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Episode Date: November 1, 2025

All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet.  Nick Wright previews his Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Buffalo Bills in the 10th meeting between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. Later, Nick reacts to John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens' handling of Lamar Jackson's injury leading up to their NFL Week 8 matchup with Caleb Williams' Chicago Bears. Nick breaks down the long history of the Ravens and Lamar not seeing eye to eye on his injury status and whether that spells trouble for Baltimore moving forward. Then, the guys discuss "Nick's Picks" for Week 9 of the NFL season including Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and the Chiefs battling Josh Allen's Bills, Aaron Rodgers leading the Pittsburgh Steelers against Daniel Jones' 7-1 Indianapolis Colts, and Jared Goff's Detroit Lions hosting JJ McCarthy and the Minnesota Vikings. #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yeah, it is Super Bowl week over there in Buffalo and Buffalo's home home dogs this time. I know. What do you think we're going to learn more from, or which team do you think we're going to learn more from in this game? So a lot here, right? And the bill's likely without Ed Oliver, which is brutal for them. The Chiefs definitely without their starting left tackle, Josh Simmons. I do expect him back, by the way, in November,

but he's not going to be there for this game. Trey Smith should be back, which is important. Those are the maybe most noteworthy injuries or absences. For the bills, the real question to me is, can this defense slow down what has become the most pro, with respect to the cults, the most prolific offense in the NFL? That is, that's the question for Buffalo. and for Kansas City, it is actually a similar question in this regard,

which is the Chiefs have, the defense the last two weeks has been unbelievable, but you're playing Marriota and you're playing the Raiders. When they have played legitimate quarterbacks, those teams have moved the ball. Now, listen, the Lions only scored six. 17 points, but they moved the ball. The Prince and the Jags moved the ball. Baltimore, in the three quarters Lamar played, moved the ball.

Philly actually struggled a bit moving the ball, but the Chargers moved the ball. So this Chief's defense, can it generate enough of a pass rush without having to send blitz after blitz after blitz to disrupt Josh Allen? So those are the real The focus is going to be on Allen and Mahomes But as far as learning more About either of these teams It's going to be more about the defensive side of the game

But I will also say this If I were Just to name a few Bill Simmons Or Mike Greenberg Or Jim Rome or Joe Montana or Stephen Ruiz or Dominique Foxworth. Some of these people are my good friends.

Or colleague or Colin Cowherd, my mentor and dear dear friend, any of a dozen people who in September or August definitively declared that the best quarterback in football is Josh Allen, I'd be a little nervous this week. Because 20-some million people are going to watch the Chiefs go to Buffalo in what very well might be the last time Mahomes and Allen ever play in that stadium. and I think they're going to watch Patrick put on an absolute masterclass. And I understand that it was very in vogue as it is every September.

And again, I have been very complimentary of Josh the last couple years, but it was very in vogue to just flatly assert, oh, Josh Allen's the best player in the league, after the first few weeks of the season. And since then, he's been good but not great. The team has been just fine since that 3 and 0 start 2 and 2, and right now this year, the only win the bills have to hang their hat on

is a Ravens win, that Ravens win that has not, I guess, I think it's fair to say, aged amazingly because the Ravens were such a mess the first six weeks of the year. And this gets us to de Monzae, the rivalry question, so go ahead. I'll let you,

Yes, like you said, this is going to be the 10th time that they face each other. So what would Allen need to do in this game for it to be considered a rivalry or a true rivalry? So I under, it is a rivalry. I want to, like, I don't think it's not a rivalry. It's the two best quarterbacks in the league. And it is two of the three best teams in the league over the last. five years. I don't think you can call it the two best teams in the league because I think you

have to give Philadelphia its credit. They've been to two Super Bowls. They've won one. But it is unlike any rivalry we've seen in NFL history where

despite the fact that the teams are you know, in any given year, even or one guy just has a slight advantage. Early on when they were playing, the Chiefs clearly had the better offensive weapons. The bills clearly had the better defense.

