Green Light with Chris Long - NFL WK17 Best Bets! Packers or Vikings Points, Bengals Unders & Commanders!

Episode Date: December 28, 2024

Chris Long reacts to the best bets of the NFL's week 17 slate along with Stanford Steve and Macon. The fellas roll right into their picks and don't hold back, firing from the hip and loving (not loving) their picks. The fellas were into the Washington Commanders as they take on the Atlanta Falcons. Weather comes into play for this game so despite the two stud QBs (Jayden Daniels and Michael Penix Jr), the fellas backed the under. Steve and Macon go head to head as Steve took the Vikings and Macon took the Packers. And Chris was very hesitant to bless any of his picks. Steve then gives us a quick rundown on the college football action this week. (00:00) - Intro (4:40) - NFL Week 17 Best Bets (15:30) - CFB Playoff Want your Green Light Merch so you can look exactly like Chris and the fellas? Hit the website below and get kitted! https://stores.kotisdesign.com/yotehouse/products Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open. Green Light Hotline: ‪[phone]‬ Send any Talent Search submissions to: [e-mail] Include any video of your talents, takes and bits as well as a little bit about yourself. Love hearing from the Green Light fans. Also, check out our paddling partners at Appomattox River Company to get your canoes, kayaks and paddleboards so you're set to hit the river this summer. https://paddleva.com/ Green Light Spotify Music: https://open.spotify.com/user/951jyryv2nu6l4iqz9p81him9?si=17c560d10ff04a9b Spotify Layup Line: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1olmCMKGMEyWwOKaT1Aah3?si=675d445ddb824c42 Green Light Tube YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgxWFAA-wuB7osdiAJyLOcw Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yeah, I don't know, man. I feel like it doesn't matter. Okay. None of this matters. Why don't you take another pick that doesn't matter? Okay. I'll go with the shit. Looking back at the slate.

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Don't forget, if you haven't signed up for BetMGM yet, use bonus code Greenlight and get your $1,500 first bet offer today. Welcome to the Green Light podcast. Week 17 best bets. We've got Chris Macon and Stanford, Steve, running through this weekend's NFL slate, giving out their favorite picks. And you want to tell these fellas that they are hot.

A great episode, we also talk some college football. Enjoy it, and we'll see you on Monday. Steve, welcome to the show. What's something that's really pretty up top and really ugly down below? Because Steve has an excellent hat. and just a disgusting shirt M-A-R-Y-L-A-N-D

just gross pullover really gross Steve Steve how was your week I don't know what the week was like days are just going into days

yeah feel like the same that's how it goes wake up you don't know where you are different city Steve I will say this Columbus was

Columbus and South Bend were colder than Lambo, which I was not expected. Yeah, well Lambo was a balmy 44 at kick. And it went way below 44 after that. Did it get cold?

Yeah, it was. Post game of 1230 on the field and no one's in sight. It was. It looked like you got cold for those Saints tacklers. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know if they could do it. This is a week that we're dreading. I don't know. Steve hasn't said anything. Well, we've been over here

grumbling, mumbling about this slate. A lot of grievances. Well, a lot of grievances. Well, grievances for sure. Three fewer games for one. Because we're playing NFL games on every day of the week. That doesn't help. No. And you think you can ID the teams that are playing for something, and yet the teams that play for something tend to underperform. No question. I've been bit twice by this snake. once in Dallas and once in Chicago last night. Four point favorites on the road, playing for something.

Other teams packed it in. Surprise. Motherfucker. Is anybody on the mic back there? Do we want to recap what took place last week? Yeah. Making congratulations. You went four and one.

Three and two for the other two fellas. Oh, nice job, guys. Do you want to do the season standings? Yeah, why don't we do the seasons? do that as we do. Season standings, Chris, 50, 29, and 1. He is at 63.3.3%. Steve, 44, and 2, 56.4%. And Macon, 4135 and 4, 53.9.

Uh-oh, Steve, I'm on your ass. I'm on your ass, Steve. So what, so what, how many games above 500 as a group? Uh, 6 and 21 is 27. Now it's time to fade us. Yep. Oh. You think? Just this week, maybe.

I know that's not what you're supposed to do on a gambling show. But I like to be honest with the people. Maybe put half a unit on what I tell you to bet this week. Yeah. Or if we all go 0 and 15, we're still 22 games above 500 on the year.

Yeah, and it ain't going to happen. You're welcome. Where do we start? Maybe it was Steve's facial hair. Have you ever seen Steve with stubble? He looks like a handsome devil. He can't stop from touching it either. He's got stubble right now? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Show us.

Move your, move your face around a little bit. Yeah, it's on. Damn, Steve. Yeah. Three days without shaving. We're good. I look at that. Love it.

Wow. Mountain man. Wow, Steve. Yeah. All right. Who picks first? Making. Oh, shit.

