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Audacy betting insider, Nick Kostos joins! What is he looking for Sunday? How would he bet the game?
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00:00Just now, the host of You Better You Bet, an odyssey sports betting insider, his name is Nick Kostos,
00:08and he is presented by BetMGM. Check out all the latest lines right now on the BetMGM app.
00:15Good morning, Nick. My favorite Bill's Super Bowl loss is Super Bowl 25 against the Giants.
00:2020 to 19, wide right. That's my favorite. Great to be on with you guys. Yeah, how you doing?
00:24I'm doing awesome, except for the fact that my baseball team got its junk kicked in last
00:28night by the Cleveland Guardians, but otherwise, and I gotta listen to Curtis say that the 2001
00:33Patriots are a better sports story in Boston than the two, I'm not a Bostonian, but it seemed to me
00:37that the 2004 Red Sox coming back from 3-0 down to beat my Yankees is probably a little better,
00:42but what the hell do I know? Well, not much about college football. We knew that last weekend. Hey,
00:46good, you nailed it, buddy, with Oregon. Who do you like this weekend? Uh, I like, uh, none of
00:50the games. I haven't, I have no idea who's playing. Oh, you got, you have my number. Like,
00:54I'm being serious. Like, you text me the game you like and I will ride it with you tomorrow. Oh,
00:57I love it. Georgia. Georgia. Yeah. Georgia taking on number one, Texas. I do like Georgia a little.
01:03Yeah. Did I, did I see yesterday they immediately went and changed that rule
01:07so that nobody can do what they, what they did? Well, it's like, like Lanning couldn't help
01:12himself. Like he had to like, everyone knew that he did the 12 men thing on purpose on Saturday
01:16and he just had to have that smirk on his face and be like, yeah, we did it on purpose. Like
01:20when bet, like when the Patriots and I would do it too, when they cheated against the Ravens in
01:24that playoff game with Edelman and the forward, but they didn't know, but like, no, but they did
01:27wasn't cheating. Okay. In the same way that Lanny did whatever, like I would do it too.
01:32I love that he did it. He did the right thing. It was like, he got up there and like smirked in
01:36front of everyone. Like, yeah, like we gotcha. So yeah, I thought Lanning made a huge mistake
01:40doing that. All right. Well, speaking of our Patriots, they are in London as we speak.
01:47What do you look at when it comes to this game Sunday? Um, I, I thought Drake may look really
01:51good last week against the Texans, especially in the second half, once he starts to get more
01:55comfortable. I mean, obviously the offense is night and day with him versus Jacoby Brissett.
01:59So if I had to bet the game, um, I would actually bet the Patriots just to win.
02:03It's kind of similar advice to what I gave last week, which was, if you like New England,
02:06bet them to win. If you like the Texans, bet them to win by 17 plus that ended up happening in the
02:11latter with Houston winning by 20, the Jaguars quit last week in their London game against the
02:17bears. How do we know? Because they told you, uh, safety Andre Cisco did two things. Number one,
02:22wrote the thong song. Number two, told, told the media after the game, like, yeah, like they quit,
02:28quit, quit, quit, quit. And now they're playing the Patriots this weekend and the Patriots have
02:32not yet quit this season remains to be seen if they will. So I would lean into uncertainty.
02:36If you want to bet the side of the game, bet the Patriots just win the game on the money line plus
02:40one 85 at bed MGM. But my preferred play in this game would be the total. Um, now right now there's
02:46what a shocker London in October, uh, there's rain in the forecast. If we get to Sunday and like
02:51everyone's watching pregame show or whatever, and the, and the weather it's cleared. I think this
02:55is a great bet on the over in this game with these two offenses with Drake Bay and Trevor Lawrence.
03:00So over is my bet. Assuming it's not like pouring rain on Sunday in London and just prop wise here.
03:06I've been really disappointed as I'm sure Patriots fans are in Jalen Polk, right? I thought May and
03:10Polk would have like a nice connection going on Gerard Mayo, kind of throwing Polk under the boss
03:14after the game last week, immaturity, like not no attention to detail. He has trouble catching
03:21the football. I agree. And I couldn't get his feet down against the dolphins. That was not
03:24meant to be a shot at Mayo. You're a hundred percent right about that. So we've seen pop
03:28Douglas kind of emerge as May's go-to guy early on, uh, in May starting tenure, right? Nine or
03:34more targets in three of the Patriots last four games. He plays in the slot. Obviously the Jaguars
03:38get killed in the slot. Douglas is receiving yards. Prop guys is 46 and a half. I think he
03:43clears 50 on Sunday. Uh, Nick, I got the lock of the week for you right here, buddy. You want it?
03:50No, I don't want it. I need it. All right. That's what I'm talking about. Green Bay Packers
03:56take the Packers. Oh, uh, over the Texans. Uh, so wiki, can I ask you a question? Sure. Can
04:03which, um, which quarterback in this game do you think is better Jordan love or CJ Stroud?
