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00:43A very special guest today, Dan Yurko.
00:46Looks like Jerko, but it's Yurko John Yurkovich.
00:49Yes.
00:50Welcome.
00:51The good kids.
00:52ESPN 1000 Chicago.
00:54Golf applause. Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
00:56It's great to be here.
00:57Yeah.
00:58Dan called me, asked me, texted me, said, hey, you want to come on?
01:00I said, absolutely. What are we talking about?
01:01Pro football.
01:02I said, we're talking ball?
01:03Good.
01:04Yurko is one of my favorite people in the whole world.
01:11I will say, though, we're going to get peak Yurko today because he –
01:14so I was texting with his partner, Carm, Carmen DeFalco, great guy.
01:18They have a show every day, ESPN 1000, and Carm said that as soon as Yurko said yes to this,
01:24he turned to Carm and he said, the only downside is I have to put in work this week.
01:28And Carm was like, we host a radio show together every day.
01:31But you put in the work first.
01:33I had to study, yeah.
01:34I had to study.
01:35I've already thrown some stats out there.
01:37I actually had to look at some things,
01:38look at a little historical perspective on a lot of games that are out there.
01:41I don't want to sound like an idiot when I'm on here.
01:43No.
01:44I want to sound somewhat intelligent, which is important.
01:46Nine years in the NFL, nine years in the NFL.
01:48Former undrafted, former practice squad.
01:51Yeah.
01:52Undrafted and practice squad.
01:53There you go.
01:54Hey, there's always a way into the league.
01:56There's always a way into the league.
01:58I always say you get drafted, it doesn't really make a difference
02:00because you still got to go and you got to perform.
02:02And even with college football, I watch college football.
02:04But send me your best, we'll filter them out,
02:07and whoever gets to stay gets to stay and gets to play.
02:09So that's what it's all about.
02:10Oh, yeah.
02:11Cue the wolf.
02:12Yeah.
02:13And I went to Eastern Illinois, so we're the cradle of quarterbacks and coaches.
02:16Tony Romo and Jimmy Garoppolo.
02:17That's all we do is produce quarterbacks and coaches.
02:20I love him.
02:21I love him already.
02:22Okay.
02:23So we do keep track of the records every single week.
02:25That's what we should.
02:26And the boys, you guys didn't have a great week last week.
02:28I said I was going to have a bad week.
02:29You did.
02:30You did.
02:31I have a four-week positive winning streak right now.
02:34Listen, last week I told you.
02:36Jericho, you know this.
02:37You've been doing this a long time.
02:38It's week six.
02:40I crushed it.
02:41Right.
02:42And then I woke up on Monday morning and I saw online, they're like,
02:45Vegas has the worst week of their career.
02:47Yeah.
02:48Well, no shit.
02:49I'm the square.
02:50Yeah.
02:51So I knew that week seven was going to be a disaster because as soon as you
02:53get confidence in this game, it gets sucked away from you.
02:55Get humbled.
02:56Yeah.
02:57Quick.
02:58Very quick.
02:59But you went six and nine.
03:00That's not so bad.
03:01I lost so much money.
03:02Oh, okay.
03:03He bet on the nine.
03:04Responsibly.
03:05Responsibly.
03:06Responsibly.
03:07Responsibly you did.
03:08Yeah.
03:09So let's just get straight into it.
03:10The Storyline Games of the Week presented by the Chevy Silverado.
03:11We'll start with the Bills at the Seahawks.
03:13The Bills minus three.
03:15I will start with you.
03:16The Bills beat the Titans.
03:17I mean, beat the Brakes off the Titans last week.
03:19The Seahawks also beat the Brakes off the Falcons.
03:21Who do you think wins this one?
03:22They did beat the Brakes off the Titans.
03:23However, they did struggle a little bit in the first half with them initially.
03:26Got down 10-0.
03:27I like the Seahawks here.
03:29Dogs at home.
03:30Bills are flying across the country to play Seattle.
03:32Seattle is the top offense, the top passing offense in the league.
03:36I feel like where the Bills have some question marks, where they're middle of
03:39the road, back half of the league, isn't pass defense.
03:42They run a lot of, like, one high, single high stuff because they want to
03:45shut down the run.
03:46They are still averaging that.
03:47They're still without Milano.
03:48I like Seattle at home.
03:51I love Seattle at home.
03:52I'll just go ahead and say it.
03:53I love Seattle.
03:54He loves them.
03:55I think they got good momentum, man.
03:56Obviously, the question mark with DK, is he going to play this weekend?
03:58He's got a grade one MCL.
04:00It seems like he's going to do everything he can to play.
04:02But they also got Smith and Jigba, Tyler Lockett, Noah Fant, Kenneth Walker.
04:07We're recording this on Thursday, and he has missed practice Wednesday
04:10and Thursday, DK has.
04:11If DK doesn't play, that's such a game changer for them.
04:15I mean, it is.
04:16He's a hell of a player.
04:17But the way this offense is rolling, and I do, like, I know they're struggling
04:21on defense.
04:22But Mike McDonald, he's your head coach.
04:24They're going to get it going at some point.
04:26They're going to start flowing at some point.
04:27And, you know, when you do have Josh on, you always have a chance to win.
04:30But I like Seattle.
04:31I like Seattle with the points.
04:32I think I'm going to go Seattle as well.
04:34But I'm nervous about the no DK because it changes everything.
04:36Like, you can guard a team when you – you can play defense against a team
04:40when DK's not out there.
04:41He's, I think, second in the league in receiving.
04:43He's a monster.
04:44I'm going to take Seattle, though.
04:45Life is tough for teams on the road.
04:47When Buffalo goes on the road, Buffalo's a damn good team, 5-2.
04:50When you go on the road, things get a little bit tough.
04:53And so even without DK, I look at Seattle probably coming through in this
04:57situation in KW3, their running game that they've got, even with the backup guy,
05:02Charbonneau, whatever his name is.
05:03Charbonneau.
05:04Yeah, Charbonneau.
05:05He's a French guy who played hockey.
05:07Even with this guy, right?
05:09This guy, the running game they've got.
05:11Seattle, it's a boring place.
05:13It's like going to Buffalo and playing.
05:14There's really nothing to do when you go there.
05:16Seattle, boring.
05:17Coffee, big deal, you know?
05:19A lot of rain.
05:20You watch the salmon get thrown around.
05:21Who gives a crap?
05:22He's right.
05:23I think the rain makes the morning of our game in Seattle.
05:25Seattle's boring, you know?
