins I remember, or not Giants, lions a couple weeks ago,

two times in a row. They had eight and then 13 and a half. If you're the Giants and you are a bletons, blue-collar man who works a nine to five job is working paycheck to paycheck. And you have the audacity to get a Cirrus 182, put that thing into the air with a sign saying essentially burn down the entire franchise. That costs about $1,500. That's a lot of hard work you have to put in.

So that says what your fan base is at when it comes to the Giants. They had DeVito. That was a fun thought process. It was a fun storyline for the giant, Italian guy. His agents got the cocked. Fedora hat, the Frank Sinatra, look, and all that. But this franchise is in maybe the worst state any franchise has ever seen like it's been in before. The Ravens, they've been a little more up and down.

The thing that's so apparent and continues to be apparent is if Derek Henry gets over 20 yards, they win the game. Over 20 carries, they win the game. If you look at his stat sheet, every game he gets under 20 carries, he gets under 100 yards. Every game he gets 20 carries or more, you're talking about 140, 150, multiple touchdowns. Now the Ravens are going into a situation where they have three games in 10 days. days. It's one of those back to back to back to back type of situations, which personally I

liked this late in the season because you're so you're just so calloused and so much in pain. It's like let's just motor through the rest of this. It's going to be interesting to see how they handle this game when they are such heavily high favorites. But if they stay with the basics, they stay with Lamar Jackson, him under center still 33%

at the time for Derek Henry. And they were working that play action pass. I think the Ravens run away with this thing in a big way. We're talking about a blowout in the NFL, which is crazy. Coach Gruden, if you're the head coach of the Ravens, what are you worried about going to New York, knowing that you're this favorite, like the Giants are done. Probably the first 10 minutes of the game. You know, let's guard against trickery.

Let's make sure we don't give up anything cheap. I want our team to come out and dominate the first 10 minutes. The first two possessions on defense, the first two possessions on offense, we've got to knock this team out. But be alert for trickery. Anything goes in the first 10 to 15 minutes of this game. Are you getting in on this one? I'm all over the Ravens.

They're coming off a bye week. They didn't have their best showing against Philly. I agree with Taylor. The Giants are in disarray. They're looking at Sequin down the street, ex-giant. They're looking at Xavier McKinney with seven picks, ex-giant. They're looking at, how about Leonard Williams, what he's doing in Seattle? He's kicking everybody's ass.

Another ex-giant. They just cut Daniel Jones for what? What are we doing here? I think that the guy flying around with the airplane probably had it right. I like that. You get in this. one D? I'm going to take the under in this one. That's Fred is just... We've got to stop doing numbers in this game. I'm taking the under in this one. I'm going to

take the under 43 on this one. We'll see. We'll see how the Ravens show up again. I know the Giants is a struggling team, but sometimes I feel like good teams play to their opponents level. So we'll see what type of Ravens team we're going to have out there. I mean, you look at the Giants versus Tampa Bay a few weeks ago and Baker Mayfield looked like he was Tom Brady out there. The holes that the Giants have in that zone defense is just crazy. They were running on them. They were throwing on them. It doesn't seem like a team that's very fired up.

Fired up to be playing football on a Sunday afternoon. Yeah, I'm still going to take time. What's not to be fired up about? I see you got your boys for your game of the week. Of course. Come on now. The Chargers? The Chargers.

The reason why I'm taking the Chargers again. Look, if you look at Tampa Bay, they're plagued with injuries right now. They're two star receivers down. Now, who do he really have to throw to the big playmakers that make those plays down the field when we really need them. You saw two weeks ago they needed that and those guys was dropping passes. Now you got the charters with Jim Harbaugh that's getting those guys fired up. I mean, you're seeing a whole different team when Jim Harbaugh stepped in there.

How do you feel about Jim Harbaugh? Oh, I like him. I don't like him like you. You played for him seven years. I can understand the soapbox. You're dancing. I can understand the soapbox. Yeah, so I'm going to go with him because, you know, he got Justin Herbert going.