04:09Hmm. I would say CJ Stroud, but Houston's used to playing indoors. They got to travel to Green
04:16Bay, play outside different elements. But I would say that, you know, obviously I think that, uh,
04:23CJ Stroud is the better quarterback, but I just think the environment is going to be
04:27a little bit more difficult for the Texans outdoors than they're generally used to.
04:32Well, here's what I say. What the hell do you know? Played in the NFL Superbowl champion versus
04:36me sitting, sitting in my basement right now. I'll take Jordan love heads up against CJ Stroud.
04:42Uh, I like the Packers in the game also wiki. So I'm on the same side as you here.
04:45If people agree with us, just make sure you lay two and a half with Green Bay, not three. And if
04:51you like Houston bet plus three with the Texans, not plus two and a half could make the difference
04:56between winning and losing your bet on Sunday. Nick, we were talking about Pittsburgh earlier
05:00and their switch at quarterback with, uh, Aaron Rogers coming off a tough loss. Would you bet on
05:05this one at all? Or are you staying away from it? Oh, will I? Oh, I already have. Um, this is like
05:09the, uh, like the, the football equivalent of broke back mountain. I, I, I can't, I can't quit
05:15the jets. I hate, I hate my, I hate my, I literally like, I gotta tell you, I bet the jets against the
05:20bills on Monday, just three hours of absolute agony, the way that game played out on Monday
05:26night. And then they all, I'm going to do it again. Cause like they're, they're better than
05:30Pittsburgh. They're definitely better. Russell Wilson is starting. He's so washed. He's brutal.
05:36And now the jets have Devante Adams. Also now the jets are the jets and the Steelers are the
05:41Steelers. So the Steelers will probably win the turnover margin to nothing and probably win the
05:46game somehow by three points. But I'm just like the jets are better. So this was like one last
05:51ride for me and the jets, me, you know, the late Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, give me the jets
05:56laying the two on the road at the Steelers on Sunday night. All right, Nick, one of the best
05:59games of the weekend without a doubt is going to be lions. Vikings lions seem like the absolute
06:04public pick right now. They've kind of got their, their, their wagon rolling a little bit here.
06:09It was Eminem's birthday this week. There you go. It was Eminem's birthday this week. I like
06:13the Vikings just as a pure anti-public play. I'm curious where you stand on this game.
06:18I don't like like Eminem, like celebrity lions fan. I just like, I don't care.
06:22He's been there since the beginning. I mean, he went across eight mile.
06:26I think kid rock has been there since the beginning.
06:30Every world three, one, three. I think they probably both alienated themselves in different
06:33ways. Um, so, uh, yeah, public likes the line. You know, every year you don't celebrate your
06:38Stan anniversary. I don't know what that is. Okay. That's for the, uh, should I know what
06:46that is? The first time you ever heard, uh, Eminem. Oh, is that what it's called? It's a
06:50great song. It'd be. Yeah. I mean, that's not just a song. It's his it's uh, yeah. But I think
06:58what do they call that? His, uh, pseudo, uh, his pseudonym it's his alter ego. Are you all right,
07:05Greg? We're trying to like reach for that word for a while there. I mean, I injured my Achilles
07:10badly running yesterday. So I think his alter ego is slim shady. Slim shady is his alter ego.
07:16Even a very high pro high powered camera to capture a run from Greg, but, uh, I I'm just
07:22not betting wise. I'm curious. Costas, you're a big giant sky. What are the odds that bill
07:26Belichick is there next year? Is that what the fans want? Are people still okay with day ball?
07:30How do they feel about bill? What's what's the fan giant perspective today? I'm going to try
07:35and not give you like a too big of like a fan answer here. Cause it's a really like,
07:38it's a complex question. Um, I, I, I do think table is a good coach, but I think this is like,
07:43like consequences need to have like actions need to have consequences, right? There have to be
07:47repercussions for actions. Uh, Brian Dable and Joe Shane, the giants coaching GM chose to extend
07:52Daniel Jones after the first year when they made the playoffs. And as a result, the giants are in
07:57the wilderness this year and actually have a good team. Like did you watch Sunday night football
08:01against the Bengals? Like if, if in all seriousness, if Drake may starts for that game on
08:06Sunday night for the giants, I think they win by double digits. Daniel Jones is so bad that they
08:11lose by double digits. There have to be consequences for actions. I would fire table
08:15and Shane after the season because they made this decision. It's their fault. Like they screwed us
08:19here. And I would love to see bill Belichick coach the team, uh, just on lions and Vikings.
08:23I like the over in the game. Make me pick the game. I'll take Detroit to win.