05:26So you go there and you don't really get the vibe.
05:27You don't get the – so I think Buffalo goes in there.
05:29They struggle.
05:30I think Seattle ends up winning.
05:31Okay.
05:32I like that reasoning.
05:33Yeah.
05:34Are people really depressed in Seattle too?
05:35Isn't that like –
05:36I don't want to say it's rainy,
05:37but every time I've been there it's never rained.
05:38Really?
05:39It's the craziest thing in the world.
05:40Highest suicide rate.
05:41I think –
05:42Highest suicide rate.
05:43I thought there was something with that.
05:45Well, I'm telling you, it's just not an exciting place sometimes.
05:48That's why you're bored there as the opposing team
05:51and it's easier to lose up in Seattle.
05:53And remember, road teams, that's what happens.
05:55You're on the road, you lose games.
05:56Yeah.
05:57Okay, Seahawks across the board.
05:58Let's go to Sunday Night Football.
05:59The Cowboys at the 49ers.
06:00The 49ers minus four.
06:02The Cowboys had a bye week last week
06:04after they got just absolutely humiliated by the Lions the week before.
06:07The 49ers lost to the Chiefs last week.
06:09Dan, I will start with you.
06:10Do you think the Cowboys can bounce back after the last time we saw them on the field?
06:13I do at plus four.
06:14The 49ers are just – they're the bad vibes team of the year.
06:18I mean, you now have Iuka out.
06:20Jennings was out, missed last game.
06:22I don't know if he's going to be back.
06:24Kittle's got an injury.
06:26Debo was in the hospital.
06:28Two kickers.
06:29Two kickers.
06:30Now they've got the Packers kicker who couldn't kick anything.
06:33He missed an extra point.
06:35San Fran's defense is still going to be good.
06:37But like Brock Purdy, this is what we've been talking about.
06:40I think Brock Purdy's good, but he has had some incredible weapons.
06:43Now his best weapon is a guy who got shot two months ago.
06:47Like Ricky Pearsall is going to be his number one.
06:50So no Chris McCaffrey obviously still.
06:53I'm going to take the Cowboys.
06:54Mike McCarthy's actually been very good off the bye as well.
06:57And Mike McCarthy's starting to feel a little bit of pressure.
06:59Jerry Jones said this week he was like he's drawn up dumb plays and dumb schemes.
07:04So I think there's going to be a little pressure, urgency on the Cowboys side.
07:08I think they'll cover the four.
07:09I don't know if they'll win the game because they always find ways to blow these games.
07:12But I'll take them plus four.
07:13Yeah, this is the somebody has to win game, whether you like it or not.
07:16So many injuries affects the teams.
07:18Both teams are affected by injuries.
07:20Somebody has to win.
07:22You said it.
07:23I can see Dallas going in there still losing the game but covering.
07:26Yeah.
07:27So if they're going to get four points, they lose by three.
07:29Dallas is the team that I would be wagering on.
07:32But what looked like a sexy matchup at the beginning of the year is not a sexy matchup at all
07:37because there's so many holes in both the lineups out there.
07:40If there's a game to stay away from, like one that I would never want to wager on,
07:44this is a game that I would never want to wager on.
07:47But it's Sunday night football.
07:48I get it.
07:49You have to.
07:50It is Sunday night football.
07:51Let me tell you this though.
07:52If you're up and you're feeling good about yourself, you wager.
07:54If you're down and this is your chase game, I'm betting you're being soccer.
07:58You've got to get back on track.
07:59I'm betting you're being soccer.
08:00You've got to get back on track.
08:01New game you can stash away.
08:03Sunday night football.
08:04We're betting Sunday night football.
08:06I've got another English Premier League game on Monday morning that you might be able to get back on.
08:10You better tell me that.
08:11Also, just another thing with the kicker.
08:13It's a four-point spread.
08:15It's going to be a close game.
08:16The Niners kicker can't kick an extra point.
08:19And Brandon Aubrey is the best kicker in the NFL.
08:21So that stuff does matter.
08:23I know everyone always says offense, defense, special teams.
08:27When you're betting and it's plus four, if one guy's missing kicks and the other guy's hitting 60-yarders,
08:32I want the guy with the 60-yarders.
08:34Will?
08:35I like the Niners.
08:36I think Niners are 3-4.
08:39Dallas is 3-3.
08:40Obviously, they both have to have this game.
08:41I feel like the stability, the coaching staff.
08:44When Dallas is in such a spot right now to where the political bullshit gets louder,
08:49the temperatures get higher.
08:50Jerry Jones, yeah, he's out there.
08:51He's doing interviews.
08:52Obviously, if McCarthy doesn't have a good year, which it seems like that's where it's trending,
08:57he's going to be the guy on the outs because they called for his head last year.
09:00I like Dallas, and I think this is a matchup that Dallas just, number one, they suck on defense.
09:08They're terrible against the run.
09:10I know Mike Zimmer.
09:11He is a respected defensive coordinator, but they're not having a good year.
09:14Their run game coordinator, Paul Gunther, who is my D coordinator in Oakland,
09:17I'm telling you, these call sheets are massive.
09:20When these coaches win games, they want to win games and say it's the coaching that got them to do it.
09:24You're sitting there the night before with a massive third down package.
09:27They're calling every which defense on first and second down, and the minute it goes south,
09:32this is a finger-pointing style staff, in my opinion, especially with the politics
09:37and the bureaucracy in Dallas.
09:38I think Dallas is in shambles.
09:40I think they're going to continue to trend down, and I like the Niners.
09:43I like the outside zone scheme.
09:44I like Shanahan cooking something up even though they are injured.
09:48Okay.
09:49Okay.
09:50Did that convince you of anything?
09:51No, it was well said, Will.
09:52Yeah.
09:53Well said.
09:54Yeah.
09:55Everything you said was great.
09:56You're kind of sharp today.
09:57And they got like—
09:58Your brain hasn't stopped.
09:59I know.
10:00It hasn't stopped yet.
10:01It's like—
10:02You probably have it where it's just like your brain just stops every now and then.
10:05Not to go under the bus, but he does short circuit a lot.
10:07He hasn't done that.
10:08Which again, a lot of show left.
10:10It happens.
10:11A lot of show left.
10:12You have so many numbers in your brain, you just boom, and then you're back.
10:16I just don't trust it.
10:17You just got to talk through it.
10:18You just got to talk through it.
10:19Kendrick's is questionable.
10:20Who knows if he'll play.