There we go. Steve than Chris. Talk about grievances. I will take. Hold on a minute, playoff. I will take. Mm-hmm. You couldn't possibly take a pick that would make me mad.

I mean, the thing about all my picks, they're all going to be here. So it really doesn't matter. Jacksonville Jaguars at home. God, that's so gross. Minus one point against the Tennessee Titans. Oh, that's hideous. That's hideous. Yeah.

All right, Steve. But Mac Jones, he completes. He completed those three and four and five-yard pass. Yeah, that's true. So. Commanders. Fuck, well, that's the one I didn't, I didn't want to still be there. I think that's the right pick.

Okay. I like that. I'll take the Falcons. And I'm not doing that because I'm going anti-Steve. Yeah, you are. Yeah, you are. Let's talk. No, he knows this in show one.

I said, I think the Falcons cover. Yeah. I really, doesn't it have all the makings of the Falcons covering? I don't know what the hell a Sunday night game at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland's going to be, man. It's been a long time. But I I just feel like it's a time. Time for the commander.

Yeah. I just I don't know, man. I feel like I feel like it doesn't matter. Okay. None of this matters. Why don't you take another pick that doesn't matter. Okay. I'll go with the shit. Looking back at the slate.

I know one you like. I definitely like this one. I go, he's gonna, he's gonna pick, he's gonna pick this, watch this. He's gonna pick that right there.

What is he like, the, the magician that goes to all the fucking facilities. Yeah. Oh, look at this. Making your brain melt. You know what? This ain't gonna be,

this, it's not gonna be here long. Cleveland, Miami under 39. What I tell you. What I tell you. That's a good pick there, Chris. I appreciate it. It's going to be raining cats and dogs.

Look at that dog. I have an under right there. Yeah, raining cats and dogs. I just heard some people talking that Chris doesn't think Sam Donald could play in weather. So, so. Don't start these rumors. The game's inside.

So Chris is off the hook. Give me the Vikings. Okay. Okay. Give me the Green Bay Packers. Oh, fuck. That's where I thought you were going to. And give me.

I didn't think anybody was going there, so. The New Orleans Saints at home plus one point against the Las Vegas Raiders. The crowd goes wild. Do anyone hear me right now? No. It's how I feel sometimes. Maybe Kingston is essentially. Plus one.

I'm just kidding. That was clearly a joke. Are Saturday games on the table? On the table. I'll take Bengals' team total under. Like it, Steve. Like it. 26.5.

Okay. Perfect. Typically, when Kingston does this, I can see what everyone's picking. There's like some scrolling up and scrolling down. I wasn't sure if you wanted to line. What is wrong with Reed's voice? He's hung up.

He turned 31 yesterday. Did he never drink before? It had been a while. It's been a little while. Oh, Reed. Who gets hung over? December 26th, you know, Jesus, December 25th, died at what, 33? Yeah.

So, look out. Just crucified the vibe in here. Golly. Fucking Punch his pilot over here, the show quality. Okay. Who's up?

Chris is up. Oh, good. All right. Ah! This feels like passing a kidney stone. But I'll give you the New York Giants. Catching seven and a half.

Great. trying to lose. Not by much. They got a little runway there. That's a lot of points against maybe Anthony Richardson. No, it's not going to be. Oh.

Okay, I need a total in a wild card. Total and wild card. Total and wild card. Here we go. I'll take the Philadelphia under 38 and Eagles and Cowboys there. They're going to combine to not score 38. Under and Chargers Patriots.

42 and a half okay dude I have just made a mess of it just a mess of it hope you're not talking about your draws two totals make home no I'm gonna go under in Cincinnati Broncos bingles

you know Tennessee and Jacksonville just played and combined for 16 points that's right you got to feel like it's gonna go over could go way over that's what I'm thinking now the question for me is do I do that That's a good question. That was the question at hand. I had that Philly under, had that Cleveland under.

Okay. I'm going to Sunday night, guys. Give me the under in Landover, Falcons and commanders, 47 and a half. Thank you. There could be ponding on the roads where you live, Steve. Watch out. Okay. Watch out, watch out.

Under Jetsbills. All right. Weather will not be a factor anywhere, I don't think, this week. No, I think it's going to be nice and warm, except for in Cleveland. Cleveland. Or it's going to be raining cats and dogs. Or potentially Hyattesville, Maryland, home of Northwest Stadium. That's right.

