The Kevin Sheehan Show - QB Covid Shortage; Game Moved to Tuesday

Episode Date: December 18, 2021

Kevin with a late podcast after a busy day of new Covid cases and a new Washington-Philadelphia game date/time. Kevin had Zach Berman who covers the Eagles for The Athletic on the show to talk about w...hy and how the Eagles have become one of the hotter teams in the NFL. Kevin finished up with four weekend "Smell Test" picks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:02 You don't want it. You don't need it. But you're going to get it anyway. The Kevin Chean Show. Here's Kevin. All right, guys, getting the podcast out late. Wanted all of the news from earlier to clear. It has, for the most part.
Starting point is 00:00:18 It doesn't mean there won't be more tonight, tomorrow, Sunday, etc. But the headlines are Washington's game with Philadelphia moved from Sunday at 1 to Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Financial. And the other headline of the day is that Taylor Heineke was added to the COVID-19 reserve list. One of three players today added to the Washington COVID list. They've got 23 total now on the list. I knew this morning when I got done with the radio show that there were going to be, excuse me, more positive tests. I had no idea it was going to be Taylor Heineke. And I also had a sense that there was going to be a post-Postepard.
Starting point is 00:01:02 opponent of the game and a rescheduling of the game. So I wanted to wait for that news to come out. By the way, go to the team 980.com, listen to Ron Rivera on the show with me this morning. He did indicate that the league was still looking into the possibility of rescheduling the game, which it then did. And in the midst of the conversation with Ron, he said, I got to go, I got to take this call, live radio. And we went to a commercial break, came back on the other. side of the commercial break and I said, well, was it good news, bad news? And he said, ah, there was a meeting I was supposed to be on. But I think now, realizing that Taylor Heineke, about 30 minutes later,
Starting point is 00:01:44 it was announced that he had tested positive. I think that's the news he was getting in that moment. I don't know that for sure. But I think it was something much bigger than he was late for a meeting where he had forgotten about a meeting. Anyway, there you go. Washington, Philadelphia, Tuesday at 7. The Rams Seahawks game has been moved from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday at 7 as well. And the Cleveland Raiders game scheduled for tomorrow has been moved to Monday at 5. That'll precede the already scheduled Minnesota-Chicago Monday night game. Cleveland, the Rams, and the skins are the three teams with major outbreaks right now. And the league accommodated them, made it easier for them to potentially get more players back and ready for significant playoff stakes games.
Starting point is 00:02:38 Now, their opponents aren't very happy. The Seahawks aren't very happy that they've got to play on Tuesday. The Raiders aren't very happy. Mark Davis, the owner of the Raiders, suggesting that the league had a policy in place back in July that said teams would forfeit games if they were having an outbreak. But the league rolled out the actual wording from their policy that was sent to all 32 NFL teams back in July. If the postponement was caused by an outbreak among unvaccinated players on a team, then that team would be forfeited. That's not the case. This is not a case of unvaccinated players being the central part of the outbreak. In fact, most of the players in this outbreak are vaccinated players, and they are also, for the most part,
Starting point is 00:03:32 80% of Washington's players asymptomatic. The league yesterday updated their COVID protocols. They made it easier for players to come off the list than it was before. than before. The net of it is this. You're able to test more frequently, two negatives. You don't have to have negatives within a 24-hour period. You're off the list. But perhaps the most significant new path to returning to the roster from the COVID-19 reserve list
Starting point is 00:04:11 is if your viral load, meaning the amount of COVID you have in your body, if it's a level that means you're contagious, you stay on the list. If it's a level that means you're not contagious anymore, even if you've tested positive, you come off the list. So by deductive reasoning, players who have been on this list longer will have a better opportunity to return sooner. So as you look at Washington's current list, players that have been on the list for a while, Montez-Swed is an unvaccinated player, had to sit the 10 days in quarantine.
Starting point is 00:04:55 He comes off Saturday. Jack Del Rio did say if he's cleared, he's got a chance to play on Sunday. And now on Tuesday, the chances are even higher that Montez Sweat returns to the lineup. Casey Two Hill, John Allen are players that tested positive. earlier in the week in the case of Toohill on Sunday morning. You would think that they've got a chance to be available for a Tuesday night game. Taylor Heineke, Daniel Wise, Wendell Smallwood, the latest players added to the list, probably a longer shot of being available for the game on Tuesday night. But maybe Kyle Allen, who went to this list on Wednesday, has a decent shot of being available for the game on Tuesday night.