10:21If he doesn't play, that is the only guy who could be a bit of a glue, be the quarterback
10:25within that kind of scheme.
10:26But I'm telling you, once they have a bad series, it's not going to be good on the side.
10:30Did you guys see the story on ESPN too about the tours they do in Dallas?
10:36The players are just like so sick of it.
10:38So Jerry Jones does tours every day, and they basically go through the facility, and they're
10:44like Dak Prescott coming out of a meeting room, and there's people just standing there.
10:48Like looking.
10:49Like tapping on the glass at the waiting room.
10:50Taking pictures.
10:51Yeah.
10:52Yeah.
10:53They're like in an aquarium.
10:54They're in like a fishbowl.
10:55Zoo animals.
10:56Yeah, zoo animals.
10:57Exactly.
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11:25Okay, so we had Mika the cat last week.
11:27She won.
11:28So Mika's back, huh?
11:29She's back.
11:30Are you scared of her again?
11:31We're getting closer.
11:32All right.
11:33Let's roll it.
11:34Not a cat, John.
11:37All right.
11:38Welcome back.
11:39Pro Football Show Week 8.
11:41Jerry's Picking Zoo.
11:43Pro Football Show Game of the Week.
11:46We got the Eagles playing the Bengals.
11:49Mika's back.
11:50All she does is win.
11:521-0.
11:53Undefeated.
11:54Never lost.
11:55Oh, she wants a Whittle Berry.
11:57Whoa.
11:58She wants a Whittle.
11:59Oh.
12:00Does she have claws, Tom?
12:01Uh, yeah, but they're not sharp.
12:03Oh, you want your Whittle Berry?
12:04Whoa.
12:05They're sharp.
12:06She just got me.
12:07All right.
12:08Listen, Jerryophobia of cats doesn't matter.
12:10Mika's different.
12:11Mika's a very nice cat.
12:13Very super sweet.
12:14I don't want to choke her.
12:15She's going to have her treats.
12:16She's going to pick a game.
12:17We're going to go by the treats, Mika, okay?
12:19Come on.
12:20Pick a game.
12:23Here, come on.
12:24I'll go to her level.
12:25She's got nothing to do with this.
12:26Respect me a bit more.
12:30That...
12:31That does not...
12:32That doesn't...
12:33Which one was that?
12:34I mean, she...
12:35That is not definitive.
12:36All right.
12:37It's the Bangles.
12:38It's the Bangles.
12:39It's the Bangles.
12:40Listen, it's the Bangles.
12:41I mean, that wasn't a pick at all.
12:42She had it in her mouth.
12:43No.
12:44She pushed it onto the Bangles.
12:47Listen, Mika doesn't have the best appetite, and that's okay.
12:50She's nervous.
12:52You know, we're still getting to know each other, but it's the Bangles.
12:55It's a cat.
12:56She's a cat.
12:57It was always the Bangles.
12:58Book it.
12:59We'll be back next week.
13:00I mean, she just didn't make a pick.
13:02No.
13:03She didn't make a pick.
13:05The Eagles at the Bangles, presented by the Chevy Silverado.
13:08Bangles minus three.
13:09Jericho, I'll start with you.
13:10Are you going to ride with the half-assed pick from Mika?
13:12I was going to pick Cincinnati no matter what, no matter what the cat did.
13:15I was going to take Cincinnati.
13:17The Bangles offense is playing well.
13:18Joe Burrow is playing well.
13:20We're in a situation where Cincinnati's got no room to make mistakes,
13:24so I think the Cincinnati Bangles in this game come out,
13:27and they stretch their legs out, and they play very well against Philadelphia.
13:30I mean, Dan, we've been talking about it.
13:32Joe's having an unbelievable year.
13:33Their record is not great, but he's having a crazy year.
13:35Yeah, and the Bangles, with the way they started this season,
13:39every game is a must-win at this point.
13:41I do like the Bangles in this game, though.
13:43They figured something out.
13:44It's a weird scheduling quirk because both these teams played the Browns
13:47and the Giants as their last two opponents.
13:49So I want to say the Bangles have figured something out on defense,
13:52but they also might have just played Deshaun Watson and Daniel Jones.
13:56But the same is for the Eagles.
13:58They played Deshaun Watson and Daniel Jones.
14:00But I'm going to take the Bangles at home here in a must-win.
14:03And Will, on the sheet Tom wrote, the Eagles are 3-0 straight up
14:06and 2-1 against the spread on the road, so they play well on the road.
14:09Does that play anything into your pick?
14:11Cincinnati's also never lost to Philly at home, going 4-0-1.
14:15Shout-out Tom for the stats.
14:16Shout-out Donovan McNabb for the tie.
14:18That was the tie game.
14:19Shout-out Donovan McNabb for the tie game.
14:23If there's a pick I could have back last week,
14:25it would have been the Eagles-Giants.
14:27I mean, the Saquon revenge game,
14:29I feel ridiculous making that pick going with the Giants.
14:32I do like Cincinnati this week.
14:34I feel like Burrow, he's growing the hair out a little bit more.
14:36The masculinity he's coming out of him is in a bit of a rhythm.
14:39He can do no wrong.
14:40If he wants to wear a backless suit, he can wear a backless suit.
14:43I understand that, but I feel like he's getting in a better rhythm,
14:45and I like Cincinnati at home to cover minus three.
14:49And Jamar Chase is more involved now.
14:51Early in the season, it looked like it's the last place he wanted to be.
14:54Now I think he's got to put it all behind him, and now he's back in,
14:56and he's interested again.
14:57Yeah, both of them, T. Higgins and Jamar Chase.
14:59There was weird stuff going on before the season with contracts and everything.
15:02They weren't at training camp.
15:04They've played their way through that, and they're back to being explosive.
15:08Yeah, I mean, Jamar, shout-out, Tom, again, leads the NFL in receiving.
15:12That was a Ravens game. Remember that Ravens game?
15:14He had like 250.
15:15I know, crazy.
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15:46Okay, Dan, the Bears are back.
15:48They were off of a bye last week, so we know where you're going to go.
15:51You missed them.
15:52No, but I'm saying that because that usually doesn't happen.
15:56For most of the time, the Bears, when they're on the bye week, I'm like,
16:00thank God we have a week where we don't have to watch the Bears.
16:03I can not be embarrassed for a week.
16:05I missed watching Caleb Williams play football.
16:07I love that.
16:08So I'm excited.
16:09I'm excited for this game.
16:10They're minus three against the Commanders.
16:12This is a must win, Yurko.
16:13Must win.