He is a quarterback coach that can get quarterbacks fired up, get them going. And you're starting to see that happen with Justin Herbert. Don't get me wrong. He was a great quarterback in college, a great quarterback when he got to the NFL, but you're starting to see him blossom now. Again, they don't have big threats to catch the ball down the field, but he's making it work. You know, he's finding guys to get open.

You got Lad, the explosive rookie that's out there making plays. And now you got Gus Edwards because they put J.K. Dobbins on IR, but Gus Edward is out there still toting the ball, being able to run the ball like they like to do with GRO offense. And so I got to take the chargers minus three. This is the game in the week for the chargers to be explosive to keep that winning. They keep on track, getting to where they want to get to, and that's getting into the playoffs. So got to go with the charges on this one.

I kind of like the Bucs. I kind of like the Bess is back. Oh, he's back? Yeah. Okay. How about Bucky Irving? Do we know? I kind of like the Bucks.

It's like, you know, they have an opportunity to control the NFC South as bad as that division is. and, you know, obviously you're getting counted out going out to L.A. and facing the charges, very good on defense that you alluded to all their offensive weapons. But there's just, you know, when you're the underdog team in the league knowing that you have an opportunity to control the division and then also travel, get away from everything, and go out to L.A. and beat a team like the Chargers.

I just, I don't know. I like the momentum. I like the chip that they have on their shoulder. And, again, Mike Evans being back, that's going to be. Let me give you a stat, though. So the Buccaneers have entered. The game of underdogs seven times. They only won twice since they've been the underdogs seven times.

What a great opportunity to win the third time. Hey, okay. What's a great opportunity. And then the Bucks, I mean, the Chargers are eight and one as favorites. So you get what I'm saying? Out of nine games. You're throwing out some great data. Out of nine games.

Data goes away once a whistle blows. You're right. You're right. But they playing in L.A., it's going to be good. The L.A. right now, when you first saw the beginning of the season, And when you went to the LA and watched the Chargers, it was empty. I mean, empty. No one is in the stands.

Now you look around, it is packed. It is Chargers kingdom now out there. So you got the two mixed, L.A. Rams and the Chargers, and they divide it, right? But now everyone is coming to the games watching the Chargers because they see what the Chargers is doing this year. I don't know. I think it's going to be a big game. I'm excited about this one. That's why it's my game of the week.

Let me get the Chargers. I like the Chargers. Strong defense, strong run game. I want to give a shout to Joe Alt, a guy that plays. left tackle his entire career in college. Now, he told me at the comedy, he's like, I do not want to play right tackle. I don't want to go to the Chargers because I'm nervous about switching my stance. Hips on and work a certain way.

I was the same way too. He can only play a one position. He's gone to the Chargers now, fifth overall. They say, hey, we've got our left tackle. You're going to have to play a right tackle. He works in the off season. And the kids playing really good football right now. Sustaining the run game, doing a great job in past protection.

That office align in a serious business. And when you have those key ingredients, it's a great time to win against a team that's flying across the country. I didn't think across the country was that big of a deal. Like you, you like to bring it up a lot, but then I see the bills fly the Rams last week and look what happened there. Look what happened. So, and the bills are a much better team. Way better. Way better. So I think I'm definitely going charges here. What's your breakdown on this game? You know where I'm from, boys. I'm from Tampa. I'm telling you, I've seen the Bucks play the 49ers. I saw them against the Raiders last week. Baker Mayfield played on a gimpy ankle.

He's had an unbelievable year. Mike Evans, is healthy. 13 straight 1,000-yard seasons. The Bucks are playing for the NFC South title. The Chargers are scrambling right now. The Ravens beat them. The Chiefs beat them. They have no firepower.

McConkey didn't play last week. Quentin Johnson. What routes does he run? They don't have a passing game. And you can say Gus Edwards this and Gus Edwards. He ain't no J.K. Dobbins. No, no. The Buccaneers have two guys on defense.