Wild card to you, Chris. Oh, a wild card. I'm just looking at somebody's injury report here. And take, I thought you wanted to take the, Chargers player? No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm taking the New England Patriots Saturday. I kind of, love him. Does I talk to you into that? No, no. A little mental warfare. HPs. No, I think the charges win. I think the Patriots cover. Okay, I do too. Making HP? Um, golly day. I took three one-pointers, huh? Mm-hmm. Okay. I'll take mine with the

commanders. God, this is just hideous. It's going to be awesome. This is so gross. Owen 5 puts me where? You're fine. Yeah, yeah. You've been fine. You've won the competition. Thank you. Let me, cowboy

open the door to a one point Packer loss. Give me one and a half. Packers plus one and a half. Thank you. And Chris, You know, I'm going to take the, the Pats to, no, I'm not. Go Falcons.

You guys can both win. Yeah, Falcons would be great. Four points. Falcons, please. Boom. Look at that. It's 20 to 16. 20 to 16.

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And then recently, just purchased a house with my girl, and we found out that we can be host. And your house might be worth more than you think, and you can find out at Airbnb.com slash host. Steve, what else, man, besides 15 picks that you probably don't want to put the mortgage on? Well, Chris, let's talk to Steve about this college football playoff. That's right.

Steve, we had some lopsided contests over the weekend. And now I see spreads of 13 points, 11 points, and then two under field goal. Oregon, Ohio State, and Georgia, Notre Dame. What's the best game on the slate for the upcoming weekend? Say somebody needed a winner. Well, the problem is with the C.O.S. We have two double-digit spreads again because of the seating. And that was the problem when people saw Boise and Arizona State had got the buys.

And this is the fallout of that. Now you have two inferior opponents getting double digits. I mean, think about it. What would you say Penn State is right now? 11. Yeah. I mean, they were given nine at home to SMU. And now they're giving more points in a neutral site, you know, in a quarterfinal.

Ohio State Oregon has all the juice. It's a rematch. It was 32, 31. Will Howard, I was at the game. There wasn't one second during that game where I thought Ohio State was going to lose until he took a knee two yards too late and there was no time left on the clock. Ohio State looked as good as anybody in the country in their game where they played. It's amazing the last time out how bad they were against Michigan and how good they looked against Tennessee, who's a good team. Since urgency was ratcheted up, the defense played out of their minds.

I still think Oregon has the goods to give it to them because they could throw the ball consistently. You got to be able to throw the ball against Ohio State. I think these teams all have some issues. Oregon is the same deal. You've got to have some balance. And you look at Texas, you got to be able to throw the ball. That's why Arizona State is such a big underdog because they can't. But Ohio State and Oregon will be the best game.

Notre Dame, Georgia will be the toughest. You've got to be able to throw the ball against Georgia. I don't think Notre Dame could do that. Notre Dame is going to be what they are, running the football, running the ball with their quarterback. I thought it's a big injury losing their best defensive linemen that was healthy. And to knock Georgia out, you got to go 60 minutes, blow for blow. And Notre Dame is going to have to prove that.

That's why I still side with Georgia. Would Penn State be favored against Notre Dame? Notre Dame or Georgia? No. I believe it was... Do we have a look-ahead lines? It's the total in a Penn State-Nurtain game. I mean, the Knits might be going to the national championship game.

Georgia would be two and a half over Penn State. Penn State would be plus one and a half against Notre Dame. Huh, okay. Yeah, I really like what Penn State's brought to the table before to... Season happened or the playoff happened with the bracket. I had Oregon playing Penn State. So I just like the matchups they got. Obviously, people made a big deal.

Their road against compared to what Oregon did, has and who they lost to in the Big Ten title game. But I do agree with Lannning when he said, if we got to play Ohio State, I'd rather be the first game. We're off a buy. It's as healthy as we'll be in the whole playoff. They just play the game. You know, it's a neutral site. And, you know, I could see where he's coming from with that. Ohio State being favored.

It tells you a lot what the boys in the desert think. I think it'll be just as good as a game as it was the first time. When would James Franklin get credit for winning a big game? Would it be the next one in the Orange Bowl? Yes. Who has a better shot of winning their double-digit underdog ballgame? Boise against Penn State or Arizona State against Texas? I would think Arizona State.

Man, I'm kind of in there. Arizona State. Yeah. I really am. Yeah, the problem is I don't think they're going to be able to slow down Texas is offense, Chris. Yeah. If they could dictate things offensively and Scadaboo doesn't break all these long runs

and they keep the ball away from Texas, that's their first thing. But they lost their best receiver at the end of the season, who was, you know, Big 12 newcomer of the year and was really good. And Levitt's gotten better and better. I just don't think, I mean, Texas defense is real. And you've got to have multiple guys to catch the football. And Arizona State doesn't have that. But how creative can they get in the run game?

It's tough to run the ball against Texas. We'll see. But out of those two, I would definitely side with Arizona State over Boise. If you could design overtime and college football, how would you do so? I would hope not. The two-point thing is brutal. I mean, I've watched every second of every bowl game. It's not even football.