16:14Must win.
16:15I've said it two weeks in a row.
16:17This is the third week in a row the Bears are in a must win,
16:19but I know what the Bears have week 10 on.
16:23They have to win games right now because this is a team,
16:26the Commanders who are good, but I think the Bears are better than.
16:29I think the Bears' defense is really the key in this game
16:32because Jaden Daniels, I hope he plays, has been electric.
16:36Caleb Williams has been better every single week.
16:39Commanders' defense I don't think is great.
16:41Bears' defense is great.
16:42So that's the difference in this game.
16:43I'm taking the Bears.
16:44They do got to get a little healthy.
16:45Do we know Stevenson?
16:47Stevenson's in.
16:48He practiced.
16:49He practiced.
16:50Brisker, I know, has a concussion, but it's been two weeks.
16:52All they got to do is give him clearance, and Brisker's going to be back.
16:54Gordon's the one with the hamstring.
16:56That looks like he's still a little bit questioned.
16:57Okay.
16:58All right.
16:59So we're getting a little bit healthier.
17:00They're really talking themselves into this pick.
17:01No, but it's okay, though, because they're Chicago guys.
17:02Listen, the Bears' defense, I'll tell you this way.
17:05If you look at the defenses, the Bears have not played great teams.
17:09I'll be the first to admit that.
17:10They've gotten fat off of some bad teams.
17:13Sorry.
17:14Are you okay?
17:15Sorry.
17:16I don't know how the commanders, in the defenses the commanders have played,
17:20I think the best defense they played was 17th EPA in the league.
17:25The Bears are third EPA.
17:27The Bears' defense can play,
17:29and I think that's going to be the difference in the game.
17:31As much as it's Jaden Daniels and Caleb Williams,
17:33I think it's the fact the Bears have a better unit on that side of the ball
17:36and is going to give them more chances.
17:37And I'll say this.
17:39Keenan Allen being back changes everything for the Bears.
17:42Jonathan Allen's out for the other team.
17:44Yes, yes.
17:45That's something that's got to be noted,
17:46and I know he was gone last week too, but it's got to be noted.
17:49Defense travels.
17:50Sometimes your offense struggles when you go on the road,
17:52but defense always travels well.
17:54So I think the Bears' defense is going to be in on it early.
17:57I wish I could have got the number when Chicago was getting a point.
17:59I know, I know.
18:00That was a long time ago.
18:01When Daniels went out, all of a sudden the numbers started to dance a little bit.
18:04But I still like the Bears in this situation.
18:07The whole world knew the first nine games for the Bears,
18:09they had to either be 7-2 or 6-3 to have a chance to compete later in the year.
18:14They also knew with that easy schedule, you had to be there.
18:19You had to be there.
18:20And the offense was going to grow into it this year.
18:23And we can see the offense for the Bears growing into it.
18:26And now they just need to continue to grow over the next three games
18:29before they get kicked in the teeth when the Packers come back.
18:32Yeah, I'm not deluding myself.
18:33I've said it on multiple shows.
18:35The Bears are the fourth best team in the NFC North.
18:37That's not a bad thing.
18:38They're a good team.
18:39And when they're 7-2, all the criticism in the world can come on the Bears
18:43for the schedule they had early,
18:44because we all knew it was going to be a terrible schedule.
18:46Yeah, right.
18:47But these are the games you have to win.
18:49We said it going into this stretch, this five-game stretch,
18:52they had to minimum be 4-1.
18:54Hopefully they're 5-0.
18:55And this is the swing game.
18:57If they win this game,
18:58they've got a good chance of beating the Cardinals and the Patriots.
19:01So then you go see what you are when you play the NFC North.
19:05How exciting will Chicago be if they do win this game?
19:08How excited will the fan base be?
19:10It's a must win.
19:11So it's like I'll be excited, but I'll also be like we had to win that game.
19:14You know what I mean?
19:15It's not like playing the Packers or playing the Lions right now
19:19with how they look.
19:20It's just you've got to win this game.
19:22You've got to find a way to win this game.
19:23Yeah, I mean this is the early test.
19:24Like any time you play a video game, you get through that early test.
19:27You get through the stages that you're supposed to get through
19:29that you know how to get through.
19:30And if you screw up and you die and you're pissed off
19:32because that ends up happening.
19:34But in this scenario, we've got the Bears winning, winning, winning, winning
19:37until then the real test, the level that you never got to.
19:40The big boss.
19:41Which is the big boss man coming down here.
19:43Even though they don't have Aaron Rodgers, they got Jordan Love,
19:45they still win over him.
19:46I wish they still had Aaron Rodgers because he's old and bad.
19:48He's washed.
19:49He's washed and pissed off all the time.
19:50Getting crusty.
19:51Yeah, he's getting real crusty.
19:52Real crusty.
19:53Real pissy all the time, okay?
19:54You're going to take the Commanders.
19:55Yeah, all the mental gymnastics they've had to do.
19:58What mental gymnastics?
20:00I mean you guys are in there listening.
20:02When he talks, you're sitting there like yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:04He's making good points.
20:05He's a smart guy.
20:06Yeah.
20:07I like the Commanders.
20:08I like the Commanders.
20:09Why?
20:10Marcus is playing.
20:11I'll tell you why.
20:13They played last week against the Ravens, right?
20:15No.
20:16Already 0-for-1.
20:18Where am I drawing a blank here?
20:20Oh, yeah.
20:21You already got them.
20:22You already got them.
20:23Okay, you're right.
20:24You're right.
20:25Oh, no.
20:26The Panthers.
20:27The Panthers.
20:28Oh, no.
20:29The Panthers.
20:30But I love the play.
20:310-for-1.
20:320-for-1.
20:33I'll take that, 0-for-1.
20:34But I like the Commanders.
20:35They're dogs at home.
20:36I like Marcus filling in because it's not an offense to wear.
20:37Jayden has played incredible.
20:38He's the best offensive player of the year.
20:39He'll probably be in MVP talks.
20:40He won't, like, lunge himself into that.
20:41But this isn't an offense to where you're leaning solely on the quarterback.
20:42They can run the football well.
20:43They showed that even when they do, when the run is shut down against the Ravens a couple
20:44weeks ago, that they can still move and produce in the offense.
20:45And then when Jayden goes down —
20:46Ravens defense, 27th EPA per play.
20:47Bears third.
20:48I know the Bears.
20:49Yeah, the Bears have — they had a lot of boosts playing against Will Levis and the
20:50Titans in week one.
