The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Colin Cowherd Podcast Prime Cuts - Nick Wright On “Noisy Wide Receivers”, Josh Allen Most Talented QB Ever? College Football Playoff Set, Belichick To UNC

Episode Date: December 14, 2024

Colin’s top takes of the week! He cautions the 49ers about paying Brock Purdy after proving to be just “a guy” when the Niners are missing stars to injuries (3:45), and explains why he believes that Bill Belichick will only coach one year at UNC after it was revealed his contract buyout is only $1 million dollars after year one (10:45). Then, Colin’s joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out” to debate whether Josh Allen is the greatest quarterback talent of all time (22:00), whether the Vikings should pay up to keep Sam Darnold long-term (29:00), and why the College Football playoff needs to be re-seeded (36:00). Next up, Colin is joined by Nick Wright, host of “First Things First” on FS1 to discuss needed rule changes to the MLB and NBA to make them a better TV product (50:30), and why the era of “noisy wide receivers” could be coming to an end with the reemergence of star running backs (1:02:45). Finally, Chad Millman, Chief Content Officer of the Action Network and host of “The Favorites” podcast, joins Colin for a round of “Sharp or Square,” to help provide Colin with the sharpest betting advice for week 15 of the NFL slate. 1:18:30 - Bills vs Lions 1:22:00 - Steelers vs Eagles 1:25:00 - Broncos vs Colts 1:28:15 - Packers vs Seahawks 1:30:15 - Bears vs Vikings 1:32:30 - Titans vs Bengals 1:34:15 - Browns vs Chiefs 1:36:15 - Ohio State vs Tennessee  Follow Colin and The Volume on Twitter for the latest content and updates!  #Volume #Herd  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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and some Belichick thoughts. Something was uncovered tonight that's fascinating. Chad Millman Sharper Square. We're going to also talk Belichick and UFOs. You know, why not? So the Rams beat the 49ers 12 to 6. So the first thing is, I stayed away from this game. I wouldn't touch it.

I could have done a draft king's bet. I said, there's too many injuries, weather shaky. and the Rams just played a flawless football game against Buffalo. Then you got to get on a plane Wednesday, fly to your rival division game, like added no. I just, I knew the Rams were going to be off. You cannot play a game against a team like Buffalo, a high stakes game, and be flawless. Even with men, this isn't college, but to go on the road against your rival, Greenlaw's back, Bosa played.

So they won, and you have to be healthy. But they won, and you have to be healthy. to be happy. But here's the thing. So all these wide receivers, do you know Tyreek Hill, Jamar Chase, and Debo Samuel's record this year? 17 and 23. Top five rushing teams are all right now in the playoffs. You got to be careful with Devo wide receivers. Debo wants the ball. Oh, Debo can't catch the ball tonight on an underneath route where he had a chance to peel off a huge play, potentially a touchdown, and they settled for a field goal. You could clearly see the Niners trying to appease Debo and get in the ball and force it.

I like him better as a running back than a receiver anyway. I think his yards after the catch and his running ability is much greater than a separation ability. I think he's become sort of a banged-up poor man, Dan Kwan Bolden, that doesn't separate, but he's physically tough and a nice player. but this is so you have young Brock Purdy, you know, doesn't want to lose Debo. I-Uks already out for the year. Trent Williams, Christian McCaffrey hurts. So Debo picks the worst time to, you know, be high maintenance because, you know,

Purdy's young. He doesn't have I-Uke. You know, Kittle is tremendous. But a lot of teams now are taking him out and spending a lot of coverage on him. So they force the Debo, and this is what you get. Biggest game of the year for the Niners, 197. total yards. You know, and Brock Purdy in 13 starts, everybody talks about him getting paid big money.

It's a big mistake. I don't buy it. I never have. Doesn't have Christian McCaffrey, doesn't have Trent Williams. In 13 starts this year, 15 touchdowns, nine picks. And you want to pay him $55 million? The minute you take away his best players, he is a guy. He didn't get passed by everybody in this draft.

You know, during Tom Brady's run, there were more sleepers. You'll find occasional sleepers, but scouting departments now are much more sophisticated. You know, in Brady's era, you didn't have all the YouTube stuff. You didn't have the ability to see some of these college games. They're all on television now. It's just really hard to hide people. Staffs are bigger. Scouting departments are bigger.

There's just more sophistication. You know, Brock Purdy dropped to the seventh round. He's small. He doesn't have a big arm. He's athletic but not special. Hands are a bit small. You know, and you're watching a guy that when you lose people, what do you get? And conversely tonight, Matt Stafford, very, very rough first half.

I mean, it was like the Niners defense had the Rams playbook. They knew where he was. He was just trying to beg him to throw an interception. And yet, he showed exactly why he's a real franchise player on those big drives late third, early fourth quarter, using his feet two or three times, ducking out of stuff. Really big third down throw. I wrote this big third down throw to Colby Parkinson late, whereas pretty previously in the fourth quarter had a really, really ugly end zone pick.

You saw the real separation here. Rams short week off a highly emotional game on the road division rival. Neither team has their fastball. Stafford in the second. half after a shaky first really made all the big throws. And because the coaches are both great, the offensive lines are good, not great. And that's the separation between the two. Yeah, I'm looking at this.

Two big drives, Stafford in the second half, that's the ball game. And, you know, people think I'm anti-Purty. No, but somebody's got to pop the balloon on this nonsense. I think Purdy is a less athletic DAC. Now, Dak, after his second surgery here, is going to be even less athletic. He lost mobility after his first surgery. He'll be less athletic. You're seeing what it's doing to Aaron Rogers.

You're seeing what it's doing to Kirk Cousins. He's younger, but he won't be the same. And this is what holds the Cowboys back. They're paying a B quarterback, A plus money. If you pay Purdy A minus money, he's a B quarterback. You just don't want to get into that space. Pittsburgh will probably pay Russell Wilson. They're going to pay him B quarterback money.

Donald could be franchise tag for $40 million, $41 million, but that's B quarterback money. And I've said this. I wrote the Niners obituary three or four weeks ago. I don't think this is a tweak. I don't think it's a tweak. I think both Iyuk and Debo are now pretty verbal. Neither seems terribly happy.

Kittles terrific, but he's tight end. He is aging. Trent Williams doesn't have much left on the tires. So I think they have to rebuild both offensive lines. And conversely, the Rams are really well coached. I said outside of the lions, I'm not sure there's a team in the league that has a better offensive head coach, quarterback, star running back, and two elite receivers. And they're doing it without Tyler Higgsby, their top tight end, who is coming back soon. So it's a lot. So it's a lot of, as the Rams' offensive line has gotten healthier over the last month, Stafford's been exceptional. You noticed that tonight he had better protection. Now they're getting their tight end back

to go along with Colby Parkinson and David Allen. So all of a sudden now, the Rams are healthy down the stretch. And I think they can play with anybody. Now, they're a defense. They're a little like the Packers. They feel like they're a tad young. The Packers are young on offense. The Rams feel a little young on defense, and they still need a number one corner in the draft. But this is a real Rams team. And I think they solidified their playoffs tonight. It's a quarterback coach league and nothing against Shanahan, but he's got pretty. And Stafford and McVeigh are another level.

So congratulations. So I want to add this because this came down tonight. So Chad Milman and I talks in Belichick, but I didn't have this information. So I made the prediction today on FS1. I said, my take is Bill Belichick, easy schedule, Carolina. It's going to win eight or nine games and maybe get to the playoff, but get to a big bowl. But I don't necessarily think he'll coach in that bowl. I think Belichick is going to get irritated.