Starting point is 00:05:43 Washington signed Garrett Gilbert, longtime journeyman quarterback. He was on the Patriots practice squad. Garrett Gilbert right now would very likely be your starting quarterback for Washington on Tuesday night if Kyle Allen or Taylor Heineke can't go. Why not Kyle Shermer, who's been on the practice squad? I have no idea, but the reporting was that Gilbert would be more likely than not the guy to come in and start. He has started seven total games in his career. the last one was last year against the Steelers as a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles aren't happy with Washington's situation. Rodney McLeod's safety for the Eagles tweeted,
Starting point is 00:06:26 so we have to suffer and compromise our schedule because of another team's mistake. Make it make sense shaking my head. Well, there's no proof that Washington made a mistake in this particular case. And I think it's safe to say there are going to be more COVID cases throughout the league over the next couple of days. Let's hope that in terms of the major rescheduling that we have finished that for the weekend, but I wouldn't bet on it. But Rodney McLeod is clearly ignorant of the situation. His assumption that somehow Washington made a mistake, there's no proof of that, and there is no indication from the league that Washington made any kind of mistake that caused this outbreak.
Starting point is 00:07:19 So there you go. Tuesday night, 7 p.m., Washington, Philadelphia. The line is back down to 8. It went to 12 earlier in the day. It's crazy. I've got a smell test later on in the show, which I recorded earlier. You're going to hear an interview with Zach Berman from the athletic. He covers the Eagles. I'm going to leave it as I recorded it with him earlier this morning because most of it is not dated. Most of it is just about the state of the Eagles team. And that will be the show. Obviously, no Washington wins if, no Washington Philadelphia prediction. We'll save all of that for Tuesday. All right, that's it. For now, Zach Berman from the Athletic. You'll hear my interview with him right after these words from a few of our sponsors.
Starting point is 00:08:06 All right, let's talk Eagles with Zach Berman, who covers the Eagles for the Athletic. You can follow him on Twitter at Z-B-E-R-M. First of all, I'm just curious, Zach, because the two teams are six and seven. This is a significant game, significant game in the wild card race. Are you guys shocked that you're in this position, given what you thought the team was before the year or at various points during the season? I'm surprised that the Eagles are in the contention for the playoffs, certainly. Now, I mean, six and seven you wouldn't typically think would be a playoff contender type team.
Starting point is 00:08:55 But the reality is, you know, with an additional game this season and the middle of the conference is wide open, I give them credit for turning the season around. They're a different team now than they were, say, Halloween or before Halloween. we, you know, they, they, they really shifted after that Las Vegas game. They've gained some momentum here. They're running the ball well. They're relying on their offensive lines. So I'm surprised with how they turn the season around.
Starting point is 00:09:25 I mean, they've become the number one rush offense in the NFL, and a big part of that is Jalen Hertz. As of now, what do you expect Sunday a quarterback? Well, it's, you know, I hate to be ambiguous, but honestly, I thought Jalen Hurts was going to play going into the Jetty. him in hand play. And I was at, you know, I was at practice yesterday, and I'll be at practice today. And he's out there.
Starting point is 00:09:51 He's not running the way he would when he's fully healthy. You know, I think part of this is the team doesn't want him out there if he's not going to run the, if he's not his full self, right? If he's just sitting there in the pocket, that's not what you want. I'm going to Jell and Hurt as a quarterback. So I still think he's going. the play, but again, I'm not basing that on anything other than I usually think when a quarterback is practicing at some variety and he's been limited, that he'll push the play Sunday.
Starting point is 00:10:25 I have Ron Rivera every Friday on my radio show, and he just told me a few minutes ago, they're kind of planning on potentially seeing both of them. Do you think that's a possibility on Sunday? I would be surprised if it's both of them. I think it would be, I think for Washington's fig they should prepare for both of them because you don't know which one it's going to be. And they are different types of quarterback. But I don't think it's going to be a two-quarterback system. I think if Hurt is deemed healthy enough to play, it's going to be hurt. Otherwise, it'll be MNshundscher.