And you get a timeout. You see how it's lined up in every conference. Coach calls a timeout. Do you think the NFL overtime is better? No. That's actually football. No? No.

I would just side on putting the ball right outside of field goal. Like, what if we just got the ball at the 50? At the 50? That's interesting, especially with college kickers. Yeah. NFL, I don't know what they're. So you're talking about get the ball at the 50. You have a shot.

No clock. The next team has a shot. yes you know to answer yeah what happens if they both score touchdowns are you going to do the same thing over and over again do it again wow yeah probably that lasts more than two you would think not yeah maybe the 40 i mean the success rate of of two point plays made in the hawaii bowl and the bowl game yesterday was crazy same yeah um and you know pit has gets a penalty at the end of regulation, it has the ball at the one, and they still... How does he not go for that?

I don't know. But he's done that forever. There was a game he had at Penn State on the ropes years back, and he decided to kick a field goal. It's... Three hours later. Yeah, it's... It's bad, man.

It's really... Because these games have been great. They really have been. And then you're, you know, and then you got to sell it as a... six-overtime game. It's not six-overtimed. It's plays from three yards out. It's not football. Yeah. Yeah. It's not even 10-yard fight. But it does draw the, it draws the ads out. Yeah. Get a lot more commercials. We don't break after everyone. No. But coaches call timeout. So the timeouts. It's even worse. You're sitting there looking at huddles. And Toledo rushed to field twice yesterday. I think they won.

But I bet you college football thinks longer game is better. Like every once in a while. it's really cool to have like a six overtime game. Yeah, just look at the windows now they have for the bowl games. It's, I mean, we still run with issues with the Rose Bowl running into the Sugar Bowl. And now what do we set up for New Year's Day? We are looking at 1 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 845. There you go. And last year, Michigan, Alabama goes to overtime in the Rose Bowl and the other game,

the Sugar Bowl has to start. Jeez. Where are you going to be, Steve? I am going to the Rose Bowl. We will have a Rhodes Game Day, New Year's Day morning. I will be on the Rose Bowl 25 years after I played my last football game

celebrating my 48th birthday. Wow! Steve! Happy early birthday, Steve. You got all that? So you must be quite a bit older than Algae Crumpler. Is that right? What would you say that you guys crossed over?

23 in my last game. Y2K. We all thought... Y2K. We all went to bed, not knowing what? was going to happen in the middle of Los Angeles. Did your college students think you were going to, like, yeah, because we were pretty, pretty upset about that.

Yeah, it was all up in the air. Middle schoolers and, yeah, you know, were you, were you worried about it? We didn't know what to think. We were at the Beverly Hills Hilton and we're like, yeah, hopefully the alarm clocks work and we get up because we got a game to play. Did you guys win or lose? We got to the alarm clocks work. They had alarm clocks, like, legit.

I bought my first cell phone with my predium left over from the real. Oh, that's so incredible. What kind of phone was it? AT&T, Little Sano had a blue screen. Had the antenna you pulled up. T9 word. T9 word texting? No, no text.

I didn't text until 2000. I still don't text. Steve, your birthday is Jan 1? Is this right? Yes. How has that affected your life, would you say? I've gotten a lot less presents. Yeah, can you imagine Cowboy Reed December 26th?

Oh, that's brutal. But did you? LeBron December 30th, like in the middle of New Year's Eve and Christmas. But if you had a bunch of- Everything gets trampled and the NBA gets trampled on Christmas. Fucking unbelievable. Steve, a lot of hungover birthdays for you in your life? Oh, yeah.

I don't get hungover anymore. That's a tough one. That's a tough one. No more hang-over. Yeah, tough one. Steve, thanks for coming on. Hey. You guys enjoy it.

Hold on, Steve. Yeah. What a producer or director, one of these types, if you showed up on 1-1, still not shaven, would somebody pull you to the side and be like, hey, man? I would do that to myself. My facial hair is horrendous. There's like four different colors. What are the four? What would those colors be?

Red, gray, brown, and white. Wow. I'd like to see that, Steve. The people would like to see that. Can you grow a beard Just for a minute Diet? No, it's not even

It's terrible. It's three days and we can't even see it. I've tried. I've tried and it's awful. That's tough, man. It's 48. It's never going to happen for them. That's never going to happen. No. That's crazy.

Yikes. Bad. How about for you? I can't even get sideburns like making. Actually, there's that there's that COVID beard. Did you have a COVID beard? It was great. No.

God. We still worked during COVID. Oh, yeah. No, we worked. It's just nobody was watching our show at that point. Yeah. So you could just kind of look how we wanted. Hey, say what's a TV show, full blown.

Say, say what's up to Kenley for us. We'll do. Say what's up. We'll do it. Yeah, for real. Yeah. Until Scott Van Pelt, hi. Okay.

Hey, see you next year, Steve.