His coaching and his structure and the personnel with Mike Lombardi will be fine. I don't think those guys are long-term fits at the college level. They've got a very Charlie Weissfield, but even more blunt. And Belichick's got so much power. And because Lombardi's his friend, Lombardi's going to be. got power. I think they'll, it could be pretty rough. They're pretty terse, blunt, you know, outspoken guys, both very, very talented. I know Mike Lombardi is a very talented guy. And I wish I'm both well. But it comes out tonight. Belichick's deal has a buyout of only $1 million.

And he can leave after June 1st this year. Now, he's not going to. Duh. Nobody hires a coach after June 1st, obviously. But I said today, I think he's going to coach one year and go back and get an offer in the NFL. And I think he's going to hand it over to his son. So there's some things that will come out in the contract. And I do think Bill wanted the Bears job. They're not interested. I think he's really interested in the Jacksonville job.

They're not interested. Mike Vrabel, by the way, and I talked to Mike Brable for about 15 minutes this morning. and I'm not going to give out a lot of details of that. But, you know, one of the things I told Mike, I said, you're now the number one candidate. I'm just not sure there are any jobs worthy of your coaching ability. I think next year is a much more interesting year. If you look at Zach Taylor, Cincinnati, I think he'll retain his job.

I'm not sure if he'll retain it. If the Bengals have another season like this, keep your eye on that. I think Mike McCarthy will keep his job potentially, and so will Brian Daibel, but both the Giants with a Shadur Sanders at quarterback and the Cowboys

could have openings. I think the openings this year, too many impulsive, odd ownership, executive areas, Jets, Bears,

Jacksonville, but Belichick, I'll say it again, I set it on the air today. I think he'll stay one year and bolt. His contract, he could bolt after June 1st this year.

He's not going to. But my prediction, he'll leave, after one year. And Bill Parcell's twice did broadcasting, bolted, told people, I'm going to stay bolted. Bill's a coach. Sean Payton stayed for a year. Loved it. I mean, Sean really loved working as an analyst. He left. Bill Belichick's coach. And I do think he'll, I mean, I saw and talked at length today about the schedule at North Carolina. The ACC is so bad. I mean, it's, he gets Clemson at home. There's not another game that he can't win. Syracuse on the road could be little dicey.

But so it's just interesting. In order for that to be in the contract, Bill Belichick demanded that it was in the contract because as I told you, Jimmy Sexton, the top agent in college football, he's not sending his top clients there. And Belichick's not represented by Jimmy Sexton. So this is not a very highly coveted job because the push and pull between kind of academics and football, the chancellor, I think it's always been a little bit of a sleeping giant, but it's had some good years with Mack Brown the first time and Mac Brown the second time.

But to get that in the contract, you wanted it in the contract and demanded it be in the contract. Okay. I've never seen a contract stipulation like that, that he could leave basically after June 1st. And again, he's not leaving this year. That's never what I said. But I do my prediction he will leave after one year. He would deny that obviously. But college football is, I mean, you're seeing.

on a weekly basis, guys that love college football, young coaches, talk about how frustrating the portal, the lack of regulations, and the NIL is. I still contend the NIL should have about an $18 million salary cap. NFL's got one. Otherwise, you're going to get a separation of Texas ban, 40 million and Purdue spending three. I just, it will be, it will be, you know, even the disparity between the top and the bottom will be even greater than it is. now, and it's pretty great now. Belichick's deal, that is a very interesting clause, one that he wanted or he wouldn't have fought for it, and one that North Carolina agreed with. North Carolina is telling you, hey, just bringing you on campus, getting the publicity, elevating our NIL from

$4 million to $18 to $20 million, adding a professional structure to our program, hey, we appreciate it. We need that. The world's changing, and we're not ready for it. And if you're willing in one year, give us at least one full year. And I think, even though that's in the contract, I think it's understood. Bill wouldn't bold June 2nd. Nobody's hiring coaches then. Well, it's the most wonderful time of the year for getting in all the basketball, football, hockey action at Draft King Sportsbook.

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The secondary for the Bills was banged up and torched. They came in with no juice. He single-handedly kept them in the game with running play, not just casual running plays, not six, eight yards, like 25, 35, 40-yard running plays. I mean, Mahomes has all the trophies. Mahomes is not as talented as Josh Allen. Josh Allen's insane. And I thought this was a, you know, Pookas had injury issues, so is Cooper Cup. And they're going to draft a receiver.

I'm pretty strongly a believer of that. But it shows you why the Rams are now 7 and 6. And with Arizona fumbling San Francisco feels a big win today for them, but it feels like they're just a little disjointed. If the Rams sneak into the playoffs, John, watch out. because I would have no interest playing this team. Well, to me, Thursday night, they play the Niners. So they could kind of end the Niners season, right?

They could end the Niners season. They would be eight and six, and they would be in position. Seattle, if Mike McDonnell was an offensive coach, we'd be talking about him like a McVeher-Shannhanhanhan, but he coached his defense. He's done a fantastic job. But this is must win for really. The Niners, you know, aren't really alive,

and they lost another player today at the end of the game. The running back got hurt, so now they're on their seventh running back. But the Rams, this goes back to last year. When Puka plays like this, he had 12 for 160, he becomes, you know, essentially he becomes like Marvin Harrison or Chris Carter or, you know, he becomes an unstoppable force. They are tough to beat because I was texting with some buddies this week.

Jared Verse and Fisk are so good. Yeah. Those two draft picks are immediately people around the league. They're violent because he's like, I was texting with a buddy who's like, you know, they're, they're, talent on defense isn't that great, but their defensive line is violent. Excellent. It starts with those two guys. Yeah. And a lot of people thought, like, is Fisk a little bit of an overdraft? You know, verse will his power translate? It's translated. Yeah. Those two guys are ass kickers. To me,

it's all about Puka, who they had to wrap at the end of the game. Now he came back in, something to monitor now short week. But the other thing, and you hit on it, we have a lot of these arguments, I think, on social media. Yeah. When we talk about Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. I understand Lamar has a couple of MVPs. Now, last year's MVP was not a great MVP season. Like, if you look at his numbers, he had a much better season in 19. Statistically, up until a couple weeks ago, he was blowing that season away this year. Josh Allen is one of the best players in any sport I've ever watched. Yes. Like, how are we arguing when we watch this guy play? No. Yeah, does he throw a couple picks? Yeah, so did Fav. Like, what are we talking about?

He is, to me, Otani. He is different than the other great players. Like Otani, Mukhi Betts is amazing, but he looks small compared to Otani because he is. I mean, it has an Otani feel like, while you may be watching, you may be watching the greatest talent ever. I mean, John Elway ran. He didn't do this. John Elway was strong. He wasn't this. John Elway had a good arm. I'm not sure it was this. Like, and again, we all acknowledge Mahomes, but Mahomes has Reed, great ownership. I mean, everything is, Patrick's terrific. But,

what I watched today, I mean, just here's the thing I worry about with Buffalo. Kansas City never delivers that. Kansas City, when they show up with no juice, now this did happen early in Mahomes' career. They'd fall behind 24 to 10, and you'd be like, oh, my God. But in the last three years, Kansas City does not do this. You can beat them. You can beat them at Arrowhead. But they rarely come with no juice.

And that's a team with two trophies. Buffalo doesn't have one, and it worries me at times. Like the first half was 2414. The Rams did whatever they wanted to. Kiron Williams ran, Pooker Cup. I mean, they just did whatever they wanted to. I mean, it was like eight-man football for Buffalo. It's like, is anybody guarding the receivers?

That does trouble me. They were on about a four or five week run where I had not seen this, but don't they give you this about four times a year? Yeah, and they've been doing it now for a couple of years, but then they bounced back. You know, next week they're playing Detroit, who still I would imagine even with the mini-buy still going to have a bunch of injuries. Like that's a pretty big moment for Buffalo because, Colin, they finish with Patriots, Jets, Patriots.