Starting point is 00:10:59 I know that market a little bit. I mean, we're NFC East, you know, families. We know the Philadelphia, Dallas and Giants fan bases. I'm curious as to what the fan base reaction is this week. Do they want Minshu after the game he had against the Jets, or do they want Hertz back in there? You know, I think it's not the type of thing where, you know, they're calling for the backup quarterback to start.
Starting point is 00:11:27 But I do think they want more out of jail and hurt. Frankly, I think with the quarterback situation, there's more curiosity, not about Sunday, but about long-term. Who's going to be the quarterback week one of the 2022 season, right? but I don't think the quarterback debate between Hertz and Minchu is as pronounced right now because it's really injury-related. If Hertz is healthy, Hurts is the guy. The rushing attack's been phenomenal.
Starting point is 00:11:56 Again, Hertz being a big part of that, but they've run it against some decent defensive teams like the Saints, like Denver. And I'm just wondering, I mean, if you run the football in this league and you're You dominate time of possession. You know, you've got a chance to beat almost anybody. Look, they could have beaten the Chargers. Jalen Rager dropped two passes that would have beaten the Giants at the end of that game. Do you think that Philadelphia is a good team or they're just playing well right now?
Starting point is 00:12:28 Well, I think if you subscribe to the belief that you win the games on the lines of scrimmage, the reason Eagles are running the ball well, I mean, you've mentioned Hertz. and hurts are certainly a factor. The reason they're running the ball well is because their offensive line is playing extraordinarily well. And just about every week, the offensive line is the better team at the line of scrimmage. And that's what's pacing them. And unless Jason Kelsey's not out there, unless Lane Johnson's not out there, unless Jordan Amaya Lott is not out there, I don't see that changing. So earlier this year, they were missing guys there.
Starting point is 00:13:06 They're missing Lane Johnson, and that certainly affected them. I think that this isn't just a team playing well. I think this is a good team from the inside out. They are, in order to beat the Eagles, you're going to have to beat their line of scrimmage. You're going to have to beat them at the line of scrimmage, and that's hard to do. What about defensively? You feel the same way about their defensive front? Has it been playing at that level that we thought it could be, you know, at the beginning of the year?
Starting point is 00:13:36 frankly no they have not been and you know I think that group has underperformed relative to my expectations I still think they have a lot of talent there and they can still make some noise there losing Brandon Graham
Starting point is 00:13:52 and week two really hurt them you know you you look at the defensive tackles Jvonne Hargraves having a career season Fletcher Cox only has one back I mean Washington fans know what Fletcher can do they need more from their edge guys they have a lot of talent there, but they answer your question succinctly, no, they haven't played up to the standard that I expected. Just out of curiosity, has Ryan Kerrigan been an impact or not?
Starting point is 00:14:18 No, he has not. And, you know, I would put him in that category of players who I thought were going to be better for them on the defensive line than they've been. So what's the opinion right now of the Washington situation? We're sitting here talking on Friday morning, and the leagues loosened up their protocols a little bit. Ron Rivera seems to be optimistic that some of these players that are on the COVID list right now would be available for a 1 o'clock Sunday game. He also implied that there's still a possibility the game could get moved to like Monday, which would give them more time to get players back. But what's the general feeling in Philly about Washington's COVID situation?
Starting point is 00:15:05 I mean, it's unfortunate. It's a shame. It's a reality of the world we're in right now, right? But I don't think Eagles fans or the Eagles are hoping this game gets moved back. And frankly, I mean, Eagles are in the same situation as Washington in the division race. I'm sorry, in the wild card race that if this game gets moved back, then all of a sudden they're at a disadvantage for the Giants game the next week, right? So, you know, if that game gets moved, if the game gets moved to Monday or Tuesday,
Starting point is 00:15:36 then you're playing a must-win game on short rest when the Eagles have been off for over a week. So I think if you ask the Eagles, they want this game played Sunday at once. I saw something that you wrote this week, and I'm just curious. I'd like you to describe it to everybody. So for those that don't remember, the draft in April in that first round, You know, Philly traded up with Dallas, you know, two teams in the division trading with each other to take Devante Smith. Parsons then went to the Cowboys. Is there any regret, you know, a passing on Micah Parsons given his performance? Well, it's an interesting question because if you remember during the draft, leading up to the draft, Parsons was mostly viewed as an off-ball line backer.