The last couple years, the bills probably had the better offensive weapons, offensive line running back core tight ends, you know, and the Chiefs might have actually had the better defense. And one team has consistently won the, the regular season matchups and one team has won every single one of the postseason matchups and it is and i you know ranted about this on the tv show yesterday so i don't have to spend too much time on it here but people so badly want it to be brady peyton and it has just been nothing like brady peyton and it's madden

to me. Brady Peyton was, Peyton was the guy with the multiple MVP's, Peyton was the guy with the crazy stats, and Brady was the one with the rings. In this instance, and by the way, Peyton, in their third playoff matchup, beat Brady, and in their fourth playoff matchup, beat Brady, and in their fifth and final playoff matchup, beat Brady. A fact that nobody seems to remember but me is Peyton finished the Brady-Payton playoff rivalry with a winning record. He was one in two with the Colts and two and O with the Broncos.

But set that aside. Josh and Patrick, Patrick is the one with multiple MVP's. Patrick is the one with the gaudier stats and Patrick is the only one that's ever won. So it is far closer to Jordan Ewing or LeBron Toronto than it is bird magic or Peyton Brady. What are you laughing? LeBron Toronto is crazy. I mean, that's what it's been. I mean, that's what they, even when Toronto had the better regular season record than Cleveland,

even when they were the favorite in the series, which people will pretend didn't happen, but actually did in 2018. What? Mahomes has always had the gaudier stats. I feel like some years Josh Allen was beating Patrick Mahomes out. Well, no. I mean, last year, Josh was literally league MVP. And the year before Josh had better individual numbers.

But I'm talking about for the totality of their careers, Patrick has more passing yards, more touchdowns, fewer turnovers, higher pass rating. And no, no, the last two years, Josh has had the, um, the better numbers. And the last two years, they've played in the playoffs once in Josh's building, once in Patrick's. The last two years, Josh has had the ball in his hands, less than five minutes remaining, down three points, chance to go, slay the dragon.

And the last two years, the bills have walked off the field getting zero points from those drives and the Chiefs celebrating. I mean, that's just what's happened. And so I just, people so badly want Patrick Dabber here, and he just doesn't at this point. And as far as, can this game change that? No. could the, would the bills beating the chiefs in the playoffs finally change that? Sure, but we're a far, a long way from it. All right, let's talk MVP.

Yeah, how far do you think that this game will go and decide in the MVP? Well, and also another follow up on this. Could the loser still be eligible for him? Oh, yeah. I mean, again, we do too much. It's week eight, or we just finished week eight. A lot of people are still eligible. for MVP.

You're not knocked out of it here. But Josh's MVP case right now to me is very shaky. And listen, I was on the record throughout last season that I thought at the end of last season, he was the MVP. But right now this moment, Josh's team has a good but not great record. but that's the same with Patrick. They both have five wins. Josh is, however, 20th in the NFL in passing yards. He is tied for 14th in the NFL in passing touchdowns.

He is ninth in the NFL in passer rating. And you can say, well, you know, we've got to, and we do have to give Josh credit for the rushing piece of it. So he's rushed for 260 yards and has rushed for five touchdowns. The touchdown's more impressive than the yards, obviously, on that note. Josh has not up to this point played like an MVP. And the point I was making earlier after he was unbelievable in that Ravens game and he was unbelievable in the Dolphins game.

That was the game after the Dolphins game. when Mike Greenberg said he's never seen anyone play the position better than Josh Allen. Since those three game, those opening three weeks, he's been mediocre. Against the Saints, through for 200 yards, two touchdowns in a pick. Against the Patriots and a loss, through for two touchdowns, one pick and 253 yards. Against the Falcons and a loss was bad. Two touchdowns, two picks, a 73 rating, 180. yards.

I think it's the Panthers last week, didn't have to do anything. And I mean, they won 40 to 9. You don't hold it against me. He threw for 160 yards. So it is, right now, if we were talking NFL MVP as far as not projection de Manzay on who's going to win it,

but on who, if the award were given out, if we had a mid-season MVP, better candidates than Josh would be Drake May, who honestly, I think would be the mid-season MVP. I think right now this moment, Drake May, you could argue, has been the MVP. Drake has a better case. Jonathan Taylor, if we're going to open it up to running backs,

has a better case. Matthew Stafford. definitely. Doesn't Baker? Like I know he got knocked out, but given the totality, his season has been equal, if not better than Josh Allen's. Up to this point, yes. And so right now, again, if we're voted on right now,

my top five would be Drake, Stafford, Taylor, Baker, and Patrick. And then I think you'd Well, I'm going with Jonathan Taylor as the MVP of that team If it's a quarterback only, then Daniel Jones would have to be involved. Jared Goff, some would argue, and Jalen hurts, I wouldn't argue, but the 20 touchdowns to two turnovers is something else. And the insane passer rating, you know, is something else.