Yeah. So they should be able to sleepwalk to go 3 and 0 down the stretch. But we'll have to see, you know, Kansas City still got a couple tough games. Every game they play is close. I don't think this totally kills Buffalo from the number one seat because if you look at Pittsburgh's last four games, it's like Philly, Baltimore. Oh, brutal. They got a tough schedule.

So to me, Buffalo, their schedule eases up. And I think we're going to learn a lot about them with Detroit. Because we already know about Detroit, right? Their competitive character, their makeup, you can never write them off. They could be throwing me and you out there on defense. But today was, the first half was embarrassing for Buffalo. That can't happen if you want to win a Super Bowl. And they're not, even when healthy are talented enough to just cruise by, right?

defense is not loaded with names on the back end. Once you pay your star quarterback, Kansas City has offensive tackle issues, they're still trying to figure out, frankly, they're receiving core. They're not as good at corner as they were last year. Like,

it's there, once you pay the quarterback, you're, I mean, right now, Baltimore's back end. Joe Burroughs defense is atrocious. If you look at Stafford, let's be honest about it.

The offensive line, it feels like they're playing catch up with the Rams the last several years. They, they don't pay a single, person right now on the defensive side. They can't afford to. So I just, I think it really, that's why coaching and quarterback play John is so essential in January, December and early February. There are no perfect teams. They're just, you can't, the transfer portal, by the way, has done this to college football

in the NIL. The minute you think you're loaded, you lose all, like an Ohio state can't carry three great tackles because somebody poaches the best tackle they have that's not starting. So like in college football, the unintended benefit of the transfer portal, and IL is there's no more Alabama's. That's over. Like, there's just too many teams here. And when I watch the NFL, you're like, quarterback play and coaching obviously matters. But there are, coaching becomes essential because, I mean, you watch Buffalo in the back end today. Baltimore's back end.

Jesus. Those are bad secondaries. Vikings 42, Atlanta 21, good first half, and then Minnesota took over. I push back when you suggested that Minnesota may have to re-sign Sam Darnold. First of all, he's going to have a very tasty free agent market. Vegas, Giants, Tennessee minimum are going to at least look at it if they don't like Cam Ward. Shador Sanders will go number one to either Vegas or the Giants. I think he will.

Not everybody's going to like Cam Ward. But if you look, in the last month, Darnold has 11 TD's no picks. This receiving core plus T.J. Hawkinson, Jefferson and Addison had five touchdowns today. We got to be honest about this. In the history of the league, you could put him in a very rich Gannon class. Like nobody believes in him to, he's a top three quarterback, top four quarterback in the league playing right now. I'm watching Darnold make plays today. And our thing was, though, I think we both felt the same. Big, strong, athletic, coachable tough kid. But his accuracy. seat could be hit and miss. Well, Kevin O'Connell's taking the reckless out and elevated.

You know, he's made it very intentional. Sam goes back to pass. You get a very intentional play. And if he has to add, which he did today, he's fantastic. He's not Lamar or Josh, but he is way high end in this league. He is, he is in the Justin Herbert class. Like, I'm going to move and I'm to crank it. And I never thought this. He's had one stinker all year. He had three, a couple picks against the Jags. They won that game. Remember that game down in Jacksonville? They were terrible in the red zone. So as stinker, they won. They could still be a number one seed. I think I'm sitting here thinking today, do you let him walk out of the building? I think at minimum right now, he's in the category. If you don't want to do the long term,

you got to franchise them, right? Now, the problem with franchising, it's $41 million. for a quarterback. And unlike these contracts, you don't get to push any of that off on, you know, years in the future. He has 28 touchdowns right now, Colin. They have four games left. He has 28 touchdowns and they're 11 and 2. The one play you're, we're alluding to when he scrambled around, he kind of did 360, went across, threw it to Jefferson across his body. I thought that looked like Josh Allen. Yeah. And that was a play today. If you are the GM and the head coach, you go, this is exactly why we said, Kirk Cousins, we're not in the market for you anymore.

Because you don't, one, you've never had that in the bag. But the version that we're seeing out of Cousins, Cousin's just got $100 million guaranteed. He hasn't thrown a touchdown in four weeks, and he's throwing picks just by the, you know, multiple picks every, I mean, he might be cooked. Like, you saw today was a pivot point. One guy's career feels like it's kind of headed toward the drain,

like is he even going to be starting next week? And the other guy is exploding. And you use Rich Gannon as your example. Rich Gannon did not have this level arm. Rich Gannon did not. That was the knock on Rich, why a lot of people back in the day were like, you know, it was hard for Gruden to sell Al Davis on Rich

because he liked those big armed quarterbacks, and that wasn't rich, but Rich was really accurate. Sam Darnold's 68% this season, Colin. Crazy. Now, listen, he's going to turn the ball over a little bit. He's got 10 bucks. Probably end up with 13 or 14. How often do you watch him and you see him explode the ball down the field?

Well, now that they're left tackles injured, the best two players on the Vikings are the two White House. So those guys are thriving under Sam. How could you, I've said before, today is a great example. We threw five touchdowns against a team with a lot of good defensive secondary pieces. Yeah. In your wildest dreams, you would desire JJ to become this player one day, to be that good what we witnessed today.

And the chances, based on the history of we all watching the NFL and knowing how hard this league is, it's less than 50% he's ever that good. Well, Sam currently is this good. And now has this, I would say, you know, resume of life in the league of building on calluses, going through adversity, being very confident in himself, but having humility to know how hard it is, like he's seen it all. He has seen the worst of the worst. and then with Kyle and now Kevin O'Connell,

I understand that they drafted a quarterback, but sometimes things change. Yeah. I mean, the 49ers drafted Trey Lance, and they pivoted in the blink of an eye to PRR. And sometimes you just, isn't that part, you start the volume, like pivot fast, right? I mean, you know, Sam Donald,

yeah, so what he's going to cost you a lot of money? If he's a top five or six quarterback in the NFC, I mean, this year, how many NFC quarterbacks are better than him? He's better than Jalen Hertz right now. Well, we're talking about Baker Mayfield. Baker Mayfield had a good quarter today, but was awful for long stretches in the game. Awful.

Gino Smith. Had like three turnovers. Yeah, Baker was awful. And that, by the way, and I've tried to be very positive with Baker because I was so rough on him early. But he can be really reckless. And you can't coach that out of him. He's just a different personality. He literally lives for Chip on his shoulder.

Sam doesn't have that. Sam's not trying to prove anything other than I'm good. Sam's like a beach boy. He's having a good time. He's a ocean side, you know, linebacker basketball. He's an athlete. He's a great kid. Baker's got that chip a mile long.

Baker's battled his own family at times. It's part of his great fabric and his story I love. But Gino Smith, there's limitations. Baker is reckless. Darnold, you're getting a higher upside with, I mean, I always thought Baker was a better pure pocket passer. This year, I'm not sure. And some of it's Justin Jefferson, but it's not like Mike Evans and Chris

Godwin and the guys down there are bad either. I just think letting him walk out the door. What if he goes to an NFC team? To me, though, you know, use Baker as a good example. Aren't we all a little bit of product of our past? I mean, Baker was a walk-on at Texas Tech at six feet tall. Sam Donald's six foot four at USC. In the in the most turmoil time in the history of the program leads him to 11 plus wins. I mean, in the ugliness of the mid-2010s, he's a strapping big arm. like he's a confident. He won a chipper. He won a Rose Bowl against a good Penn State team with a really bad college football coach and no pros around him. I mean, you go back to that year and it was hero ball. That's all it was. I'm pro Baker and he's really matured and he's become a good player,

but the skill set of the two, Sam is the more dynamic player. Looking back, like if you did a redraft, yeah, I think both of them probably aren't going one and three, but clearly they've lived up to like they're going to play in the league for a long time. Sam's high end is higher than Baker because his mobility. Bigger. And I just think it's pretty clear. You watch Sam, he's got an explosive arm. And on the move, he can really sling it.