Starting point is 00:16:31 I think if the Eagles considered him an edge rusher, it would perhaps change the conversation. But because of the premium they placed on that position, but they weren't going to take an edge rusher. I'm sorry, they were not going to take a linebacker of that high, number one. And number two, I think, you know, the Eagles also, they couldn't miss on the pick. And Devonte Smith, he's a, he's an upstanding. player. But he was also, he was a safe pick in that Heisman Trophy winner, prolific production, you know, clean off the field, all the intangibles you want. And if you compare that to, if they had taken a player who sat out last year and you're projecting him from going from
Starting point is 00:17:19 linebacker the defensive end, that's a much riskier pick. So I think given the fact that the Eagles miss on some earlier first round pick, they couldn't afford to miss this past year. I think they absolutely hit it with DePonte Smith. I mean, you know, Parsons has been outstanding this year. I also think Smith's going to be one of the better receivers in the league for a long time coming. I totally agree with you on Smith. I love Tim. Look, the bottom line is beyond what you just said about position, there were some red flags on Parsons coming out.
Starting point is 00:17:51 I think some teams didn't even have him on their board. And, you know, Dallas has always been one of those teams that ignores some of that. stuff. We're talking to Zach Berman. Zach writes for the athletic, as I always urge you when we have guys like Ben Standing and David Aldridge and everybody from the athletic on, subscribe to the athletic. I'm a subscriber. It's totally worth it, especially if you're a big NFL fan. You can read everything that they're saying in the other market as well. So last two for you. If Washington were totally healthy, and let's just say, you know, the injured players, which by the way, are a big deal, Zach, because Terry McClure and J.D. McKissick are both in concussion protocol,
Starting point is 00:18:36 and they're rather significant to the team. And then you've got 21 players, you know, in COVID, on the COVID list, if they were to somehow miraculously be close to full strength, what do you think about the matchup? And then B, what do you think about the matchup if they come in completely compromised with missing players? Yes, it's the first part of the question. I mean, I think, I thought they were going to split, Eagles, and Washington, and that very well still might be the case. I thought it would have been a fairly even matchup, you know, if there wasn't these COVID concerns. You know, you look at Washington's defensive line, which is supposed to be the strength of the team,
Starting point is 00:19:20 obviously. It's a different conversation of Jonathan Allen out there. You know, it's a different conversation if some of their blue-chip players are out there. And so I would look at that. And then certainly you mentioned Terry McCorn. But given the fact that Washington has an underman roster right now, I would lean toward the Eagles in this game. And, you know, I mean, that's not really a bold opinion.
Starting point is 00:19:46 I think the lines up to what, 9 points, 10 points? Yeah, 9.5.10. So clearly biggest thinks the same thing. Yeah. Actually, I lied. One more. So through 13 games, what kind of grade? does Nick Siriani get in his first year?
Starting point is 00:20:01 I'm pretty high marks because he's done a really good job adjusting and evolving. And I think that's a credit to him as a head coach. You don't want someone who's kind of stuck in their ways. And I think the best thing I can say about what Siriani's done is he's coached the team that he's at. And I think too often, and frankly, I thought Siriani didn't do this well enough earlier this year. you kind of coach the team you want. You know, you try to run a system or you try to run a style and you don't have the personnel for it.
Starting point is 00:20:33 And you see that often with new coaches. I think Nick took a step back, looked at the team he had, played to the strengths of the team that he had. And he's done a really good job behind the scenes, keeping those guys energized, keeping those guys engaged. To go from two and five where they were after the Las Vegas game to now be six and seven. in the thick of this, that's the credit to Sireani. So I give them decent marks.
Starting point is 00:21:00 Thank you, Zach, for doing this. I really appreciate it. You know, they play again in two weeks, and I have a feeling both of them will be important. Take care and enjoy the game. Sounds good. Thanks for having me. Zach Berman, everybody from The Athletic. You know, the Eagles are interesting to me. They've been interesting going back to before this season started. They were among my largest preseason prop bets. I've talked about it a lot during the course of the year. I bet the Eagles over seven wins plus 120. I just thought they were going to be better than people expected. Now, the wild cards were the head coach, didn't know anything about Siriani, and the quarterback, Jalen
Starting point is 00:21:42 Hertz, who I said during the offseason played much better than people realized at the end of last year when he got those opportunities. If you recall at the end of last year, he came in, sort of later in the season in a game against Green Bay off the bench and played pretty well. And then he beat the Saints, I think, and played well and had some really good games. I remember at Arizona. And then was pretty good against Washington, kind of all right. Actually, he didn't play that great against Washington in that game that Nate Sudfeld came in, but was okay as a rusher in that game.