08:26I like your G man against the Eagles though. I'm not sold on the Eagles, man. There's too
08:31much stuff. Nick Serrani is getting into it with the fans. The G man got a good defense.
08:37I think they're at home. I think it's one of a split last year when they played. I don't know.
08:42I like your G man against the G man, uh, against the Eagles. And, uh, and Nick Serrani is like
08:47the, like, here's another nineties pop reference for everybody. Like Nick Serrani is like the,
08:51like the NFL's version of Britney Spears buzzed his hair off during the bi-week and absolute lunatic
08:56like has his children in the postgame press conference. Like it's bring your child to work
09:00day. And I got to tell you, man, you bet the Eagles on Sunday, like last week at the end of
09:04the game, you know what you'll be saying? Oops. I did it again. That's like the ninth time I've
09:09delivered that line. Um, no problematic here for the Giants though. And also I bet the Giants
09:14earlier in the week, assuming that Malik neighbors was going to be back. He is. So he cleared
09:19protocol yesterday. So get them in your fantasy lineups. Like Malik neighbors is back for the
09:23Giants problematic though. Andrew Thomas star left tackle done for the season. Liz Frank injury,
09:28horrific. Um, and then two of the Giants, like they're two top pass rushers, Dexter Lawrence,
09:34who's like infant Aaron Donald's. I don't want to insult the great Aaron Donald,
09:38but Dexter Lawrence is awesome. And Brian burns and gave on tip of those already out,
09:42um, burns and sexy Dexy have both not practiced yet this week. So this injury report today,
09:47it'll come out in like three hours. We'll learn more about their status for this game on Sunday.
09:51If they don't play, um, I think you can only bet the Eagles in this game. And I hate to say that
09:56if they do play and you can get three or three and a half for the Giants, I would bet my team.
10:00All right, Nick, good stuff. As always great stuff. I'd like to build to, um, the giant.
10:06So, cause their defense, you know, when everybody's healthy with burns and like you said,
10:10Thibodeau and Lawrence, their defense is tough, man. They're good. Just the quarterback is
10:16atrocious. You can't win with this quarterback. You can't do it. What are you doing for the
10:21weekend? Any big plans? Uh, tomorrow, man. Yeah. Uh, well tonight my wife is going to dinner for
10:26one of her friend's birthday. So I will, I will be doing my daughter's bedtime and then sitting
10:31in the dark. A lot of female only trips going on. Courtney is going to Miami for the weekend.
10:37Where in Miami? Uh, well, I'm going for the Taylor Swift concert. So we're staying, um,
10:42like North Miami beach, right? No booze. And you say, no booze. Great. Good for you. Yeah. Yeah.
10:48Would you let the missus go on a girl's trip to Miami? Cause Wiggy says it's a dangerous place
10:53for women to go. Well, I, I try. Well, dangerous in what way? Cheating wise. Oh, no, I don't think
10:58my wife is going to cheat. Um, and, and, and, uh, and look at anyone who's like a new dad,
11:02I'm sure can relate to this. Like, please leave the house and play like, and take,
11:06and take my daughter, please. Also there by two favorite people in the world. Also,
11:11I would love nothing more than to park my ass on the couch and watch college football all Saturday.
11:15Just please go, please. I'll pay for it. I'll pay for the whole thing. First class,
11:20everything. And then mrs. Costas is going to be down in the MIAO with all those buff Latinos
11:27driving around in Bentleys. And I'll tell you what, my mom was born in Uruguay. I'm kind of
11:33a buff Latino. So how about that? Courtney said you were short. That is true. I'm like five foot
11:40eight. I am short. I didn't. I said he was very handsome. He had surprising energy for a short
11:50king. What is, what is, well, that, that, that everything else I'm, I'm cool with here. That
11:55is kind of like a weird lie to your face. You said he's a good looking guy, but he's on the
12:02shorter side. When you saw pictures of him, I don't think I've ever said that short guy. That's
12:08okay. Short guy. Not well in doubt. Listen, listen, you know, like you, you, you, you play
12:18with the hand you dealt. I think I've done pretty well. You've done great. So your mom's from
12:22Uruguay. My mom was born in Uruguay. It's a big point of contention growing up because my sister
12:29and I don't speak Spanish. And they, that side of the family always used to just look at us and be
12:33like a speaky sponny. And I'd be like, no, I don't know what you're saying, dude. I can never
12:40figure out the phone numbers in your way. Yeah. Montevideo went there when I was a kid. Great,
12:46great country. I didn't know it was half Latino though. Latin, Italian, and Greek get the whole
12:51Mediterranean. There you go. We'll talk to you next week. There are people that say that makes
12:55up for being short. Wishing everyone minimal sweats when he passed the absolute very best of
12:58luck. Most of you better. You bet. Odyssey sports betting insider, Nick Costos presented
13:04by bet MGM. Check out all the latest lines right now on the bet. MGM app.