And that's the playmaking Minnesota. What limited that team the last couple years? You know, Cousins was a stagnant, can't move if you throw him off his spot. Sam's on face. Got an ad lib, no problem. Let's rip. All right. Let's talk college football.

The 12 team playoff has come out. Listen, let's get the. the one thing out of the way. I think Bama's better than SMU, but Bama doesn't have an argument. I watched them get completely shelled against a Oklahoma team that was two and six in conference with like a minus 79 point differential in conference. Oklahoma was a bad team and they got I mean, literally overrun by them. So I don't have any problem. Again, the regular season has to mean something. yes, Bama's beaten more good teams. If Bama got in, I wouldn't lose any sleep if SMU did not. But I felt the same way both ways. I would have taken probably a Bama, but SMU after a really hard-fought loss,

kind of felt like the move. And I also think, listen, Bama's not consistent enough to be a national champion. SMU is not going to be a national champion. SMU may be a better story. It's better for the sport, big picture. I don't think anybody on the heels of Alabama's, you know, 15-year-old dynasty is losing sleep because they don't get in. I don't disagree, but if I was part of the SEC, here's what I would say. College football, I mean, based on the numbers, has never been more popular. Like more people consistently have never watched more. And the SEC ratings have been insane.

So we are carrying the popularity of the sport as a conference and have carried the sport really for a long time now. And we only get three teams in. That's where you can just see them, even if, it is justified as it is in this situation. All these teams, Ole Miss, lost to Kentucky. If any of these SEC teams is 10 and 2, they are easily in over SMU, we all agree. But, like, we want guarantees, and this is where I think college football is going to go.

If I'm the Big 10, who the SEC is carrying college football with the ratings, the ACC is simply not. I want to know because getting into the playoffs is very financial, viable for the conference. Right. That's the same thing with the NCAA tournament. And now we only get three, we only get one difference. Like the difference of us in the SEC and the ACC is one team. That seems crazy. I watch an unhealthy amount of college football. The gap between the two conferences. Huge. It's Grand Canyon wide. So even if you could justify it records and everything, that's a big picture problem for me if I'm Greg Sankey. Yeah, I get some assurances. And this is where like the NFL, you know, what do tie break? go conference record. It's impossible to do tiebreakers and everything in college football because the SEC goes, my eight and four, what is that worth in the in the ACC? Am I 10 and two in the ACC? Like by Big 12, Arizona State's an incredible story. What would their record be if I put them playing LSU, Bama, Ole Miss, Arkansas? You know, so it's not apples to apples at all. That's right.

And that's the hard part. I think we all agree on that, even if we go, yeah, SMU deserves it. But it's like it's a little out of whack. Now, it's first year. I'm not going to complain that much. I don't feel that bad. And I think the committee wanted Alabama because I do think Alabama, the needle moves a little more when you got Alabama playing. Because whose SMU is playing Penn State? Like Alabama Penn State is just a better television product.

Yeah. So here's the one that really crack me up. So the regular season, the committee said the regular season matters. We're not going to give Bama three laws. losses, two of which are Mulligans, Vandy and Oklahoma. But yet in Oregon has the most impressive regular season and arguably the most impressive championship game performance. George is up there as well. They get the winner of the Tennessee Ohio State game, which is a team capable of winning the national championship. Then they could face Texas than Georgia. How did Penn State get an easier route?

They lost at home to Ohio State and got hammered by Oregon. I think they have, now they play another game. I think they have a much easier route than Oregon. I thought Oregon kind of got hosed. Yeah, to me, them copying the basketball bracket where you're forced to play team instead of the NFL bracket where you recede by the round. Yes, yeah. To me, you've got to change football-wise, reseed by the round. Yes, yes. Because Oregon has the only undefeated team, clearly, if you just watch the best team currently in the second best conference.

And they get stuck with Ohio State Tennessee. That seems pretty outrageous. I thought so. Because if they could pick the opponents, I think there's a decent chance that Ohio State would be the last opponent they would want to play. Maybe Notre Dame second, Tennessee would be high up there too. Like the SMUs, the Clemsons, you got a receipt. Now, this is where I'm not going to freak out year one. You got to figure it out. But you cannot keep this. How can Boise and ASU potentially get easier opponents than Oregon? Well, I mean, Penn State. Now, I think they would say Oregon's going to play the Rose Bowl.

Like that's where their game's going to be, I think, like their home game. So, you know, it's kind of regionality. But playing Ohio State potentially, that's pretty difficult. Yeah, and Ohio State will fill half that stadium. I mean, Penn State gets SMU and Boise State. I mean, potentially, it's like, Jesus. The biggest game of the year at home, they lost to Ohio State. And, I mean, they got pushed around.

I mean, they could not stop Oregon. I just thought Penn State, and I understand punishing. If you flip Penn State and Ohio State in the playoff, I think it's more fair. Now, Ohio State, again, the Michigan loss was not only bad, not only at home, but it made you question the entire program. Like when Penn State lost Ohio State, you didn't question the program. You're like, well, Ohio State's better. That Michigan, I mean, listen, if you want to ask yourself who's getting punished, it's Ohio State.

I think Tennessee is the sleeper national championship. picking this thing. I thought Herbstree had a good point during the show when they released the bracket of, you know, Ohio State maybe would rather go on the road because a couple early three and outs, maybe you're down 7-0-10-0, that place will turn on you fast because that group's edgy. That group's already pissed off. Yeah. In a weird way at 10-2, hosting a playoff game is a major disappointment. Yeah. You know, watching that game last night, I thought it was so insane. that Clemson is now in the playoffs, and Miami's just long gone, even though all season Miami was like a top five or 16. And then Penn State, my takeaway with Penn State, Oregon's tough, and that's their skill group is better top to bottom.

I think Penn State has their front seven full NFL guys, best tied in in the country. They have a one-two running back combination. Quarterback a little all over the map, but he is extremely talented. And you saw a couple passes where you went. Yep. That's a top 10 pick. And then you saw a couple other passes. You're like, that's a six-rounder. But you never really know what you're going to get with them. But they have a lot of talent on their team. Like to me, if the quarterback has a B-plus, A-minus game, they could play with most anyone in this tournament. I'm with you on Tennessee. Their defensive line is really good.

Yes. What's Ohio State's problem right now? Well, they're offensive. He's had a guy tearing Achilles. They've missing. That could be a rough. I'm telling you, that place could start. booing if it's like 10-0 in the second quarter. The weather forecast for this weekend in Columbus is 40 degrees and wet. It's not playing to a finesse down-the-field team. So Will Howard, who's been hot and cold in big games, it's 40 degrees, the pressure's on, you'll be favored.

And Tennessee D-line and Ohio State O'Line, if you're forced to run the ball against Tennessee, that's got a 17-13 field to it. That's not going to be a high-scoring game in my life. opinion. One thing that's going to be, you know, for the most part in college, you get a couple, and you hammered this home when they went, when the West Coast teams got in the Big Ten. There aren't as many cold weather games as you think. In the NFL, there are. Why? They play all through December, through January. College football usually ends home games the last week in November. November.

And they go to warm weather bowls. That's right. That's where this changed because they don't, they're playing in two weeks, right? And it's Friday night, Saturday night. At South Bend and at Ohio State, which makes sense. I mean, two of the biggest brands. Those are going to get huge ratings. Plus, the NFL play Saturday. So it gets a little lost in the shuffle, you know, like Texas, the Texas game and the Penn State game are going up against like Raven Steelers. So, you know, but those two night games are going to be by themselves.