Starting point is 00:22:17 And I just thought, this guy's really impressive as a dual threat quarterback. I mean, and he's been that this year. Look, there are games in which if you ask him to drop back and beat you from the pocket, it's going to be a problem. You know, it's not what he does well. But when he has games like he had against the Saints, where 18 carries 69 yards, three rushing touchdowns, and then he didn't really have to do much throwing the football,
Starting point is 00:22:47 13 of 24, 147 yards, but no mistakes in the game. and you've got other rushers, you know, Jordan Howard, Boston Scott, Miles Sanders back healthy, the guy Kenneth Gainwell, and then you've got weapons like Goddard and Rager and really Devante Smith. And then I thought defensively they had a chance to be good. You know, offensive line, you heard Berman say that that's been really a big part of their resurgence here late. I thought defensively up front, and they did lose Brandon Graham that they were going to be pretty good defensively as well. I think the Eagles are in a good spot here, you know, the rest of the way.
Starting point is 00:23:29 They have the two games against Washington. They have a home game against the Giants, and they finish with a home game against Dallas. So three of their final four games are at home. The Dallas game at the end of the year could be a game for them that doesn't mean much, a game for the Cowboys. They may already have their seeding solidified. If they're still in the hunt for the one seed, well, then they would need that game. But it's more possible, more likely, that Dallas won't have a lot to play for in that season finale.
Starting point is 00:24:01 I think the division will be wrapped up for them by then. And Philly could win that game, could win the game against the Giants. And then really splitting the two Washington games would probably put them right there. You know, as a 9-and-8 team, you know, and I don't know how their tiebreakers work. out with teams like Minnesota or New Orleans or Atlanta. I know they beat New Orleans head to head, and I know they opened up with a win over Atlanta. I don't think they played the Vikings, but they would be in pretty good shape to make the postseason. And a team that runs the ball the way they do, you know, the New Orleans game is probably the most impressive. Against a New
Starting point is 00:24:47 Orleans Saints defense that is pretty damn good. They rushed the ball 50 times for 242 yards in that game against the Saints this year. Miles Sanders, 16 for 94. Jalen Hertz, 18 carries 69 yards, three touchdowns. Jordan Howard, 10 carries 63 yards. And Boston Scott, six carries 16 yards. You know, that's pretty impressive when you can line it up and have a two-to-one run-to-pass ratio and average nearly five yards per carry.
Starting point is 00:25:20 And they won that game easily over the Saints. The final score was not indicative. The final score was 40 to 29, but they were up, I think, 27 to 3 at halftime in that game. I think I've said this. I'll be repetitive. I think even if Washington were coming into this game completely healthy, this was going to be a tough game for them to win. But they would be in better shape if they have a,
Starting point is 00:25:50 enough of their players back and maybe even get a break with a delay of the game to give him a chance to get more players back. All right. Let's finish up the show with the smell test right after these words from a few of our sponsors. Well, the smell test, as it always is, is presented by my bookie. My bookie's got all you need on the big fight Saturday between Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley. They've got the best odds, the best prop bets for Paul Woodley, too. and you can start by doubling your initial deposit all the way up to $1,000 if you use my promo code,
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Starting point is 00:28:18 I'm going to update this smell test either tomorrow night before the Colts Patriots game or by 1245 on Sunday before the 1 o'clock games because I think there are going to be more games added to the smell test and maybe one of the games I'm about to give you deleted from the smell test. This is a dynamic situation with point spreads and COVID cases. So I'm going to give you four games. I gave you the Chargers, which just. did not work out. The Chargers plus three last night in overtime.
Starting point is 00:28:53 They give up a touchdown, lose by six. Second time in five days. I had the bills remember on Sunday plus three and a half. And the Patriots were driving. All they needed was a field goal and they scored a touchdown. A couple of tough losses, overtime losses.