It's just his yards are so low. It's a tough one. But all those guys set Jalen aside because it's such a unique case have stronger MVP cases at this moment than Josh. All right, a couple more questions on this. You joked on Tuesday's show that if the Chiefs lost or won the regular season matchup, that they might be in jeopardy to lose the postseason matchup. Are you at all worried about that with this game coming up? Here's what I find really interesting.

This is the first time these two teams since Patrick and Josh have been there are playing in the regular season with neither one of them in first in their own division. Usually both are in first. This is the only time that neither's been in first. And I do feel that the chiefs historically, have had an edge in the playoff matchup against Buffalo, DeMonze, because Buffalo goes all out for that regular season game, and the Chiefs, to me, have a pretty vanilla game plan.

They obviously want to win, and they've been important games, but a pretty vanilla game plan and try to use that regular season game as a scouting opportunity for the postseason game. I don't know that Kansas City or Buffalo, for that matter, really has that luxury this matchup. Because neither one of these teams say it again. Oh, I was going to assume with folks being hurt, like you can't get a real temperature test. No, no, no. It's because both of these teams are in a real divisional fight.

Neither one of these teams wants to be a wild card. since Josh and Patrick have been there they've never neither one of them ever has been a wild card like and so where you have to start the postseason on the road both of these teams I'm sure believe they are still very alive for the number one seed

the chiefs get to play the cults I don't think the bills and cults play each other do they um they don't you're saying both of them are going going to be going I would think they're all I Yeah, because the chiefs lose this game. I mean, they'll be going into week 10, the seventh seat. The bills lose this game, and New England takes an even stronger hold on the division.

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Listen to Help from a Hypocrite as part of the Mike Coutura Podcast Network available on the IHartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Let's talk about Lamar Jackson and how it seems that Baltimore allowed to lie on their injury report. You know, we've got the whole thing going on with the NBA right now, so it's a sensitive time. But you think that everybody's missing the real story and this debacle? What would that be? So listen, I don't, I understand why of all the weeks to be like, oh, our bad, our quarter. that we said was a full participant was actually limited and he didn't take any reps with the

ones he was actually out with the scout team and that everybody thinks his playing is not playing why this was the worst week imaginable to make that mistake from a conspiratorial perspective i understand that but i do not think that's the story i think that's secondary to the story and the story is, I believe the Ravens lied on the injury report, not to get a competitive advantage, but they lied on the injury report as a way to pressure Lamar Jackson into play. And this Demonsé follows a pattern. and I am going to lay it all out for you with John Harbaugh's own words. And keep in mind, Lamar has no agent.

Lamar is self-represented. There's mom does it. And the reason I say that is because whenever you hear reports about Lamar's status, it only can come from the team. He doesn't have an agent feeding. Rappaportar Schaefter stuff. And so, and by the way, I, can we please get just a sidebar, can we please get real news at some point again? I mean, Carson Wentz evidently has been at a broken entire left side of his body for three weeks,

not reported anywhere. Trayvon Diggs, it suffered a concussion at home. home that has now put him on the IR. We have no info about it. Lamar Jackson, nobody had a clue he might actually miss time and didn't really practice until Saturday morning. And yet, in place of that, instead of getting that real info, what we get is the same five people racing to publish the exact same information seconds ahead. of each other about extensions and undrafted free agents signing with practice squads with agents cited and agencies credited it's just gross and you also like you saw it again yesterday

with um with who is it that oh uh what's his name the great so sirtan ser tan certain Sir Tan got hurt. And Jordan Shultz, to his credit, had it first. And it's like, hey, this is multi-week, four to six weeks maybe, IR is a question. And then we get this, and this might seem unfair, but from one of the biggest insiders, Pat Sir Tan, the reigning defensive player of the year, suffered a pecking strain in the win over the Cowboys. he's considered week to week and could land on IR. But solid news.

What? That's not solid, again, that's not a positive news story. It sucks. It's football. There's injuries. But everything doesn't have to be framed as avoided catastrophe, better than expected. The team is relieved. If everything is better than expected, then nothing is better than expected.

But I digress. to go to the Harbaugh Ravens thing, a Harbaugh-Lam thing. 2021 Lamar hurts his ankle. Week 14. John Harbaugh says about him playing week 15. Again, there are games week 15, 16, 17, 18. About him playing week 15, I'd say he has a chance. it's one of those things.