It could be really cold. I mean, so it's going to have one thing with playoff football, even with the best teams, it's usually not 35. to 30 scores, right? It's usually lower scoring. You can't feel your hands. I mean, you could have a game in two weeks at Ohio State with, couldn't it be 27 degrees or Notre Dame? It could be freezing cold.

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This is not a baseball topic. We don't talk a lot about it, but it's fascinating to me. So I'm agnostic on many things. I'm kind of an agnostic personality, from religion to almost anything. I tend to be just sort of, I weigh information, and I pick the side I like. I don't have a lot of purity in me, right? Like, I don't have a lot of loyalty outside of my wife and my children and friends. But so baseball comes out with this golden bat concept where basically you could,

Bryce Harper gets an extrad bat every game or an errand judge. You don't have to use it, but you can in a critical situation. And purists are bothered by this. And I'm fascinated by what purists are holding on to. And I've heard baseball people say, oh, I'll never watch another baseball game. as if Sandy Kofax's historic run is diluted by a new golden bat at bat concept in 2024. It's almost like saying it's not perfectly analogous, but gay marriage ruins the sanctity of previous marriage. Well, if you had a great marriage for 40 years, what does it happen?

But also, I will also say anybody that, like, we've all come to terms with the guy that most people feel, like probably correctly is the greatest baseball player ever played at a time when a lot of the greatest baseball players ever were not allowed to be in the league because they were black or Hispanic and it's just like hey we know that's part of the record track we know like there's people have an ability nobody with a brain looks back and it's like hey i check terry bradshaw stats dude sucks it's like no it's like i know it's like i know Oh, that's what the record, but like those what the numbers are. But we all understand intuitively, oh, that was a different era.

So if we were to have a golden, at bad era, and it's like, holy shit, a lot of three home run games out of nowhere. It's like, oh, yeah, because they change the rules. People are smarter than like we give them credit. But that's what I'm asking. We had the cattle steroid era. So all the records are in power records or meaning us. And nobody really knows who took it.

I mean, seriously, it's like trying to figure out. which rich people cheated on their taxes. How about we start with all of them, right? Like, who knows? So my take is, what are purists holding onto? Are these 48-year-old men who still collect baseball cards? Like, the idea, so the sport makes two changes, both crush, defensive shift eliminated, and a pitch clock.

Okay, so all of a sudden the defensive shift, more base hits. Well, that's messing with the previous six, eight years. Right. And the thing closest to the golden bat is the ghost runner. Ghost runner thing, which, you know, made baseball cooler for the regular season. You don't want to put in the playoffs. That's fine. So what are purists holding on to that are outraged by a new concept?

Well, I don't understand purists. I'm not the, I mean, I understand them. I don't agree with them because ultimately. what my one of my fundamental beliefs that bothers i think purists but it's not even a belief it's just a fact sports are simply entertainment products that's all it is we are part of the entertainment industry we are in we are fighting for attention and relevance in sports and you and we there is nothing inherently more valuable, moral, ethical, important to American professional football than American ultimate Frisbee. But one is the most valuable television property in the world, and the other

is something the best in the world at almost assuredly needs a real job because it doesn't pay the bills. So why is that? Because people like watching one and don't. don't care about the other. That's exclusively why. There is no other reason. And the idea that you have a birthright to people's attention, go ask horse racing. Go ask boxing. You don't. And so all of these, so here's the real reason I love the golden and bad idea. I like baseball. I love basketball. And I'm worried about basketball. I am legitimately, worried about the NBA because they have

two massive issues that everyone knows is a problem and I don't know that they have the stomach for the change that's needed. One is one that's been talked about a ton historically, which is

the load management superstars not playing whatever it is. I will give a quick anecdote on why that's my thoughts on that. Then I'll get to the real thing. I was in L.A. for 72 hours over Thanksgiving because our son lives there and he couldn't, we brought Thanksgiving to him essentially. That Friday night, Lakers Thunder. And I'm like, you know what? My wife's grandparents are with us. They're 91 and 93. They love LeBron. I've never seen him play. And I'm like, you know, what's the point of making money if you don't spend it on stuff like this?

So I bought six tickets, not court side, but first row behind court side. Not cheap, right? But what I was like, I bought him at noon with full confidence. Well, LeBron's going to play because LeBron plays. You know what I mean? Like LeBron, did he get hurt last night? Then he's playing. Like, even though he's the oldest guy in the league.

And if it were any other superstar. I would have, when my wife mentioned to me, should we do it, I would have said yes, but let's wait until like five o'clock to find out. That's terrible for the business. The other thing that is getting a lot of attention is the MBA's at its core, the NBA's popularity is based on, is that dude flying? Holy shit. Like, did not. Here's another 35 footer. and strategically, just like the shift, strategically was smart,

but from a television product, it was a disaster. Everybody looks the same. Every game, every possession's the same. Every game looks the same. There's no different styles. There's no anything. And we're minimizing athleticism. John Morant goes on the record is like, I'm done dunking.

Anthony Edwards taking 13-3s a game. It's awful. Clearly a disaster. A disaster. And so when I say, massive changes. What I mean is have a real conversation about, hey, dunks are also worth three now.

Or this. I don't care what it does. Or this. Two suggestions. One, and I said this seven years ago on the air and had a graphic, take out the corner three. It's impossible to defend. Yes.

Okay. That, agree. That should be done tomorrow. Yeah, so it goes right into the bench. You move it out about six inches. It's a real arc. Yep. Make it a real arc.

And so that's just much easier to defend. You can be on players. Or this would be my, this is something I, I've thought about as well. And I don't know, I think you could do this, is that you get 15 a game. That's what I said. Oh, okay. Exactly right. Whatever the number is.

That's the other thing. 15 a game. I don't know. 45 points, which is 40 points of your offense. 40% of your offense. Yeah. And by the way, you can still shoot them after that, but they're worth two. There's, Kurt Goldsbury had the idea years ago that I thought was fascinating,

which was, you know how baseball stadiums? Everyone picks their own dimensions. You got a green monster. You got the short porch of Yankee Stadium. Royal Stadium is cavernous. Kurt Goldsbury says each year, every team draws their three point line. And if you like, no, and the I, and I know that sounds ridiculous. But his point was some teams will be like, we don't have one, but that's not who we are.

We're building a old school beat you up that, you know what I mean? Big, big man style. The, um, the Blazers when they had prime Dame Lillard might have been like, ours is from 37 feet out. Because we have the one guy who can. and if that were the case, you would know, man, I better be able to play a bunch of different ways, score a bunch of different ways,

because shit, tonight we're in Oklahoma City and there's no threes, whatever. So I don't know the exact right answer. What I know is this. If the NBA does not make a massive change, it is in huge trouble. Yes.

Because they have still, They're still suckling off the teat of LeBron's Steph, KD. If John Moran and Aunt Edwards do not dunk, the, one of the, I mean, the Jordan logo, if you really think of even Dr. Jay's highlights today, Connie Hawkins when I was a kid, they're all relevant. Of course, what are we doing? And here was another question that. Oh, let me throw this at you.

I said this about the NFL. I said, can you imagine if the NFL only allowed the tush push and bombs? There's no intermediates, no bubble screens. It's just power running or bombs. That's the NBA. It's not as appealing. And by the way, the NFL one year into the tush push was like, we're looking into band. And it wasn't because of safety.

It was because that's terrible TV. That's bad for our product. not exciting. It's ugly. And ultimately, we're a TV show. And so I don't know the answer, but I do know that continuing down this path is disastrous. So I, I would love it if baseball did something drastic because then I think there is, the NBA would look at itself hopefully and be like, well, the NFL every year is like, hey, rule change figured out, hip drop tackle. I'd never heard that term three years ago. Last year, it was the most dangerous things ever happened in the sport.