Cancy, former first round picket, Pitt. He's coming alive, man. and they got a guy inside who will who will whoop your ass, Vita Vaya. Vita. Vita, David. Yeah. Monti, David, he is a pro's pro. He figures it out.

I just look for Tampa to win this game somehow, some way. It's going to be hell of a game. It's going to be hell of a game. But I've seen your stats. I'm going against Delaney Walker here. I'm taking Tampa. From now in every game we pick, I'm going to wait until after Coach Gruden talks. I know you got to get his breakdown.

Because he talks and like, yeah, the Bucks do kind of good right now, don't they? Have you seen Bucky Irving play, though, the rookie they have? Yeah, they've gotten him going. I mean, he's like a combination of Charlie Garner, Napoleon Copp and guys I've been around. Only he might be better. He's a hell of a receiver. He's got impact playmaking ability. He did not play against the Raiders very much last week.

If he plays, he's a dominant player. Again, Mike Evans back. And Baker Mayfield, man, just the run he sprung against the Giants. like 10 minutes, 30 seconds left in the entire game, the fourth quarter. And Bucky starts running up the middle. And then all of a sudden, Baker Mayfield comes to pictures blocking 30 yards down field. That's a quarterback can get behind. As always, you can get behind.

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Go ahead, Delaney. Ballsy pick of the week, man. Okay, look, what y'all see on that paper, I changed that. That was ridiculous. I don't know what I was thinking when I did that. Yeah. The paper says you got saints upset the commanders. Yeah, that is ridiculous.

Ridiculous. That is ridiculous. I did not see the text message at that time, and I took Taylor's and then they, hey, you want to switch it? And I just threw one out there. But I switched it to the Dolphins versus the Texans. I'm taking the Dolphins, obviously money line. While I'm taking the Dolphins tour, the concussion is gone.

My man head is back. He's not seeing stars for now. But you can see he's sliding. He's getting down when he needs to get down. He's not taking those shots, the extra shots that, you know, we all know that he used to take. So seeing those boys get on fire, you got Tyreek, you got Waddle. John O'Smith is coming alive, making big plays. He had that game-winning touchdown last week.

Man, I just think those boys is firing. And the defense is looking good. This is a game I feel like they can get against the Texans. Again, you had the Titans beat the Texans. I think Miami is a way better team than the Titans. So I got to go with the Dolphins plus three money line. And I may just take that over as well. What are your thoughts on the Texas?

They had the year that they had last year. They're right and high. They picked the kind of win the day, possibly being the AFC championship game. Possibly being the Super Bowl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Preseason darlings after the acquisitions they made. But something's wrong with their offensive line. You should know better than anybody.

These are well-known high picks. They got a lot of money in that offensive line. They can't pick up a blitz. They don't pick up twists. The quarterback has been hit a lot. Stroud has not played well. I love their running back. Joe Mixon has come over there and been great.

But they have really been hit or miss on offense. I'm really disappointed in their past protection. and their defense missing some linebackers. They've been chaotic over there. I like the dolphins in this game. The conditions are going to be perfect. And I have nightmares of Tyree Kill. That's some bitch put scars on me.

And he can still roll. And waddle's coming alive. The guy that's hard to stop is the little running back from Texas A&M, A.C. A. Chan. He's a freak, man. In the running game and the passing game, I just look for Miami to go down into this dome and rip them. I wasn't going to take the Texans, but now I'm going to take Dolphins. No.

No. I mean, I like the Dolph. I like the Dolphins too. John O'Smith, he's got three receptions in overtime. Obviously, he gets the overtime touchdown to win the game. Two is coming alive. C.J. Stroud has been hit alive. And what are you like, too, about two is when they're asking about the concussions and getting down and everything else,

like he takes all of the accountability and responsibility for that. And when you see that from your quarterback, like, in the locker room and everything else and the way he carries himself, like, it's just a guy you can get behind. Let me tell you one thing about Miami. All the films we sit and study back in Tampa, I don't see anybody playing offense like Miami. I can't even draw the, I don't even know what these plays are. I don't know if they're RPO's or what they, but the ball comes out so fast.