It's an ankle sprain. If he starts feeling good and everything is all right, we'll check him out probably pregame. So Harbaugh is saying he's going to be a true game time decision. He's in all the preparations and all of that. We'll see where we're at. Lamar did not play again that season. And then after the year, John Harbaugh says,

quote, Lamar felt like he was going to be back. The first week he thought he had a chance. The second week, he assured me, he said, I'll be back. He missed four straight weeks. Then next year, Lamar gets hurt in week 13 during the game. There are five games left plus the playoffs. Harbaugh says, it's not a season-ending type of knee. we'll get more tests tomorrow and let you know how long it's going to be.

We'll see if he can go back this week for week 14. If not, he'll be sometime after that shortly. Lamar missed the rest of the regular season, missed five straight games. The Ravens, Schefter then reports, because Ravens made the playoffs anyway. that Lamar is expected to play in the playoff game, according to sources. Again, there are no Lamar's sources other than the Ravens. Lamar then misses the playoff game,

and then if you remember, tweets out about how it's a grade two, almost a grade three PCL string. And a lot of us, myself included, speculated that had to do with, remember, he didn't have a contract, that he was protecting himself because of the contract, which is totally reasonable. Then there's the hamstring injury this year. After the Rams game, 16 days ago,

John Harbaugh was asked about Lamar, about his optimism surrounding the team going into the buy. And he said, quote, our quarterback is going to be back. That's probably a big one. and then Friday after practice, Harbaugh said, full practice today for Lamar. So that was good.

There is only one way to read those sequence of events. That sequence of events. Lamar and the Ravens are consistently not on the same page about Lamar's injury timelines. and I believe the Ravens listed him as a full participant and talked about him as if it was a certainty that he was going to play on Sunday as a way to pressure him into playing. And then Saturday morning, Lamar shut it all down. I'm not saying who's right and who's wrong in this. it's certainly in play the ravens are just far too optimistic and it's in play that lamar is

the type of player who if he just doesn't feel close to 100%, he doesn't feel comfortable going out there. So be it. I'm not judging any of that. I am saying failing to acknowledge that that is the clear-cut, inarguable history here is failing to just read the transcripts. And it is because of that, DeMonse, that while I think Lamar is going to play Thursday night, I am not certain of it. and even though Harbaugh said yesterday, full practice, we're expecting him to play, I don't think you can be certain. I understand that there's like, you're saying Lamar doesn't have an agent,

but Lamar has somebody that's looking at his body when he goes to get checked on on this type of stuff. Why are they not just talking to the Ravens? I'm kind of confused on why there's not just a doctor or somebody telling, oh, he's out for X amount of weeks. Because what's pretty clear is to me, because yeah, he has a doctor, it's the Ravens doctor. And Todd Monkin alluded to this a week ago about whether or not Lamar had been cleared. What is pretty clear given Harbaugh's comments is throughout all of these injuries. And again, maybe the Ravens team doctor is doing a bad job.

but he has been cleared to play. Each time. And he is saying, I can't. Right. And that I think has frustrated the Ravens over the years. Because the way it works is this. You cannot play without the doctor clearing you.

But once the doctor clears you, you then have to be comfortable to play, obviously. Right. And I am. am reading this as a very obvious pattern of the doctor clearing him and him saying no i'm not comfortable playing again maybe it's the raven's team doctor issue i'm not i i'm really not banging on lamar on this i am saying that there is a clear disconnect between coach medical staff and player now with all that said damasie the raven's a

are now the favorites to win the division. Favorites. And they tie, Snoop Huntley saved their season with an awesome performance. And if you look at their schedule coming up and you look at the Bengals blowing a game just blowing against the Jets and the Steelers getting thoroughly outplayed by the Packers, you fully expect, Monzae, the race. Ravens to win their next four, correct? I mean, they could win the rest of the games if Lamar comes back, but yeah, 100%.

Yeah. I mean, sure, they could win any of those individual games. But you would be stunned if they lose any of the next four. At Miami Thursday night, at the Vikings who are a mess, at the Browns, who have the worst offense in football, home for the jet. So they should be six and five going into the meat of going into the stretch run. Where in those final six weeks, they have two games against the Bengals, two games against the Steelers, a Packers game, and a Patriot game.