This year, it's gone. Like defenseless receiver, hit the quarterback low. Tom Brady, Tom Brady blows out his knee. They're like massive rule change. You now no longer hit the quarterback low. Doesn't matter. Aaron Rogers breaks his collarbone. They're like, hey, you can't fall on quarterbacks now either.

Don't care if you don't like it. Baseball is making changes. The NBA is just like, can we interest you in a new all-star game format? It's like, bro, that's not the issue here. And here's one other NBA question. I didn't, I forgot who first posed this. But ever since I read it, I'm like, oh, that's interesting. Is there a single NBA player under 30 that is more.

famous than Caitlin Clark. No, no, there's not. There's not. That's a problem. I'll tell you something that's fascinating. Here's something I led my show with this today. And unfortunately, I'm sure you probably didn't have time for it. You used to listen religiously, but those days are over.

But the point being, no, I, that's just not true. So I led with this today, Debo Samuel. Brock Pretty comes out and says, you know, I love Debo and we'll get him the ball more. and I thought, oh, okay. So a year ago, nine months ago, running backs are dead in this league. The top five running teams now in the league are all playoff teams.

The top six receivers receiving yards, six of the top ten are on losing teams. And so it's Devonte Adams, cryptic messages, Jamar Chase is noisy, it's Malik neighbors, it's Debo Samuel, it's Deontay Johnson,

it's George Pickens. So it's even A.J. Brown, by the way, on a good team. Everything was fine. And then he's like, I'm pissed. It's not fine. And I said, we gave receivers for about two years the keys to the kingdom. But they are sports cars.

They don't work well in the winter. You can't really drive them seven days a week. And running backs. You've loved this take for ever. And running backs. No, no, no. They're the SUV. Year round, grocery, soccer practice, date, all weather.

actually always elevate the quarterback, always, young quarterback, old quarterback. They're all so great. They help you take leads and eat the clock and help you protect them. The receivers don't. They all block or they don't play. They're the grinders. They're the most running back. Sequin Barclay, I want the ball more, but I'm sacrificing for the team.

You never hear a running back complaining. We're throwing it too much to the star receiver. And it's a classic example, is that we. gave. It's the NBA position of NFL, wide receiver. Breaks the huddle first. He's on his own. We gave you the keys for like two years. We immediately had a wide receiver bubble. Chiefs win without Tyreek Hill. You can argue they can spend money on defense. They're just a much better team now, more complete team. And in the end, it goes back. Nine months ago, we lamented the future of running backs. It is now in one season. Baltimore, Detroit, Green Bay, Washington. Here comes Isaiah

Pacheco, the Rams, Kairn Williams. It is a running back quarterback league again in nine months. So that was, and I didn't see it coming this quickly. Nor did I.

But what I did wonder was, I was like, okay, one of the things that happened to running backs was, yes, the game changed, but the other, it wasn't just that the game changed. It wasn't just your position isn't as valuable. It was,

many B minuses, meaning like you could seemingly find a, not great, but a good running back anywhere. Practice squad, seventh round, undrafted free agent. And the reason for that was very obvious, which is our whole lives, the best athlete at seven years old, where'd they put them, running back? Like, if it wasn't the court, it was like, oh, you're the best player on the team. we're going to, if you're either going to be a dual threat quarterback or the running back because we're going to hand you the ball a bunch. So in high school and college, there were just too

many good ones, which means seems like, okay, I could pay X for a great one or basically nothing for a good one, so I'll do that. And what I wondered aloud was, are we about to see in a few years, the same thing happened to receivers? because now if you're a great athlete as a kid, they're putting you at receiver. It is seven on seven. Every damn year in the draft. This year there were 10 receivers taken in the first 40 picks.

And then when we're like, hold on, everybody thinks there are 25 top 10 receivers. Like, if you really put pencil to paper and it's like, okay, is he a top 10 receiver? Well, I don't know, man, because Garrett Wilson thinks he is, Devante Adams thinks he is, Tyree Kill thinks he is, Jalen Waddle thinks he is. There's four just in the AFC East.

And you keep going, is Terry McClurenes, Nico Collins, is Devo Samuel, is Brandon Ayuk, and I've even mentioned Tyree Kill, Jamar Chase, A.J. Brown, C.D. Lamb, Amon. Like, there's all of these. It's like, well, there's 30 million a person, but Brian Thomas Jr. was the fourth receiver taken. So, like, is there going to be the same type of correction where teams are like, no, I'm not paying $30 million for a receiver. There's six more great ones coming out in the draft. Like, I'm just not doing it, right? So I saw that.

I wondered if that was happening. I still think that's probably going to happen. The other thing that has happened this season is, and maybe I'm, maybe this is just because I turned 40 and I instantly developed old man opinions. But Malik neighbors being a diva receiver as a rookie infuriated me. Yeah, no, it's too much. And like, in a way, it's too much, man. Like, listen, I get that there's been a, we're allowed to be divas, so we kind of lean

into it from the position. Got it. So be it, no problem. But T.O. and Ocho Cinco were not pains in the ass their first year in the league. They were just great. They weren't. They were great. And then they developed over three or four or five years.

Yes. Watch they had pelts on the wall. I see. I'm like, man, everywhere I look like, George Pickens is an awesome player. Huge pain in the ass from day one. Malik neighbors. It took him eight games before he's like, why didn't I get the ball to her down 30-0? It's like, buddy, you're the best player on the team.

I get it. But you, it's too early for this. It's too early. And so the, and then the AJ Brown thing really irritated me on a just a team level. It's like, man, there, there was nothing wrong. Everything, you guys are on a 10-game winning streak. You're, you guys are undefeated when you play. Seemingly, everything's all good.

the only public narrative should be, man, Sequin Barclay's going to break Eric Dickerson's record and our defense is better than you idiots thought it would be. And then privately, if you want to be like, God damn it, so be it. But it's, that was like A.J. Brown, you're on your third contract. Yeah.

You just got paid again. You know what I think A.J. Brown's issue is. What are we doing? Here's what his issue is. he was overshadowed by a star running back in Tennessee, Derek Henry, and he's overshadowed again with a star running back. No great receiver has been. That's interesting. Overshadowed in his prime by the two best receivers over the last six years in the league.

He's the guy. Oh, that's interesting. I didn't even think about that. So he keeps going to places going, timeout. I get a good quarterback, not a great one, Tanna Hill Jalen. I'm the best player on the team and both become run-centric. What are you doing to my career? What are you?

Right. But here's the thing about that. But you keep getting paid any, like, you keep getting top of the market deals. But, but money, every time, you know, I'm not going to speak for anybody, but when people get raises, it's good for about three checks. And then you're like, I want the respect. Guys are driven much more by respect than they are money. I know that part I totally agree with I the and I agree with you the whenever like somebody loses a job or whatever and the reaction on Twitter is,

ah, they're still getting paid or whatever. I disagree with that because the for someone who has been, AJ in it is going to sound like I'm contradicting myself, but I'll come around. He's been, he's not newly rich. He's been rich long enough that that's his norm. So the money doesn't really solve things. The point I'm making is I would understand it a little bit more if you were in a contract year. If it's like, yo, you're costing me money because, but the Eagles preemptively paid him this off season early.

And one of the reasons I would think you do that is to stave this off. Like, hey, no matter how we have to run the team, you're going to know you've been taken care of. So even if this year your numbers are down, it's not costing you anything because we just paid you. So that's the reason I brought it up. Like, I do get why guys who are in contract years are like, yo, I mean, AJ Brown is being selfish because also the NFL record book, nobody cares. It's not like baseball. It really isn't. Nobody cares about the NFL record book.