20:51Yeah, but the Bears have been the third-best defense going back to home.
20:52Yeah, but the Bears have been the third-best defense going back to home.
20:53Yeah, but the Bears have been the third-best defense going back to home.
20:54I got you.
20:55Okay.
20:56I like the Commanders.
20:57I like their run game.
20:58I think they're going to have Marcus in good situations.
20:59And for him to come off the bench, put up over 200, two touchdowns, zero interceptions,
21:00get all the love and hype that he's getting, the confidence going into this week, even
21:01if he doesn't, I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:02I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:03I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:04I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:05I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:06I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:07I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:08I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:09I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:10I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:11I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:12I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:13I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:14I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:15I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:16I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:17I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:18I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:19I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:20I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:21I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:22I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:23I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:24I think he's going to be able to do it.
21:25I like the Commanders.
21:26Against?
21:27Against the Bears.
21:28No, but what did Marcus do?
21:29Against?
21:30The Panthers.
21:31So, 32nd.
21:32Right.
21:33Right.
21:34You guys also played the Panthers.
21:35I agree.
21:36I said that.
21:37I said that.
21:38I admitted that right before.
21:39He did.
21:40I said that.
21:41I know.
21:42I said that our offense…
21:43You guys have played against worse defenses than what the Commanders have played against.
21:44Yes.
21:45Yes.
21:46Right.
21:47But they're admitting that.
21:48No, no.
21:49I'm admitting all that.
21:50The Commanders' defense is more like the defenses we've already played.
21:53The Bears' defense is very different than the defenses the Commanders have played.
21:56I understand.
21:57I understand.
21:58That's my whole point.
21:59I still like Washington's success against the Bears.
22:00That's why they play the game.
22:01That's why you play the game.
22:02That's right.
22:03100% correct.
22:04That's why you play the game.
22:05Okay.
22:06Will your playbook pick?
22:07I like the charges on a get-back game this week.
22:08They put the ball on the ground three times last week.
22:10They're a team that wants to run the football.
22:12They were not successful at doing that.
22:13They had 400 yards of total offense against Arizona, and 350 of it was in the air, so
22:18you know that they can pass the ball.
22:19However, you know hardball.
22:22His whole theme is we want to run the football.
22:24We want to play good defense.
22:25I think he's going to challenge the run game this week, and again, at home against the
22:28Saints, and the Saints are abysmal right now.
22:31Their defense is not playing well, where if they have any life, it's going to come from
22:34the defensive side.
22:36I like the charges on a get-back game.
22:37Two cover minus seven at home against the Saints.
22:41Dan?
22:42I'm going to agree with you.
22:43The Saints' run defense is the worst in the NFL.
22:46The only thing that makes me nervous about this game, and I'll just throw it out there,
22:49it is the max rest versus minimum rest.
22:52The Chargers played on Monday night.
22:53The Saints played on Thursday.
22:54That makes me a little nervous, but I do think this is a good matchup for the Chargers in
22:58the fact that they can just pound the rock, and you're going up against Spencer Rattler
23:01again where the Chargers' defense should be able to confuse him, make him make some mistakes,
23:07so I'll take the Chargers as well.
23:08Yeah, boy, I just want to lean toward the under.
23:10Yeah.
23:11I have a real good feeling for it.
23:12She might be over in this game.
23:13I just don't get it.
23:14I mean, Jim Harbaugh, everybody loves him.
23:16Jim Harbaugh is going to do this, and Jim Harbaugh is going to do that.
23:19Be careful.
23:20He's a personal friend.
23:21I got no problems.
23:22I played against Jim Harbaugh.
23:23I like Jim Harbaugh.
23:24Yeah, what's coming out of this?
23:25I played against his father at Western Kentucky.
23:26Okay, I'm wondering what's going to happen.
23:27I was at Eastern Illinois.
23:28It's just he finds ways to grind offenses down to nothing.
23:33Watching him coach an offensive football team is like watching a stone quarry.
23:39You're breaking rocks in stone quarries.
23:41So seven points is just a big number for the Chargers.
23:44I know what you're saying.
23:45I know what he's saying.
23:46The Chargers might beat the living H out of him and still only win 17 to 13.
23:50I know what you're saying.
23:51And now I'm giving away a touchdown with a guy that just hates offense.
23:54No, you're right.
23:55You know what I'm saying?
23:56I love Jim Harbaugh.
23:57That's not a bad point.
23:58No, the Chargers don't have an offense that's going to explode on people.
24:02What was it, five field goals?
24:04I mean, I don't even know.
24:06You know how hard it is?
24:07The fumble in the end zone.
24:08I mean, Justin Herbert threw for 350 yards and didn't get a touchdown.
24:10That's hard to do.
24:11I mean, that being said, New Orleans stinks, and they're going on a road, but there's no
24:16home field advantage for the Chargers.
24:18Also true.
24:19At so far.
24:20There's nothing.
24:21It's just kind of a game.
24:23With that being said, I think the New Orleans Stinks still lose this one.
24:29It might be 16 to 7.
24:31So are you going to take the Chargers?
24:32I'm taking the under, and I'm going to take the Chargers, even though I tried to talk
24:36myself out of it the whole time.
24:38The Saints are so bad right now.
24:40It's going 2-0.
24:41They've lost five in a row.
24:42They're so bad right now that I'm going to have to go with the Chargers in a 16 to, like,
24:4717-9 thriller.
24:48Oh, 17-9.
24:49And let it also be on the record that you wanted only the under, but you talked yourself
24:53into the Chargers.
24:54I wanted the under, but I talked myself into the Chargers.
24:55That happens on the show a lot.
24:56Yeah.
24:57You're not alone.
24:58The over's going to hit you.
24:59I'm so disheartened.
25:00All right, Yurko, your playbook.
25:02I'm ready.
25:03It's the two teams that I played for, it's Green Bay Packers at the Jacksonville Jaguars.
25:07The Jaguars, fresh off a victory, getting 3-1, above that key number of three.
25:13So they're getting 3-1.
25:14I think the offense is starting to figure it out.
25:16They're playing for Doug Peterson's job, whether they like it or not.
25:19So they're at home.
25:20I also like the weather factor in this game.
25:24Watching Northern teams come to the South in late October, November, and December, an
25:27absolute crumbling in the heat when it's 80 degrees with only, like, 75% humidity.
25:33They get down there.
25:35It looks like a triage unit in the locker rooms.
25:37It looks like MASH 4077, where they've got hangers hanging from there and IV bags that
25:43are spent because the team is totally depleted after the game.