And throw that schedule back up, they will be. favored in every game they play until week 17. They will be favored obviously in all their home games, and they will be road favorites against Tua, J.J. McCarthy, whoever the Browns quarterback is at that point, and Joe Flacko. And then they'll be,

so they've got a shot. Now, here is a real scenario, we've got on our hands, which would be hilarious. Let's say the Patriots have some gaudy record, which they could. They're six and two already. Let's say Patriots go 12 and 5. I think it's totally reasonable given...

I think the Patriots play one game the rest of the way against AFC teams currently in the playoff picture. Okay? It's their second Bills game. So let's say they go 12 and 5 and win the AFC East. And the bills also go 12 and 5, okay? But the Patriots win the AFC East. This is a tiebreaker.

And the Ravens go 8 and 9, but that's good enough to win the AFC North. They split with Cincinnati. They split with Pittsburgh. they lose the Packer game and what's their record right now? Two and five?

Yeah. Whatever it is. They go eight and nine, but it's enough to win the AFC North. The Ravens, the eight and nine Ravens hosting in the playoffs, the 12 and five Buffalo Bills,

or the 12 and five New England Patriots, or the 12 and five Denver Broncos or if I'm wrong about the Chiefs, the 12 and 5, like the rate, the worst division winner, no matter the record, will host the best wild card. And the best wild card in the AFC this year is going to have a great record, be it the Pats, be it the bills, be it the Chiefs, be it the Chargers, be it the Broncos. One of those teams is going to win 11, maybe 12 games and have to go to an eight or nine win, Baltimore or Cincinnati or Pittsburgh.

And it's just what's going to happen. And so, all right. All right, flip side is the Bears game. The Bears. So Caleb made some more errors that Ravens defense that everybody's been talking trash about. They look pretty good. Well, I don't know people are talking trash

or they were just watching the game. They've been bad. They've been pretty bad. But yeah, how many more errors or how long were you give Caleb before you give up on him? Well, I'm not going to give up on him anytime soon, but he wasn't good. I mean, I'm not going to act like he was good. And that was a huge missed opportunity for them, for him and for them. And you'd like to give him a pass, be like, oh, they were on a four-game winning streak.

They were bound to lose. But losing that game in that fashion to tie him. Huntley and Caleb playing that mediocre is a huge disappointment. Now, I still think, as I was saying when I was doing the playoff picture before, they're super live. Right now they're in eighth place and I think San Francisco's going to be trending in the wrong direction. And their next two to Monzae, their next three, I should say, are Bengals, Giants, Vikings.

So the Bears should be. seven and three. They should be seven and three going into a really tough stretch of games. But Caleb's got to play better. There's no way around it. Caleb flatly has to play better. And I think at this point, I think everybody can acknowledge and accept that. Do you think that Chicago's more committed to Caleb or Ben Johnson? He's fully committed to both. I mean, the thing is this, Ben took the job because of Caleb. Right.

So he wants to make this work, but Caleb's got to play better. There's no, there's no sugar coding that. By the way, if you're thinking about upgrading to the all new iPhone 17 pro designed to be the most powerful iPhone ever, but you're also thinking about the traffic on your way to the store or transferring all your data, good news. when you order a new phone online with boost mobile they'll send an expert to your home how about that or home or work to deliver your brand new iphone pro and get you set up on boost mobile within minutes no hassle so how about that you get the new iphone it comes right to you and a tech comes in get all your stuff transferred get you set up on the network visit boostmobile.com to get started

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Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts. We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember.

I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys.

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This is going to change my life and my family dynamic forever, because everything that had existed prior in my reality is now untrue. Listen to Deep Cover, The Family Man, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. When you listen to podcasts about AI and tech and the future of humanity, the hosts always act like they know what they're talking about and they are experts at everything. Here, the Nick Dick and Poll show, we're not afraid to make mistakes. What Coogler did that I think was so unique. He's the writer-director.

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the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite as part of the Mike Cultura Podcast Network available on the IHartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Here are my five picks this week. First pick is Detroit minus eight and a half going up against Minnesota. Golf evidently is eight and O against the spread against the Vikings in his lion's career. The lions are on extended rest. Minnesota right now might be a total mess. I think the Lions defense, which against bad quarterbacks really can get after you, could give J.J. McCarthy hell.