I don't care who you have on the D line. The ball's coming out before the rush can get there. And this kid has the quickest release. I think half the time he throws it without the laces. The ball is out quicker than you can say dolphin. It's accurate. And they're averaging almost 28 points of game since Tua came back. And when you put them in perfect conditions,

in a dome like this on a fast track with Tyree Kill and Waddle, good God. Yeah, I love it. I like it. I'm going to save yours because I love it. You guys are easily impressed. Easily impressed. I mean, I can bullshit you guys into walking right through the freaking tunnel here. Yeah.

Oh, oh. You got me run through a wall right now. Especially because I've gone. I don't want a lot of games if I had the three of you guys. Just got a motive. Just blindly. We're buying guys. And you attach coach to a name, obviously all of our brains just reset.

What does this guy want us to do? Yeah. What's the philosophy? What's the philosophy? Let's do it. Let's go. I'm taking the Seahawks money line. They're hosting the Packers this week. The spread right now is Packers' favored by two and a half.

I just, the Seahawks, they've been four and no since the biweek. And when you're going to that by week, they drop some games, and there's two different types of teams that come out of the buy week. And they're both in the NFC West Division. You've got the Cardinals that came out of the biweek, and they've lost every game since the buy week. And then you got the Seattle's, Seahawks who came out of the byweek and they've won every game.

Because there's this idea of when you get to the by week, you see it as a reward or an opportunity. And the Seahawks have taken it as an opportunity. And I feel like they're humming right now. They're clicking on offense. Their defense is starting to come alive with McDonald being the head coach. I just, I like them at home against the Packers. The Packers are going to be a good team late. That whole NFC North with the Vikings Packers and Lions is going to be awesome.

But I like Seattle right now. They're trying to take control of the division. When you look at whooping the Cardinals' ass, you're kind of hoping the bills take care of business against the Rams that helps solidify them more. They're in a race right now with the Rams, and I like Seattle. I like Seattle Money Line. I talk you into that one. I like your take on that. I really like Green Bay because I coached there.

I got feelings. You know, I got passion for the Packers. But playing in Seattle, that's a long trip. You feel like you're flying to Tokyo. It's weird, man. It's loud. It's going to be impactful for the offensive line. Josh Jacobs, though, is you got to admit, been a hell of a player for Green Bay.

Awesome. Was he number three in the league in rushing? I think this is going to be a tight game. One of the favorite games I've had all year to watch. I can't wait. But I'm going to take the Seattle Seahawks at home in a real tight game. Anybody getting in on that? I'm going to go Packers.

I like the Packers. They barely lost to the Lions three points. I mean, I think the Packers is a tough team to beat right now. They are. They got guys at every position. NICC North is that division right now. When you lose so close to the lines, who I think is the most complete team in all three phases. Josh Jacobs, great running game.

Jordan Love, great quarterback. And then Matt LaFleur. Yeah, Matt LaFleur, too. His creativity and play calling, his situational awareness when it comes to four minute, two minute. Some of those situations, we're getting off the field fast for field goals. Like, he understands every piece of the game, and you can tell that his players understand every piece of the game, too. Not to gain with anything with the Cocks, I love to take that they're four noses to the bye week. Yeah, me too.

I love the fact that the Seahawks are playing in the Seattle because that's a very difficult place to play. Just something about the Packers, man. Something about the Frozen Tonsor. I know. They can travel anywhere. They can travel anywhere. They look good. I kind of like the Packers there.

My balsy pick at the week is going to be the Steelers Money Line versus the Eagles. We had Wallow and Gilead. Are you familiar with a million dollars with a game? A little bit. Okay. So Gilly comes on. That man smokes more weed than Snoop Dogg himself, more than Willie Nelson himself. We heat box the entire bus.