Starting point is 00:29:08 I don't know how the Chargers lost that game. You know, big fourth-down analytics conversation coming out of that game. A lot of the Twitter verse was dialed in on Brandon Staley, the coach of the Chargers, attempting five fourth downs last night, only converting two of them. The three that he missed were field goal opportunities
Starting point is 00:29:31 that would have been worth nine points. Personally, like I've said all along, these analytics conversations, it's a nice tool, it's a nice piece of information. When it comes to football, in particular, context matters more than history. you know, what's the matchup? Where's the field position? What's the score? What's the clock look like? Do you have a really good play? Do you have a really good feel? You know, who's hurt? Who isn't hurt? There's just so much that plays into it. By the way, I believe this is true that fourth down conversions are up and fourth down conversion percentages this year are down. With that said, I actually thought that the fourth down and five to open the game for the charge of, last night after they had a huge kickoff return by Andre Roberts, that Andre Roberts, who
Starting point is 00:30:24 returned two kickoffs for touchdowns as a Washington football team player back in 2014 and 2015, I believe. They had two runs down to the five-yard line and then threw the ball three times and faced fourth and goal at the five. I understand it's early in the game and you're thinking we need touchdowns, not field goals against Pat Mahomes and the Chiefs, but fourth and goal at the five after three incompletions on a condensed field is a hard ask. They failed on that play. Actually, their tight end got seriously hurt on that play, although he apparently is in stable condition now. But that was the one out of all of the fourth down misses, out of the three fourth down misses, that I don't think they should have gone for. I think the others were fine. They went for a fourth
Starting point is 00:31:11 and goal at the two before the end of the half with three seconds left, didn't get it. And they went for a fourth and two in the third quarter, up 14 to 13 instead of kicking a field goal, and I didn't have a problem with that. Fourth and five, condensed field, bigger issue with that one. Anyway, I digress. Really exciting game last night. The smell test includes a bowl game tomorrow, and the pick tomorrow is UAB plus seven against BYU in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana. UAB is the biggest anti-public play of all of the bowl games tomorrow, and there is sharp money on the Blazers. I like BYU as a team, too. I've watched them.
Starting point is 00:31:55 I think they're really good, but it fits the smell test criteria, take UAB plus the seven. Tomorrow night in the NFL. The Colts, as a two-and-a-half-point favorite, are an anti-public side, and there is sharp money on indie. This is a big spot for Carson West.
Starting point is 00:32:14 Huge spot for Carson Wentz against Bill Belichick's defense, which you know will be focused on trying to take Jonathan Taylor out of the game. Give me the Colts minus the two and a half. On Sunday, hold your nose on this one. Jacksonville minus five at home against Houston. No more, no more Urban Meyer. They've got Beville as the coach. The players seem to be happy. Jacksonville's jump from a three-point favorite to a five-point favorite
Starting point is 00:32:46 and the public's betting Davis Mills and the Texans. Jacksonville shouldn't be a five-point favorite over anybody. That's why I like them. I think I gave them out two weeks ago and they got crushed. This is a tough one. Look, if you can't play Jacksonville Sunday, I understand. Just don't play the game. Denver minus two and a half at home against Cincinnati
Starting point is 00:33:08 in a late afternoon window game. big playoff, you know, standings game. Cincinnati's still very much in the race in the AFC North. Denver's still very much in the race for a wild card in the AFC, as is Cincinnati. Denver laying two and a half against the Bengals coming off that overtime loss against the 49ers. Denver's good, man. They're better than you think, and they're good on defense. I think a lot of people think Cincinnati's the better team, and that's why they're betting Cincinnati.
Starting point is 00:33:38 I'll take Denver and lay the two and a half. Again, check in Sunday on my Twitter account at Kevin She and D.C. I'm going to update the smell test. I might update it before the Saturday night game, but more likely than not, it would be around 1230, 1245 on Sunday. We'll have, you know, lines that are, you know, updated based on COVID situations. But as of now, UAB plus seven, Indy minus two and a half, Jacksonville minus five. the Denver Broncos minus two and a half. All right, there it is for now. All right.
Starting point is 00:34:17 Again, glad to get a podcast out. I was thinking maybe about waiting until tomorrow, but I don't think there's going to be any news overnight or any news in the first part of tomorrow. Although Washington will continue to practice with an unusual schedule now with a Tuesday night game instead of a Sunday game. You know, the news will be how many of these players are coming off the list and how many new ones are going on the list. But as of now, as of now, we've got a game Tuesday night in Philadelphia against the Eagles.
Starting point is 00:34:52 All right, stay safe. Have a great rest of the weekend. I'll be back on Monday.

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