25:46So I'm a fan of the Green Bay Packers.
25:48I love them.
25:49But with 3-1, the Packers can still win this game by a field goal.
25:53But I'm taking the Jacksonville Jaguars plus the 3-1.
25:56You like Jordan Love, though.
25:57I do like Jordan Love.
25:58I love what the Packers do.
26:00Yeah.
26:01Absolutely fantastic.
26:02In the situation that they catch themselves, Northern team coming South, must-win situation
26:07for the Jacksonville Jaguars, I think you're going to get the best effort out of the Jacksonville
26:11Jaguars.
26:12OK.
26:13Dan?
26:14This is my sucker pick of the week.
26:15I'm going to take the Packers.
26:16Sucker pick.
26:17Sucker pick.
26:18My sucker pick of the week.
26:19See, I'm looking at it.
26:20I'm like, the Jaguars suck.
26:21The Packers are better.
26:22Jordan Love's better than Trevor Lawrence.
26:24The Packers' defense is good.
26:253-1, are you kidding me?
26:26This is going to be the easiest bet of my life.
26:28Sucker pick.
26:29I'm going to lose this pick.
26:30But at least you admit that it's a sucker pick.
26:32But I can't bring myself to bet the Jaguars.
26:34So I have to take the Packers here.
26:36Sucker pick of the week.
26:37Especially because if the Jags do cover, you're going to be like, I knew better.
26:40No, I know.
26:41The Jags are going to win this game probably outright.
26:43But I'm a sucker.
26:44You think so?
26:45Yeah.
26:46I don't know, man.
26:47I think you're right.
26:48They're playing for Peterson's job.
26:50They're going to give him max effort.
26:51Do they want to keep Peterson?
26:54Are the guys playing?
26:55You know, they're better when Engram came back.
26:56They're better.
26:57Yeah.
26:58They had that weapon.
26:59They had the receivers also.
27:00So I just think, I think they're better.
27:02I think they're better.
27:03They're playing better.
27:04I mean, the Bears beat them up, which is what we wanted.
27:06Yeah, yeah.
27:07Then they came back.
27:08They found a way to win.
27:09Now they get home.
27:10They're relaxed.
27:11They're welcome back.
27:12Now it's OK.
27:13This is our stretch.
27:14Last year, they won early.
27:15They lost late.
27:16Yeah.
27:17And missed the playoffs.
27:18I think this year they turn around.
27:19They lose early.
27:20They're going to start winning late.
27:21OK.
27:22I think they're just in a shitty situation having to be in London for two weeks.
27:25And then you come home.
27:26Not only that, you got the Packers this week, then Eagles, Vikings, Lions before you get
27:30to a bye.
27:31So although I do think they're going to be giving their max effort and playing for Coach
27:34Peterson and feeling better with Engram back, I like the Packers here.
27:37I just don't think, I just don't think Jacksonville, I just don't think Jacksonville will have
27:41enough juice coming from all of them.
27:42That would be a brutal situation as a player.
27:46I forgot this factor.
27:47You know, if you go over there for two weeks, you don't necessarily always bring the family
27:50over.
27:51And for the single players that go out there, you get back to the States, you'll see the
27:54significant other.
27:55They might lose their legs this week.
27:57Ooh.
27:58OK.
27:59It might be a little bounce.
28:00Chicka wow, wow.
28:01Make it up for lost time, you know?
28:04And so the depletion of testosterone, no, no, no.
28:07I'm just saying that could be a factor there.
28:10You got to play it in.
28:11You got to play it in.
28:12Yeah, well, they're replenishing testosterone throughout the week trying to get back to
28:14where they need to be.
28:16Make it up for lost time.
28:17OK.
28:18Right.
28:19So like when we're watching the game and we see if they got tired legs, we're going to
28:21be like, well, no.
28:22You'll know.
28:23You'll know.
28:24Right away.
28:25All right.
28:26Let's talk about rapid fire picks of the week.
28:27The rapid fire pick segment is presented by Fireball Whiskey.
28:29So many things make football great, but what the best thing is, is kicking the living shit
28:32out of your rival.
28:33There's absolutely no better feeling as an athlete or a fan.
28:36And this week we have longtime AFC rivals Jets versus Patriots and Fireball Whiskey
28:40is here to spark, to ignite that rivalry all season long.
28:43Will, go ahead.
28:44Take that.
28:45Grab your football buddy.
28:46Buy a round and reignite the rivalry.
28:48Cheers, brother.
28:49Cheers.
28:50Here we go, Will.
28:51Only you and I?
28:52Yes.
28:53Undrafted.
28:54Are we abstaining?
28:56I'm shaking like a leaf on a tree right now.
28:57All right.
28:58You know what?
28:59There we go.
29:00There we go.
29:01All right.
29:02All right.
29:03Cheers.
29:04Cheers.
29:05Security won't stop you.
29:06You'll be fine.
29:07That's delicious.
29:08I also finished first, but it's not a competition.
29:11It's not a competition.
29:12I don't know about you guys, but I saw three cases outside.
29:14Yup.
29:15Be ashamed.
29:16They ended up in the back of your truck.
29:17God forbid.
29:18God forbid.
29:19Are you staying for the stream tonight?
29:21He's always welcome to.
29:22I don't know.
29:23We're banging balls.
29:25Yeah.
29:26He's going to play some golf.
29:27Play a little bit of golf.
29:28All right.
29:29Yeah.
29:30You can stay if you want to stay for the stream.
29:31I got my sticks in the truck.
29:32I got to get back to the NWI.
29:33The 219.
29:34Okay.
29:35Football game tonight.
29:36Well, you can watch it here.
29:37Oh, can I?
29:38We might have to kidnap him.
29:39He'd be a great asset to have.
29:40We might have to kidnap him.
29:41A stream.
29:42A live stream.
29:43You can have as many of those as you want.
29:44Oh, you guys can all watch the game together.
29:45Yeah.
29:46Yeah.
29:47You guys can all sit around.
29:48Oh, I've seen that.
29:49You guys have a good time here.
29:50Well, I'm just saying you guys have a good time.
29:51I didn't plan on it.
29:52We'll work on it.
29:53We'll work on it.
29:54Yeah.
29:55Yeah.
29:56Workshop it afterwards.
29:57Hey, we gotta workshop it.
29:58Yeah.
29:59Yeah.
30:00We got more games to play.
30:01Yeah.
30:02We got a lot.
30:03So, Yerker, the way this works is I just rapid fire through these.