I'm sure when you walk the entire bus. He knew you might have a contact high a little bit. I smell. But this man is such a passionate Philly fan, and I love how passionate Philly fans are in general. They're nasty people. They're blue-collar nasty people. They'll say all the craziest things.

So I feel a little scared taking this pick. But Mike Tomlin is 41, 28, and 1 when he is an underdog on the road in his career. We talk about culture guys. We talk about a guy that will pull a pouncy brother off the field after making a big mistake and getting a flag with everything on the line and willing to grab a guy like that

and look him in the eyes and says it's bigger than you this team is bigger than you and him say nothing more than yes sir and go back to the bench that is the leader of men mike tomlin uh russell wilson i publicly apologize to him because i was saying some nasty things about russellson he seems to be doing a lot better arthur smith who i feel like has brought up every single week on the show great guy friend of the show great play caller understands the the the passion of mixing the run game with uh the past game and then also t j watt two saxon the last three games he went O-Fer last week, and then two weeks ago, went O-Fer again. I'm feeling like he's getting a little hungry right now.

We'll go out there and eat a little bit. I got the Steelers' money line. I love the pick, and Steelers are a great football team, but I also feel like there's some drama starting to leak in to the Philadelphia Eagles. Oh, my God, it's coming. AJ Brown, yeah. You see, you see the clips when he's open, when it's eyes are on him. Hey, rip the ball, just cut it loose.

You see the post-game presser where AJ just simply says passing. He said, yeah. He's just keeping it very short. And then you got Brandon Graham going on a radio show. He's on IR right now. Talking about the situation. Oh, my God. Those are the things late in the year you do not want to see.

Especially when your record is as good as it is. Yeah. Levin and too. Philly is, man, rolling. Like, they're the team that you look at against like the lines. A physical team you don't want to get, if you're close to at halftime, they're going to run away with it in the second half because they out physical you. But just that drama that starts to seep in and go on.

I don't like it. And I think that's the big storyline for me of why I would like to take. this dealers this week. If Mike Tomlin is the head coach of the Eagles, I'm not taking anything away from Seriani, I just think Mike has done, you see the characters, the personalities that he's had to deal with in the past. A.J. being able to play with A.J. Brown, he is obviously an elite talent. He's an, he's incredible wide receiver. Elite competitor that wants the rock. He wants the rock. You got to get him the ball early and often, whether it's a bubble screen, a quick slant, something like that, make the man happy. Because the happier he is, the more he's

going to go off. I think that, I mean, if you're the Eagles, That's what you're thinking. Your first 15 plays that you feel best about going into a game, you know, more than half of those got to be. Yeah. We got to have AJ. How are you handling that situation, knowing that that post-game presser came out with AJ, Brandon Graham's talking in the media, like how are you going about this week trying to get back on track against the team? I wasn't as sensitive as you guys.

I mean, I don't give a shit who's complaining about the ball. I'm worried about winning the game. There you go. And everybody needs to get in a huddle in Philadelphia. And we need to introduce all you guys. guys to the star. His name is Sequin Barclay. And the films I have, just so you know, the offensive line, this Mackay Bechton playing right guard. He's 350 yards. He's 350 yards. He almost killed an L.A. Ram on the second level. I really have the Philadelphia Eagles getting

a boot and sticking it up Pittsburgh's ass in this game. They are physical on the line, man. McPy Beckton, Dickerson at left guard. Sequan Barclay's chasing Eric Dickerson's all-time single season rushing record, man. A.J. Brown, just stand over there. And as soon as they come into the eight-man fronts and start playing single high coverage, just be patient. We're going to get you the ball. That's what I'm telling the AJ. Just be patient.

One of the reasons Saquan is ripping people is people are scared to death of Devante Smith and A.J. Brown. We're trying to win a Super Bowl here, Compton. We're not trying to win a radio show ratings contest. You know, I mean, the Miami Dolphins went undefeated, just so you guys are all on the same page. How many catches did Paul Warfield have for the dolphins? He led their team in receiving on a perfect team.

