The Herd with Colin Cowherd - What's Wright - NFL Week 2 Picks: Nick Wright PREDICTS Eagles-Chiefs, Jaguars-Bengals, Falcons-Vikings & more!

Episode Date: September 12, 2025

Nick Wright shares his best bets for Week 2 of the NFL season including Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs taking on Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles, Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars taking on Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, Michael Penix Jr.'s Atlanta Falcons battling JJ McCarthy and the Minnesota Vikings, and more! #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And the down one really made it to where you're in trouble on that. So that wasn't in bad shape. And Miami obviously was one of the worst picks of the weekend. The other three, though, two of them were true, never a doubters. And one, we just did a great job waiting to get optimal line value. Cleveland plus five against Cincinnati. They should have won outright. Raiders plus two and a half against New England.

They did win outright. And we talked about this Tuesday, but I'll talk about it again. If you bet Buffalo against Baltimore early in the week, you lost because it was Buffalo minus one and a half. And that wouldn't have been, by the way, one of my picks. But as soon as Buffalo, a great team was getting points at home, that is an odd of barring a catastrophic injury. That is an auto bet.

That might actually come up this week as well. Buffalo Plus 1 was the other winner. So we are 3 and 2. We will take 3 and 2 every single week of the year. Now that's, you know, 60% clip. We'd be happy with it. Let's see how we do this week, DeMonze. Tell America my first pick.

We're coming in at New England plus 1 at Miami. Oh. So this is DeMonze. me still leaning a bit on what I thought about teams before the year and trying not to overreact to week one. So now you might say you can over, you know, you are overreacting to week one by betting against Miami. This is not, it's not my point.

My point is this. I think New England right now, going into the year, I thought New England would be solid. They obviously didn't look at in week one. But I also thought the Raiders were going to be a good team. team. I don't think America, and I don't think the books think the Raiders necessarily are a good team, and so they look at that Patriot loss as a total indictment. I don't necessarily look at it that way. I do look at Miami as a team that going into the year was teetering, and we said, you know, needed to get off to a good start, and instead they played as poorly,

basically as poorly as any team in the league this first weekend. And so because of that, I'm getting a point. I think Vrable is the better coach. I think Drake May should be the better quarterback. We'll see if he is. I think that they will try to run at Miami, and I think New England will be able to confuse and disrupt Tua. And so I like New England getting the one point in Miami.

Again, it's not supposed to be crazy hot down there this weekend. That's something that happens sometimes September games in Miami. They get that home heat edge. Now, I understand that Tua and McDaniel are 4 and O, you know, undefeated against the spread and straight up against the Patriots, that's not great. But I think it all could fall apart in Miami. I think this is an absolute true must win for New England if they have any playoff hopes.

You can't start the year off losing to the Raiders at home and then losing to the dolphins after they got boat raced. And so I will take it's to their fun. It's done. It's over for them. And so I will take New England plus a point. Your feelings on that. I'm actually going with the dolphins in my herd picks.

I think I've got the minus one and a half or some minus one. I don't know what the line is. Okay. Yeah, one probably. Well, because I think it might be. Yeah. But yeah, so I'm fading you there, but yeah, hopefully that's a one and over for you. Okay.

All right. Well, I don't love that. I'll tell you to be honest. But that's okay. All right, pick two. Next, you've got Jacksonville plus three at Cincinnati. Listen, I got to tell you, I'm wishing we were doing this show later in the week because my guess is this thing kicks off at three and a half.

And that's a very, very, very, very valuable half point. But still, I think Jacksonville's better than Cincinnati. I think the Jacksonville best part of their defense is their pass rush. And I think Cincinnati is going to struggle with it. I think that Cincinnati is not going to be able to cover. Brian Thomas Jr. who needs, you know, should have a bigger game than he had in week one. And Travis Hunter, you know, was open for a 70-yard touchdown and Trevor just missed him.

I think that we have seen Cincinnati's early season woes are not just a week one thing. They're one and 11 in weeks one and two, you know, or two and 11 now in the Zach Taylor era. I think Jacksonville wins this game outright. If Cincinnati does win, I think it's similar to this past week where it is, you know, a very, very tight game that Cincinnati escapes with. Joe Burrow in his career is three and eight against the spread in weeks one or two. Meanwhile, Trevor Lawrence has covered in five straight games, which is long as that streak in the NFL because Vegas still underestimates the Jacksonville Jaguars. We did not bet them in week one because I don't love laying points with Jacksonville, but getting points, I will do it.