30:04If there's a game you want to talk about, more power to you.
30:05Okay.
30:06You pick this up.
30:07Or if you just want to just make a pick and keep it moving.
30:08So, we'll start with the Titans at the Lions.
30:09The Lions will minus 11 and a half.
30:10Hell, I don't know, man.
30:11Is this your I don't know game?
30:12This might be my I don't know.
30:13I mean, 11 and a half is crazy.
30:16I do think the Titans are in a very bad spot.
30:19I feel like all the interviews coming out of that locker room, they're talking about,
30:22oh, we have good leaders here, we have good leaders there.
30:25You never hear the quarterback's name in this situation.
30:27They shop DeAndre Hopkins.
30:29They're trying to kind of weed out, see what they can get to build culture for the future.
30:33I think they're in a very bad spot.
30:36Of course, I like the Lions to win this game.
30:38I just feel like 11 and a half is a lot.
30:39You guys have any tips for the boy in this one?
30:43I'm going to do it, and I fucking hate it, but I'm going to take the Titans.
30:47Eleven and a half is just a lot of points.
30:48It's a lot of points for the NFL.
30:49And here's, here, I'll try to make the case for the Titans.
30:52Titans run defense is still good.
30:56The Titans, obviously, back against the wall, the roster, everyone's on the trade block.
31:02The Lions are going off of a huge win against the Cowboys, which you know they had circled,
31:08and then a very emotional back-and-forth physical win against the Vikings.
31:14The Lions are going to win this game, but come on, are they going to sleepwalk a little
31:19bit?
31:20I feel like the Titans can stay around 11 and a half, so a lot of points.
31:23A lot of points.
31:24I don't think anybody talks about Jared Goff as an MVP candidate.
31:26He should be.
31:27He should be an MVP candidate.
31:28I think they're going to want to go ahead, and they're going to want to put some stats
31:31up there for them.
31:33And Jameer Gibbs and the running back there, Dave Montgomery, nice little combination.
31:38Laporta making catches, St. Brown making catches.
31:41Even without Jameson Williams, even without him, they got receivers there, and they got
31:45dangerous players there.
31:47This is one of those where I think they'd still, I don't know if people believe, even
31:51though they're the best team in the NFC, I think they've got to go about the business
31:55of still proving themselves out there, and I think Jared Goff, and I would never have
31:59said this when LA let him go, I think Jared Goff is a guy that's going to be a candidate
32:04for the MVP.
32:05Yeah.
32:06He should be one of the top two guys that are out there, so we'll see if he can continue
32:09his fine play.
32:10Yeah.
32:11Except against the Bears.
32:12Will?
32:13So are you going Detroit?
32:14I'm going with Detroit minus 11 and a half, yes.
32:15I'm going to switch.
32:16I know.
32:17I think he talked me into it, too.
32:18I'm going to switch.
32:19Very convincing.
32:20Because even when you talk about sleepwalking, it's a staff filled with ex-football players.
32:22They're going to keep their head high.
32:23And I took Buffalo last week, and the Titans actually were up in that game, 10-0.
32:30And it got ugly.
32:31And it got ugly.
32:32It got ugly.
32:33And that's what could happen here.
32:34And also, you saw a desperate team like the Titans.
32:38So that game, they went up 10-0, I think it was 10-7.
32:42They went for it on a fourth and two on their own like 30, didn't get it.
32:46Game over.
32:47Yeah.
32:48That was it.
32:49The Bills were like, all right, it's over.
32:50So those type of moments where the Titans are like, we have to go for it.
32:52We have to be more aggressive because we don't have a good team, and we're one and six and
32:56all that stuff, a good team will flip the switch on them quickly.
33:00So yeah, fuck.
33:01Will?
33:02All right, let's do it.
33:03Yeah, Detroit.
33:04Detroit.
33:05Yeah.
33:06That's how I convinced my wife to marry me.
33:07All right, let's go Colts at Texans, Will, or Dan, Texans minus five.
33:12I'm going to take the Texans.
33:13Texans offense has not been good, especially without Nico Collins.
33:17I've never been a believer in Anthony Richardson.
33:20He's completing 48.5% of his passes this year.
33:23The second worst is Jacoby Bercet at 58.5.
33:27So that tells you how bad it's been.
33:29I know Jonathan Taylor's coming back.
33:31I think DeForest Buckner's coming back.
33:32So Colts get a little bump there.
33:34But again, I just think it comes down to their quarterback can't throw the ball consistently.
33:40And the Texans, that was a tough loss against the Packers, a game they could have won, should
33:44have won if they'd been a little more aggressive.
33:47I think this is a good spot for the Texans.
33:48Will?
33:49I like the Texans too.
33:50Again, you go back to last week, the pick, Eagles, Giants, that's the one I'm kicking
33:54myself for.
33:55Kyle tried to-
33:56Miami.
33:57Miami not getting it done actually pissed me off because I feel like they should have
34:00won that game.
34:02But I do.
34:03I like the Texans.
34:04I like their offense.
34:05And I agree with you on Anthony Richardson.
34:06If it was Joe Flacco, it's a close no-brainer.
34:09Texans.
34:10Stack the line of scrimmage, put eight in the box, enforce Anthony Richardson to audible
34:14and beat you with his army.
34:15Can't do it.
34:16Can't do it.
34:17Okay.
34:18Texans across the board.
34:19All right, Yurko.
34:20The Ravens at the Browns.
34:21The Ravens minus 8.5 against a terrible Browns team.
34:22I like the Baltimore Ravens and I like what they're doing.
34:25I like the weapons that they have.
34:27To me, this is a no-brainer with the Cleveland Browns looking just like, how are we going
34:31to do whatever we've got to do?
34:33Is Jamison starting?
34:34Jamison's starting.
34:35He is.
34:36Jamison's starting.
34:37Jamison's starting.
34:38This could be, listen, so this could provide a little bit of a pop.
34:40Yes.
34:41But they're playing the wrong team.
34:42They need to be playing somebody else.
34:44Wrong.
34:45They're playing Pittsburgh.
34:46You're wrong.
34:47If they're playing Pittsburgh, maybe.
34:48You're wrong.
34:49Not against the Baltimore Ravens.
34:50Jamison.
34:51I like minus 8.5.
34:52The Baltimore Ravens is a game that I'm embracing and I'm falling in love with even more.
34:55Okay.
34:56Wait, hold on.
34:57Even more.
34:58Jerry, what was that look?
34:59I don't know.
35:00What did you learn?
35:01Oh, just out of nowhere.