29 catches. He had the whole freaking year. So let's win the Super Bowl, get our ring, and then you guys can enter the transfer portal at the end of the year if you want to know what I mean? That's the message. I think Philadelphia. Shit, we got the Pittsburgh Steelers. They're owing their last 10 coming to Philadelphia.

They go into Philly, man. You better check yourself before you wreck yourself. These Billy fans, the environment they've created there, it's exciting. I'm going with the Eagles in this game. I love that pick. That's still mill. Not. That's still mill.

No, but you guys, seriously. I still like to see. How many times have you had a wide receiver bitching about not getting the ball in it? Every year. I've had running backs throw rocks at me. Everybody wants the ball. You want guys that want the ball. But, you know, hells, bells.

I watch every channel in the hotel. Everybody's talking about A.J. Brown. I'm like, you think they're all in 13. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. I thought that noise starts to get in. I want your take. You brought up Mackay back then.

So he was the first round pick from Louisville, went to the Jets, and then widely considered a bust in the NFL, comes over to the Eagles. And you're talking to him throwing guys into the rafters with the Rams. What do you think is different for him at the Eagles that it was in the Jets? I think it's an obvious answer. Well, two things. I think he's playing guard.

Yeah. He's inside. He's playing guard. He's playing next to Lane Johnson. Yeah. And he's got the best line. coach in the league, arguably. Jeff Stoutland is a hell of a line coach. And you know as well as anybody. If you have a great line coach that prepares you in the meeting room, the individual drills,

the team drills, they put a guy that you're going to have to block, they show you the looks and the kind of rushes you're going to see, the counter moves. They get into your head, they get into your body, they motivate you. Stoutland's unbelievable. You know, and I go back to Barclay now. This guy here is benefiting from Stoutland's offensive line, his coaching, and, you know, and, the targets, the threats they have on the outside. And don't forget, Jalen hurts. He's got 13 rushing touchdowns. They only throw the ball 25 times a game.

You know why? Because they don't have to throw it. They could take a boot and stick it right up your ass. The whole time. The whole time. Yeah. That is, God, I would love to play for that offense. Throw it 25 times a game.

So just stress-free life. No. Oh, yeah, you. Yeah, well, not you. You'd be out of the bitching on the radio. Me bitching too. I won't be bitching. They're going to find ways to give me the ball,

but I, damn, 25 times it. I'm blocking the whole game, D. Yeah, you're not in. But you're winning. I got to be it. Huh? Super Bowl. If they win a Super Bowl.

Yeah, if they win the Super Bowl. If they win the Super Bowl. That record. We'll get to our Rapid Fire segment this week presented by the one and only Fireball. Rapid Fire Fire is the perfect shot for game day. And whether you're buying those sneaky little shoes before going into the stadium or going big with the fireball keg for your tailgate,

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Chiefs. Browns. Bengals, minus five versus the Titans, over under 47. Bangles. Bangles. Bangles. Bengals. Bills versus the Lions.

Lions are minus two and a half, over under 54 and a half. Lions. Bill. Bill's. Lions. Next, Cowboys versus Panthers. Panthers minus two and a half, over under 43. Panthers.

Pass. Panthers. Panthers. What did you got? You got to pass. No, you can't pass on this, John. You got to take. No pass, bro.

Yeah, he can't pass. You can't pass. Take one, bro. Over 43. Oh, here we have. Bears versus the Vikings. Vikings minus six and a half, over under 43 and a half. Vikings.

Vikings. Vikings. I'm going to go Vikings. Last we have Falcons minus four and a half versus the Raiders over under 44 and half. Raiders. It's the toilet bowl right here. It's the toilet bowl.

Raiders. Raiders. Falcons. I got to say Falcons. That pains you to say Falcons. pains me. But I don't know who our quarterback is. I'm taking the Falcons.

Yeah. Fair enough. Lines and bills. Great job. Coos. Coom. Good job, Coupe. Good job, buddy.