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We are only betting one favorite this week. Tell America what it is. He's got Arizona minus six and a half of. versus Carolina. So I think Carolina might be truly, truly awful. And until proven otherwise, if I have a team that I think could, you know, be frisky adjacent and it's there at home and laying less than a touchdown against Carolina, I'll take them.

I think that that Jonathan Gannon defense, now that he finally has some personnel, could really give Kyler Murray trouble. I also think that Kyler himself could make some, could have some success against that Carolina defense. I also think that Carolina in week one was a top, candidate for the team that looked the most out of sorts and the most like, what were you guys doing all off season? And so because of that, I mean, I think people didn't watch that game in part because it was Jags, Panthers, I understand, but also in part because there was that hour plus rain delay or weather delay that screwed things up.

But this game, Carolina's finished with 10 points, and seven of them were total garbage time just get to the locker room. End of game, you know, nonsense. Jacksonville scored 20 points on its first four possessions and then basically just kicked it into, you know, second gear and coasted home. Travis Etienne ran all over Carolina. and I just think Carolina is really, really bad, and I'm not having to lay more than a touchdown. I will lay the six and a half with Arizona. All right.

Yeah, so I'm with you there. Six and a half is a lot of Arizona. But, but yeah, Carolina sucks. Yeah, I mean, it's a lot of points to lay, but if, yeah, I guess here's my point. I think that they, as long as they can get to 17, they'll cover. Like, I think Carolina is going to, struggle to break 10 points.

And if they get to, if Arizona gets to 21, I'm certain they'll cover. And so I just think Bryce is going to struggle against that Gannon defense. I'll lay the six and a half. Next, you've got Kansas City plus one versus Philly. Listen, I'm just telling you guys right now, every time Patrick Mahomes is healthy and he's a home dog, he's an auto bet. and it's only happened a couple times in his career. And by the way, one of them was, I think, against Buffalo in the regular season and they lost.

I don't care. It is a must bet. It is wildly insulting for the chiefs to be home dogs this early in the season against a team, at any point, really, but against a team that didn't look that good in week one. We spent a lot of time discussing this game at the top of the show. we don't have to spend more time on it here. I'm just telling you the Chiefs getting points in Arrowhead in a game they want. I don't know if we want to say need, but a need adjacent is a must fire.

And so the Chiefs plus one in a game, I expect them to win outright. I'm just betting that every single time. You hate it. I don't have you. I mean, I wouldn't take it. But, uh, I know you wouldn't. That's fine. Listen, and to your point, as far as my kind of blind, unwavering faith, it was a whole two games ago that everyone thought they were about to win their third straight Super Bowl.

100%. I mean, this team is just totally, it's been a long two games that has led from everyone believing this team is about to pull off the unprecedented impossible three-peat to are they actually even going to make the playoffs. I may listen maybe my faith is unwavering or maybe everyone else is just out of their mind you're trying to say it's two games as if it's been like two days so this also been like so well yeah what's that got to do with anything it's just people being bored all right ever sign up for a phone plan thinking wow amazing price and a few months later surprise your bills hire boost mobile you pay $25 a month forever unlimited talk text and data starting at just $25 a month No price hikes, no contract forever.

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So you got Atlanta plus four and a half at Minnesota. Oh, you just got it. You got an extra half point. Yeah, I like this at Atlanta plus four, but it's a hard rock bet as of this morning. And again, we're doing this Wednesday morning. It's four and a half. So here's the deal. I thought it was a great win by the Vikings Monday night.

But they didn't look like awesome. Atlanta played a team that I think. is really good in Tampa and played them right down to the wire, had a Young Way Coo kick to force overtime that he just pushed right. And I'm getting points. It's a Pinnix J.J. McCarthy National Championship game rematch. Minnesota's on a short week. It would not shock me at all if Atlanta wins this game.