And we don't know if J.J. McCarthy, how hurt was he or how much were they hiding him? And what we do know about the Lions, the Lions love pouring it on. The Lions love annihilating teams. And so I don't mind laying the eight and a half points. I love the lions in this spot. One of my, maybe my favorite play of the week. It's the first one, Detroit minus eight and a half. Yeah.

Never been so sure about minus eight to half spread. I'm very confident in that one. Pittsburgh plus three versus Indy. So I'm very, you saying you're very confident in that one. Oh, you're getting off in that? No, no, no, not at all. I'm just curious if that means it's going to be the Detroit money. line is going to be a leg of your teaser.

Oh, yeah. No, that's good. Because you like eight point teasers, and if you like a minus eight and a half, you like that to me is a pretty good for your eight point teaser, a pretty good teaser. Pretty good. All right, Pittsburgh plus three against Indy. Tomlin at home getting at least a field goal. All these numbers, we went against them last week.

Green Bay, we said we didn't care, and we were right. We're going back with them this week. Off a loss, Tomlin, 61 and 47 against the spread. They're 25 and 15 against the spread as an underdog off an outright loss. And 12 and 4 against the spread as a home dog off a straight up loss. Tomlin, 22, 8, and 3 as a home dog against the spread. Now, the Steelers defense against that offense does worry you a bit. But Rogers has been good.

again, I'm getting three points. I don't feel spectacular about this from having watched that Steelers defense over the course of season and watched the Colts offense. But there is just all of Tomlin's history says

if you're giving him at least three points at home, he doesn't lose, he covers. That was the case last week and he didn't and we sniffed it out. I don't think it's going to happen back to back. like Pittsburgh plus three. Next.

San Francisco minus two and a half going up because the Giants. Listen, this is just a play that the Giants season ended with the blown game to Denver. And last week they got bullied by the Eagles and they lost another key player in Scataboo due to injuries. So no Scataboo, no neighbors. Weird noise this week surrounding their D-line, with Carl Banks calling out Dexter Lawrence, with Tibodeau potentially being on the trade block. I think the Giants are floundering a bit.

I don't really think it matters which Niners quarterback plays all lay the two and a half with the Giants going east coast to West Coast, all lay the two and a half with San Francisco. Next. Who would have thought you got the Chiefs minus one and a half at Buffalo? Listen, I just think the Chiefs, are the best team in the league and I'm laying less than a field goal. This is the, the sharp side is going to say, I would imagine,

getting points with the bills at home. You have to do it. I don't care about that. And a lot of Mahomes is against the spread, grizzly against the spread numbers the last few years have to do with the chiefs being big favorites. They are not big favorites here. They're tiny favorites.

I think the chiefs win by at least a field goal. I'll lay the point in a half. And last one, this is the one I added when I took out Cowboys. Yeah, Seattle minus 3 at Washington. Yeah. Listen, I don't love the West Coast to East. However, Washington is banged up. The defense has been bad.

I do think Jaden's going to play. But I think Seattle is one of the more underrated teams in the league right now. And Seattle's one of the only teams that going West Coast, coast to east actually helps them as far as covering 17, 8, and 2 over the last basically half decade when they're playing on the East Coast. I think Seattle's really good. I think Washington is bad and injured. I'll take Seattle minus three.

So we are going to Monzae with four favorites. We are going with Detroit laying eight and a half against Minnesota. San Francisco laying two and a half against the Giants. Kansas City laying one and a half at Buffalo. Seattle laying three at Washington, and the one dog is Pittsburgh plus three at home against the 7-1 Indianapolis Colts. Hey guys, it's us and the Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick. And guess what? We created our own podcast called, Hey, Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions.

Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it, but, you know, tired and sick. Tired and sick. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Another podcast from some SNL, late-night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smigel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel,

help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and friends on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Joey Dardano, and on my new podcast,

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the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite Wednesdays on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm C.J. Toledano. It's our favorite time of the year on our podcast point game, the playoffs. We're digging into the biggest surprises of the season, and I'm looking back on some of my greatest playoff moments.

If we didn't talk ever again, I was harmed. You just understood. That's how personal it got. Wow. Then after that game seven, Mark keep coming to him. He's like, you know, I love you, dog. You know, it's all love. This was just playoffs.

This was just basketball. So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This week on Crimless, Rory and I welcome a very special guest. When I did a podcast, I wear my sleep mask. I like where this is going. So if you guys will indulge me. That's right. The incredibly talented and hilarious willfare.

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