Fired up, by the way. You and I are on every single pick except for one. So I know I'm feeling good right now. This might be the best week of my life. You like the Browns over the Chiefs? The Chiefs haven't won a game by more than four points all year. That's so true. It's cold as hell.

I think the Chiefs obviously end up winning it somehow, some way. Some kind of call. They cover. Some call they're going to get. It's like James Winston. Doesn't he wake up when the shit is totally stacked against them? that's what he's snowing outside horrible we'll win yeah you know what i hope they fucking do you know i mean the chiefs have dropped some games the less you say the better i know i don't even

speak on it because like will is slowly so will has had a vendetta against the chiefs for two years now the last two super bowl they're going to lose the a fc west they're not going to win the super bowl they've won two times in a year two times in a row now it's like hey will if you just don't speak on the chiefs they might lose you're he's this will conned essentially willing the chiefs to a dynasty right now. And it's tough for all non-Chief fans. We're going bills. They're going to be the one seed. The Chiefs won't get all the home team. Have you seen the left tackle for the Chiefs? Seriously. Tell me about them. I mean, it's bad. They had the rookie plan over there. Then they put Morris in there. Now they got DJ Humphreys. Humphreys gets hurt. I think Miles Garrett,

Miles Garrett at home on a shitty day and a cold weather. He could get three or four sacks. Let's go. You know who needs to come back? A Nashville man himself, David Boktiari. bring him back in the fold. Is he ready to play? He's ready to play. Do you think he gets a... Would that be great if Andy Reid got him for the stretch? God, I think...

I mean, I've seen Bach, he looks good. I've seen the boy moving around a little bit. That changed the direction looks nice. I think he can go. If you were smart, you'd hit the weights and get your butt back in there. For a month? I could be a good blocking time now, what you think?

For a month? For a month of what? To go in a Super Bowl run. Yeah. Only, yeah, go to a team. this. Just a broken man walking around. You remember Lomas Brown?

No. Played for the Lions. All pro every year. Lomas Brown, one of the great Detroit Lions ever. Nine Pro Bowls, 10 Pro Bowls. We signed him in Tampa the year we won the Super Bowl. He had a little gray in his beard, you know, but when you needed somebody to go in, you know, for a series here, go block that guy for. It's great to have a veteran tackle that's been there and done it, you know.

David Bakhtiari, you're 10. My life is over. My NFL life is over. I'm happy to be sitting here with you right now. I'm sure stress-free this is. Not coaching. Has it been a little more stress-free? I would say so.

You get to go outside, get on your boat a little bit, watch Sunday night and play a little golf, you know. A little golf, get that hip-replace, feel good, start feeling that twitch on the head. But you got to admit you miss a locker room. You miss being around. It's great being around. This whole entire show, Bustin with the boys' production is all based on making sure we don't miss the locker room. We have to keep the locker room.

We have to keep the locker room. We're essentially filling a boy of our entire lives right now. I love this. Got to keep it alive. Great concept. I'm going to lay some foundation after I read this ad rate about Bet the Boys Parlay for your coach. Some enthusiasm. Some enthusiasm.

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Is us just essentially picking touchdown scores. Every single week this year, it's week 15 in the NFL. We have not hit one. We have not hit one. Last week, we hit two of three. I didn't get mine. We can't pick Thursday night games. We ended up picking Josh Jacobs in a Thursday night game.

Nobody's fault. He ends up scoring. away so the part of they would have celebrated it forever. Now there's rumors going around and one it's a guy with the backwards hat right there, J.P. Hovey, he's talking about we have to shave our head by week 18. I say no. But we get to

week 18, we still haven't got there. They're going to make you do it. No, we ain't shaving. This is the most important part of my show. I have to. I have to get a win here. Jamar Chase. Were you wanting them? No, I took them last week and it worked out for me. I like that. I mean, we got to win.