Minnesota is not to me in a position where they're going to be blowing anybody out as J.J. McCarthy is a kind of, you know, work in. progress so i i was i was shocked by this line i thought it was going to be minnesota minus two and a half minnesota minus four and a half is just too attractive and again pinnicks has shown you a not a lot but enough in his limited sample of like oh okay you know i i see what we're working with here again i could see this being 20 to six 17 Atlanta, much less, you know, in 20 to 17, Minnesota, I still win. And so I like Atlanta in this spot, indoors, short week, Minnesota,

Atlanta coming off a tough loss, Minnesota coming off, you know what I mean, a kind of great win. Those factors kind of play against each other the following week. So, Damase, my five picks this week. Once again, we're going with four dogs. we have New England plus one at Miami, Jacksonville plus three at Sense, Arizona, minus eight and a half at home against Carolina, Kansas City plus one at home against Philly and Atlanta plus four and a half at Minnesota. Now, to your teaser, my friend, one in O last week to remind America what a great teaser it was. You had a three-team eight-point teaser at even money. You had Dallas getting 16. They could have won. one outright. You had Cleveland getting 13. They could have won outright. You had Buffalo getting nine.

They did win outright. This is going to be a hard one to top. Let me hear what you got. Yeah. I mean, you're probably not. You're not going to dig this one. But we got a three team eight point team teaser. It's at plus 100 just like last

weeks. We're teasing Tampa Bay up to 10 and a half. And we're teasing the Jags up to 11. And then we're going to tease Philly up to 7. I hate going against the grain like this. I love you, Pops, but I got to take that.

And I know it's T's across the zero, but it's only one point. It's like Philly. And you're getting key numbers there. I don't hate it, DeMonsei. Because I don't think the Chiefs are going to have, like, without Xavier and Rishi,

what are the Chief's paths to winning by double digits, which is You know what I mean? Like very slim. Philly disaster. Like I think that's disastrous. Yeah. If you get blown out by the chiefs when they don't have their top two receiver, sure.

Yeah. And so like my game pick for KC. Philly is 2724, Kansas City. And I love the other legs of it. So you're getting Tampa. We talked about this game earlier. Tampa is playing the Texans. You're getting Tampa and you're getting 10.5.

And you're getting 10.5. points on Monday night and Jacksonville against Cincinnati and you're getting 11 points. I like this one a lot, DeMonze. You get through all the key numbers, your, again, like you said, tease through the zero is not ideal, but it this is one. I feel like that's one. It's a little different. Yes, agreed.

Uh, I'm going to give this an A. Like I, I like this teaser a lot. I think this is, I think that's a sharp bet. And I also think that. Like Jacksonville and Tampa also have massive, even if the game really gets away from them against, for Jacksonville against that defense in Cincinnati. And Tampa with just Baker's kind of disposition, the chance for a backdoor late touchdown, down 14 points or even down 17 points to cover. I love it. So listen, I think that's really good.

Do it. All right. The offer last week missed. It was in theory one pass away from hitting because we needed two Trevor touchdowns. He finished with one. You would have needed under one Trevor Interception. He finished one and the Jags to win. But he had Travis Hunter for what could have been a 70-yard touchdown and J.C.

Horn just snagged it out of the air. but I smartly stayed away from it. What is this week's teaser offer option? The offer, we're going to follow up with what we saw on Monday night football with Caleb and the Bears. So they had a good game script and they were ahead with everything early, but then they blew it. So the offer this week is Chicago first half plus three and a half mixed with Detroit minus five and a half at plus 500. So it's Chicago to cover in the first half, Detroit to cover in the game.

I get five and a half. And I say this with respecting kindly. This is maybe the worst offer we've had yet. I hate this one so much. I understand that that is what happened last week. I am not interested in betting Chicago plus three and a half and trying to just barely win that so then I'm on pace to win Detroit minus five and a half. That is, I would need 10 to 1 odds, not 5 to 1.

I am going to kindly reject the offer for the second straight week. I do, however, have, before we wrap the show, something that I think the producers are going to really be interested in, DeMonze. So, you know, my friends at Splash Sports doing these survivor pools with them. Season started, so, you know, what are we going to do? they presented me with an idea of what if starting i think not this week but next week so it would start in week three and they said for this one they might put a guarantee on it i think a hundred thousand dollar guarantee and 50 bucks it would be 50 bucks to enter so you would need what 2,000 people to hit the guarantee but whatever that's their money not mine

it is an anytime touchdown survivor pool So every week you have to pick one person to score a touchdown. You then can't use that person again, obviously, all year. And it's that, you know, you miss one and you're out. I think that's a pretty fun one. That is a fun. I've never thought of an anytime touchdown survivor pool. He's so much more awesome.

But the producers love themselves in any time touchdown bet. They just love it. So I think we might get that going with Splash Sports for starting in week three. So that would be super fun. So I think that's, I think we're going to do that. Hey guys, it's us. The Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe.

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