We know Brady and Jerry Rice and Montana and Mahomes are all over it, like in Breeze. So like a wide receiver, like, listen, we know you're great. If you get paid and you win a ring, it. kind of solves everything. And that's, and also like if there's anyone on the, like, could you imagine, and this is to your point, if after this last game, Sequin out of nowhere in the locker room was like, yeah, I mean, listen, everything's great, but I'm really sick of jail and sniping my touchdown.

I should have 10 more. Like, how about we call a handoff at the one instead of the tush push? people would be like that you laugh because it's laughable to think of him doing it. But it's, we're used to receivers being ridiculous. We're totally used to it. A hundred percent used to it.

Like the, yeah, I mean, I don't, I can't, I can't, even bad ones. Cadarie is Tony this dope. He's bouncing, he just wants to, he barely got on the field in Cleveland, fair caught a punt and taunt it a guy. It's like you just have it in your DNA. Like you just

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So last week, a lot of favorites were in favor for me and didn't necessarily do well. I'm still surprised how the Rams played perhaps the most flawless half to game of offensive football by any team on the season. I was just watching some clips of it today, and they did everything right. Nobody dropped a pass. Ball never hit the turf. No holding. It was a thing of art. And it's interesting because now this week, you get the bills getting two and a half at the Lions.

And I like the bills here because they're getting Kincaid, the Tide End is healthy. They're getting Coleman back. it was almost as if it was this sandwich game, even though it's McBay and Stafford, you know, Buffalo travels west, they know half the stadium's going to be theirs, they're looking at that Detroit game, even though it's not an AFC or a divisional game, and they had a couple of guys on the cusp that could play or not, and they elected not, and they got caught flat-footed when the Rams played a flawless game. So I like Buffalo plus two and a half now, Sharper Square.

Well, the line has moved from one and a half Detroit to two and a half Detroit. And I will tell you that the majority of betting tickets have been coming in on the Buffalo Bills. So when you see a line move that goes in the direction of one side that is opposite of where the betting tickets are, that's a reverse line move. And that size you the professional betters are on the lions. And they've been on the lines at one and a half and two. At two and a half, you start to see the pressure point. You'll find an equal number who's still like the lines at two and a half, and they take it up to three.

And you'll find the number of wise guys who are coming in at two and a half on the bills and liking the bills because they like Josh Allen. I will tell you, I'm a lion's backer in this game. I bet it at one and a half. I bet it at two. As healthy as the bills are starting to get with players coming back, This may be the healthiest the Lions have been in eight weeks. They could get a lot of guys back on the defensive line

that has just been decimated over the past three to four weeks. Also, the Lions haven't played on the road since November 24th at the Colts. They haven't played period for 10 days. You talk about the bills, they just had a gauntlet, right? They had the Chiefs. They had the Niners. Those were massive games. for them, getting over huge humps.

They go on the road, have an intense, nearly perfect game that just isn't perfect enough against the Rams. Now they've got to go on the road again against what might be the best team in the NFL and they could face them in the Super Bowl. So, you know, you're not wrong by betting the bills at two and a half. But if you said, I like the Lions, you'd be on the sharp side too. It's a pretty even split at this number, just at this number. Okay, Steelers getting five and a half at the Eagles, and the reason I like this is because Pittsburgh's mostly been a pretty good team against the run.

If you look at what the Eagles have decided to do since the buy, it is throw the ball less. Green Bay is doing this too. They are a run first team, as they should be. Their best player is Sequin. Their second best player is A.J. Brown. I think Pittsburgh can have some vulnerabilities against the pass, but I don't think Jalen hurts from the pocket. I mean, A.J. Jay Brown's not happy. He's only getting six and a half targets. Mike Tomlin is the best underdog coach in the league. Four and a half points. These two don't play very often. It feels like a lot of points to a very good roster. Even if Pittsburgh lost, if Pickens plays, they have enough big play ability to back door cover. The line seems out of whack. I'll take the Steelers sharper square. Yeah, it's sharp. And this is what we talked about on the favorites podcast was, why isn't this number three?

Why isn't this number three and a half? When the number is so out of whack, you either are being asked to do something that is too easy, which the books never do, or you feel like you're missing something. I don't know what we're missing here. Like you just mentioned Tomlin is the best underdog coach in the league. Tomlin is the best underdog coach in a generation. Let's put this in perspective. you win 53% of your bets, you're an incredible sports better, right?

That's what you're looking for. So when we talk about trends and we talk about analytics on certain opportunities and metrics and betting, if we can find a trend that is 56% against the spread over an historically relevant period of time, you tend to want to play that if all the other factors are in your direction. Tomlin, he's 60 plus percent in just about every category as an underdog. You say, all right, between three and seven, two key numbers, 67%. You say on the road as a dog, 64%. Like you can't name a category where he's not 60 plus percent.

And then if you look at the matchup, too, you mentioned Sequin, right? The Eagles are the only team in the NFL that is running the ball at a higher percentage than they're passing the ball. And I would not think, oh my God, Jalen Hertz and A.J. Brown, there's, you know, strife, and now they're getting along again. It doesn't mean that Kellen Moore is going to change this offense and all of a sudden try to make it so A.J. Brown is getting more and more touches. This is who they are. Jalen Hurts is throwing the fewest passes in the NFL this year. So I would expect a low-scoring game. Wise guys are expecting a low-scoring game. That plays to the advantage of the team that is more than a field goal underdog.

yeah, that's the sharp side. I like the Broncos minus four, both teams off a buy. I think Denver's got a really good defense. Now, again, James Winston, I think you can beat it down the field. That's not really what the Colts do. I think there are ways to score on virtually every team in this league, and I think Cleveland is one of those weird, bad teams that can be highly productive throwing the ball down the field.

but it should be noted in that game, Denver eventually got pick sixes and turned the game around with their defense. I think Anthony Richardson is struggling with Shane Steichen. Look what Shane Steichen did with Gardner Minshew. Okay. Shane Steichen, as a rookie with Justin Herbert, set records, made Jalen Hertz an MVP level player, and he's pretty average from the pocket. that passing game is limited, and I think it's limited because Anthony Richardson may not be a pro-starting quarterback. I get an experienced coach, an excellent defense at home against the dome team. You know I love the number four. It's probably square, but I like Denver here.

Give me Sean Payton, Shanahan McVeigh, Reed, extra time, sharper square. Yeah, you know the answer. It's totally square. Wise guys love the Colts here. It's been bet down. It was at four and a half. It's at four. It'll probably go down to three and a half.

If you want to bet the Colts, get it now because it's only going to go in their direction. You're right about the Broncos coming off a buy. And there is a lot of public sentiment on the Broncos right now. The last time anyone saw them, they were winning in dramatic fashion. against the Browns, right? They were getting two pick sixes. They were covering with a miracle and interception in the end zone. The Broncos are covering by five points per game. Historically, teams that are covering by five points per game over the course of the season, once we get past week five, only covered about a 44% clip against the spread. So there's one trend to help the cause

of the cults, but also, I don't know that wise guys agree with you about Anthonya Richardson. I think there's a little bit of Bryce Young sort of in the way he's come back from being benched since he's come back. Eighth rated passer, according to pro football focus. Fourth in big plays, according to pro football focus, big play throws, according to pro football focus. So it's not as bad as you would think. And I do think there's something key here. Remember what happened with the Browns against the Broncos in that primetime game. game, they didn't have Riley Moss a cornerback. They had William Vance. William Vance,

he might still be giving up touchdowns to Jerry Judy as we speak. Like he was getting torched in that game. Riley Moss is the only guy who didn't practice this week for the Broncos. So if he's not playing, I think that's a severely diminished defense and it impacts what they can do all across the board. So there's trend reasons. There's inflation reasons. The line is just too high. the wise guys think. And there's some matchup reasons. Packers Seahawks is a really interesting game. Packers like the Eagles have taken passing attempts away from Jordan Love in the last month. They're now a power run team that makes far fewer mistakes. But Green Bay is like a younger version of Philadelphia. They have just

decided we're a power run team. We do have weapons over the top, but we're not going to let our quarterback throw more than like 22 to 24 times and we're going to reduce the errors. And when Green Bay does reduce the errors, they're a really, really good football team. I like Seattle. I still don't think they're an elite team. I think they're a playoff team maybe in a OK division. I think Green Bay is absolutely a playoff team in an excellent division. I like Green Bay minus two and a half, sharper square.