Give us a touchdown. Give us a touchdown, Coach Gruden. A human being that's going to score a touchdown this way? Yeah, anybody. In the NFL. It's Kyron Williams of the Rams. Yeah, I like that. And Jalen Hertz are the Eagles.

Look what they've done the last two years. Who scores more touchdowns than it? It's insane. Those guys are good for a touchdown every week, especially in prime time. God damn. Cairo Williams plays on Thursday. You can't take the Rams. Jailen Hertz.

Let's go. I'm thinking Josh Jacobs Can't go wrong there Can't go wrong Is Irving playing? He's questionable Don't take them That'd be the nail on a coffin for us

If you took some money Mike Evans Mike Evans coming back I like Mike Evans coming back Tyree Kill Tyree Kill Mike Evans I hate it Josh Jacobs

Don't take it Tyree Hill Let's lock it in Hold on but I hate it Why? Who you? Who you? You take it on the Dolph as a score touchdown. I'm taking a H.N.

Or John H.N. You can have John Nuss. Take Jonas Smith. I took John H.N. I took John O the last time he hit. So I got to take a. There's no more rules. Take Derek Henry.

Who, they play in, um. They play the Giants. Oh, yeah, Derek Henry for sure. See, now I feel a whole lot better. Derek Henry, Mike Evans. Josh Jacobs. Josh Jacobs. Derek Henry, Mike Evans, Josh Jacobs.

Lock it in. That's a win. I'm in on A-Cham. A-Chair. All right, let's do a four-leger. Fuck it. Week 15. We have a hit one.

Let's add another one. Wait, what is that? What is that? What is that? Oh, you can't put it in. Oh, you can put it in. Oh, it'll get closer on game day. You all have Mike Evans, Richard?

Yeah. Mike Evans, A. Chan. Derek Henry. Derek Henry. Josh Jacobs. Those are the four. Those are the four. That feels like the best one this year.

And that's what we need. That's good. That's what we need. Hey, I'll tell you what, man. The final. This parlay hits. We'll give you a barstool gave you. We'll have you a once in a week.

Parlay hits. It might be back next week. Yeah. We'll do it again. Yeah. This last segment, our fan calling, very special fan calling. I'm hearing some rumors of Santa Claus. It's brought to us by True Classic.

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It's an employee calling. It's an employee calling. Christmas locker room. The boys have been very good. this year, especially you Delaney. I've heard you've been a very good boy this year. And Coach Brunen, no one respects a grinder like Santa Claus with all my elves in my workshop. money line L.A. Rams money line. Tampa Bay Buccaneers money line. Hey, I kind of loved that, Porla.

Rams money line, Bucks money line, Brown's money line, and Jags money line. Is it a problem because the Rams Pan Thursday? No, no, no, this is our, like that one's specific. It has to be, you know, non-thursday. This one, the odds are plus 3,000 and six here. That's a massive Christmas gift from sending himself. Love to call in, Shern. We appreciate you. Love it. Love it, sir.

But those are, I mean, we didn't talk about Jets and Jags, but you just throw in Jags there, take a shot. Take a shot? I'm going to stay away from it. Yeah, because you got the Chargers. Oh, you got to do, sprinkle it. Brown's Money Line's terrifying because the Chiefs always find a way to win. Jags and Jets.

Big questions. All day. It's a ugly win. But I love it. I'll take it. Good shit, Sher. Plus 3,000. That's crazy.

What you should do is that money I just gave you, put that on it. Coach Gordon, this has been unreal. We appreciate you. Thank you guys, man. Thank you for coming. I'll take one of those. It's been fun talking ball. Yes, it is.

Getting cult sensitive. I guess real quick, what do you have on you? Like, give me your tattoos. That's a little wolf there. That's Frank Sinatra's mugshot. We both have criminal records. I got Marilyn Monroe back here. What about the fingers?

like those are just things I saw on Pinterest I thought those looked real nice so I thought I just get a few my wife her name is Taylin my name's Taylor so we got TNT it's pretty good a little boom love you guys man proud of me with you man that was fun

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