A hundred percent sharp at two and a half. If it gets to three, it's a pass. and if it gets to three, you know, the wise guys will probably want to bet on Seattle. But at two and a half, it's 100% the Packers, for the reasons you just stated, and the most important thing, it's like playing SEC and the Mac, right? The Packers are losing really close games and winning really close games in the best division in football. They are battle tested every single week. the Seahawks, they're winning a fluky game against the Cardinals a few weeks ago.

Then they're getting the Cardinals in a class at Kyler Murray game last week. And they won a miraculous game against the Jets, which they should have lost, but they got Leonard Williams running a pick six-back for, you know, 90-something yards. So they're a much better team since the buy, and credit to their coaching staff and everything they've done, and they've improved their defense significantly, and their offense, by the way. You know, Zach Charbonnet and what he did last week was a great match for how they want to build their running scheme. But the wise guys like the Packers here. It's just a better team.

And by the way, Matt LaFleur is a wizard when it comes to covering the spread. It's very possible in 15 years if Matt LaFleur is still coaching the Packers. He's got Mike Tomlin-like stats as a favorite and as an underdog covering the spread. Okay, a game I want you to tell me where to go is Bears plus six and a half of the Vikings. So Minnesota is a really good team, but that game with Atlanta was tied going into the fourth quarter. I've seen them against teams like the Jags go 0 for 5 in the red zone. It's a good team with a quarterback having a great year. But six and a half is a lot.

It's a divisional game. And the Bears, before that disaster in the Bay Area, which was probably easier to predict than I would have admitted, I do think they'll get back on track. I do think they have a very good roster. This, again, seems out of whack. six and a half. I mean, I think it's, I honestly see it as a go either way game in the fourth quarter probably take the better coaching staff. But sharper square bears plus the points. So the bear, it's the sharpish play only because, and we talk about this all the time on the show,

you want to get the best of the number. Twenty-four hours ago, this game was seven and a half. And then it went down to seven. And now it's down to six and a half. That alone tells you, Colin, that you're on the sharp side. If you're betting the bear, the number has been moving in their direction. The line is way too inflated. And you're getting a very by-low on the bears, sell-high on the Vikings spot. The bears were a train wreck.

They couldn't have looked any worse. They were out of it against the Niners in the first half, right? They had four total yards, and they had five punts. And the Niners had 319 yards. Whereas the Vikings, you're right. That game was tied. And they really blew it open in the fourth quarter. because of a couple bad plays and turnovers on the part of the Falcons,

not because of anything magical that the Vikings did to run away with it, even though Sam Donald had an incredible game. But they have had their hiccups. Brian Flores' defense has not been as good in the second half of the year as it was in the first half of the year. So, yes, you're on the sharp side, but it's a caution. Know that if you're playing this number, you've given away some value. So I think the Titans getting four and a half with the Bengals,

and my prediction is that's the ugly game. I ask you every week for a game that I've missed. My guess is the Titans, a pretty good defensive team at home playing with pride. Against the Cincinnati team, you can just move the ball. I mean, if not for a gaff by the Cowboys special teams, we're going to overtime. Against a very mediocre Dallas team with Cooper Rush. Is Tennessee plus four and a half the side here? Is that the game I'm missing?

Well, certainly it's a side. like it was at five and it's come down so that tells you the wise guys are betting on the Titans because certainly the public isn't going to be betting on the Titans. It's a really tricky game. I haven't touched this game. A hundred percent the value is on the Titans.

It's not the game I was going to talk to you about. But the challenge here, you've basically got a one-dimensional Bengals team, right? All they can really do is throw the ball to Higgins and Chase. Joe Burrow Higgins, Joe Burroughs Chase. that's their game plan. They can't really run the ball.

They don't have a screen game. They don't really have play action to speak of. All of those things that could slow down a better than average defense in the Titans, and they have no defense to speak of. The problem is, Will Levis, he's not any better than Cooper Rush, right? He's got a better arm. Maybe he can fling it downfield further, but he couldn't even beat up on the Jaguars at home last week,

despite so many opportunities. So you're kind of banking. on the fact you're hoping that when there's an opening, Will Levis can convert. You're going to take the Titans because if you're a beter, that's what you do. You bet the number. But know that you're playing with fire here because you're not just betting the number. You're betting Will Levis. All right.

Tell me the game I missed. You didn't talk about Cleveland and Kansas City. This number is dropped from six and a half to four and a half. So the Browns are the side. The Browns have been the side. The Browns are the side until it gets to about three and a half. And this one, you know, in the betting community, there's two things that are sort of scary right now.

It's the frequency and regularity with which you can count on fading Patrick Mahomes when he's a favorite of more than three and the frequency and regularity with which you can count on betting Mike Tomlin as an underdog. I said, percentage-wise, if something is happening six out of ten times, which is basically what is happening with both of those categories.

Tomlin is a dog. Mahomes is a favorite of more than three. It means that four times those bets are going to lose. This year they haven't been losing at all. And so, wise guys know in this spot, the spot is to play Cleveland.

But it's a little bit scarier because you keep waiting for the other shooter drop. A lot of guys, including myself, thought it would happen last week against the Chargers. No J.K. Dobbins, no Ladd-McConkey, and it looked like it was going to. And then again, the Chiefs kind of fell apart because they have no protection in the offensive line.

So the Browns pressure the ball, pressure the quarterback more than the Chargers and are better at it. And meanwhile, the Chiefs, now they're signing guys off the street to play in the defensive backfield. And if you want to talk about a quarterback who could have a good time slinging it

against a wonky defensive backfield. Let's talk about James. Now, are you potentially going to suffer a pick six that can ruin it for you? Sure. But the wise guys are willing to literally make that bet so they're playing Cleveland. You know, I know the game's a couple of weeks away, but I think it's really interesting. The Ohio State hosting Tennessee first round playoff game to me is one of the more fascinating games ever. So you take a warm weather team from Knoxville.

And everybody's having to wait for the playoff to start. That means the weather is getting uglier. My wife was in Chicago today and she's like, it is cold. So you take a warm weather SEC team up to a superior roster, I believe, in Ohio State. You get an Ohio State team that's got a little insecurity and lack of identity off a historically bad loss. So they'll play with incredible intensity and focus. You know Ohio State really is coming with their hair on fire. Yeah.

And now, Ohio State's O-line is the weak unit on their roster, and the D-line for the volunteers is the strength of their roster. The weather could play a factor. Ohio State's greatest asset is their vertical nature on the perimeter. It could be 38 degrees and windy. I looked at the forecast. Now it's 14 days out or 12 days or 10 days. I looked at it about four days ago, and I'm like, oh, it's going to be 41 degrees. and wet. How does the betting community, or have they looked at that game? Well, right now the number's

seven and a half. People have been talking about it. I think there's a lot of circumstances still to go. I'm looking in the app right now. Not a ton of action on the game at this point. And like, this is so early, you can't really take anything of it. Majority of money and tickets are on Tennessee. I also think a weak spot for Ohio State is their quarterback. He's not sort of an elite passer who can take advantage of the talent they have the elite talent, you know, top round, first round, draft pick talent. They have at Ohio State. You and I have talked about Ohio State a lot. And Ryan Day, the AD came out today and said he supports Ryan Day. He wants Ryan Day to be back as the head coach.

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