35:02Yeah.
35:03Yeah.
35:04Out of nowhere.
35:05He's a Steelers fan.
35:06You got a question for Yorko?
35:07Yeah, I actually do.
35:08Can I ask it?
35:09Yeah.
35:10Yeah.
35:11Defensive end, right?
35:12Who is the best pass rusher, in your opinion, in football today?
35:15Oh, boy.
35:16Tough question.
35:17Best pass, it was the kid from Detroit that got busted up now.
35:21Oh, really?
35:22Okay.
35:23It was Aiden Hutchinson and he was getting better and better and better over his career.
35:27Last year, he was putting pressure but wasn't getting sacked.
35:30Then at the end of last year, he had like seven sacks in three games, right?
35:35So the seven sacks in three games, with what he started to do at the beginning of this
35:40year, he was now sacking the quarterback and really affecting the game.
35:43So I thought he became TJ Watt.
35:45Oh, there it is.
35:46Another guy.
35:47That's what he was.
35:48That's what he was.
35:49TJ Watt has proven it.
35:51He's done it over the course of time.
35:53You like what Mike Tomlin does.
35:54Listen, Mike Tomlin's great.
35:56If they ever fired him, he'd be the first coach hired by, there'd be 20 teams out there
36:00trying to get Mike Tomlin over there.
36:03That's the curse of winning.
36:05When you win, you don't get third, fourth, fifth draft choices in the first round.
36:10You get 18, 19, 20, and you've got to build a team.
36:15Mike Tomlin has handled Le'Veon Bell's situation.
36:18He's handled the Antonio Brown's situation.
36:19Oh, yeah.
36:20Big Ben situation.
36:22When he got hurt on the field, he was able to weather that storm, too.
36:26They've lost a lot of great players over there, and Tomlin still weathers the storm.
36:30That's your-
36:31Thank you, Yurko.
36:32Yeah, there we go.
36:33And they've got great pierogies out there, too.
36:34Yeah, that was a great answer.
36:36I have a question for you, then, Yurko.
36:39Jameis Winston, what are the first three letters of his last name?
36:44W-I-N.
36:46Give me the Browns.
36:47He has a carton of cigarettes, too.
36:49Give me the Browns.
36:50Give me the Browns.
36:52You can't have a pop from Jameis Winston.
36:53You can't go from a worse vibe in Deshaun Watson to a great vibe in Jameis Winston.
36:59That team's going to play hard on Sunday.
37:00And Jameis' viral clip this week was so good, too.
37:02He's the best.
37:03He's just-
37:04Yeah.
37:05He's the motivator.
37:06He's the enthusiasm.
37:07They're going to have a pop.
37:08I'm with it.
37:09Yeah, I like the Browns.
37:10I love Jameis Winston.
37:11Nick Chubb.
37:12I think they have some excitement.
37:13They have some energy in the locker room.
37:14The players are so excited.
37:16Everybody's going to be circling this man for the pregame speech.
37:20Everybody is.
37:22I like the Browns.
37:23Well, let's say in the half with the points, because I am.
37:26I love the Baltimore Ravens.
37:27I think they're doing an incredible job with Derrick Henry.
37:29That offense is moving.
37:30Their defense is incredible.
37:32But I just-
37:33I love Jameis Winston.
37:34Yeah.
37:35I love Jameis Winston.
37:36I'm against you guys.
37:37Yeah, yeah.
37:38You're against us.
37:39You're against us.
37:40This is one of those, like, again, next week when you're not here, if you were right, they're
37:42going to be like, well, we don't have to tell them.
37:43If they're wrong, you should definitely let them know.
37:45I'm about to say.
37:46No.
37:47I'm sure they will.
37:48All right, Dan.
37:49I love Jameis next week.
37:50I like him.
37:51I like him every week.
37:52Every one of your ex-followers.
37:53All right, Dan.
37:55The Jets at the Patriots, which is a disgusting display of football.
37:59So gross.
38:00The Jets, minus seven.
38:01I'll pass.
38:02Yay.
38:03Pass game?
38:04I'll just pass to someone else.
38:05You're passing?
38:06I don't know.
38:07I just have to say.
38:08Okay.
38:09So, Jericho, they both got a pass game.
38:10So, do you have thoughts on this?
38:11No.
38:12I'm going to take it.
38:13I think the Jets get right against the New England Patriots, and I'll take them minus
38:15the seven.
38:16All right.
38:17Throw that on there.
38:18I'll take the Jets as well.
38:20The Jets, as bad as they've looked, they have played the first-best defense, second-best
38:26defense, the sixth-best defense, the eleventh-best defense in their last four games.
38:29The Patriots are a terrible defensive team.
38:31So I think their offense is going to look a lot better on Sunday.
38:34Will?
38:35Give me the Jets.
38:36Okay.
38:37Give me the Jets.
38:38Jets across the board.
38:39Coach Mayo, too, was talking about his team being soft.
38:41Yeah.
38:42What happens in the locker room after that?
38:43Well, they either respond.
38:44Exactly.
38:45Yeah.
38:46Either respond.
38:47You've been challenged, you respond, or you quit.
38:48Yeah.
38:50So we know right away.
38:51Yeah, yeah, yeah.
38:52Depends on the respect meter that he has.
38:53Yeah.
38:54Yeah.
38:55Okay.
38:56Will, the Falcons at the Bucs.
38:57The Falcons minus two and a half.
38:58Man, give me Kirk.
38:59Give me the Falcons minus two and a half against the Bucs.
39:01You know, you hate to see the Bucs.
39:03The Bucs are a good team.
39:04They were a good team.
39:06Godwin goes down, Mike Evans goes down.
39:08You hate to see that in an offense that they did have.
39:10I still like Baker.
39:12I think they'll figure something out, but I like Atlanta this week in Tampa Bay.
39:17Dan?
39:18I think I'm going to take the Falcons as well.
39:20I just don't know what the Bucs can do offensively now that you got Godwin and Mike Evans out.
39:24I just...
39:25Yeah.
39:26You saw it in the second half.
39:27Well, I guess there was garbage time there, but it's hard.
39:29They don't have guys who can get separation like they could, and I just...
39:32I think the Falcons also...
39:34That was a game last week.
39:35I had the Seahawks.
39:37I saw it coming.
39:38The Falcons got a little bit of a, like, oh, wake up, this isn't going to be as easy as
39:42we thought it would be.
39:43Right.
39:44Type of...
39:45So I think you're going to get max effort from them.
39:46Yurko?
39:48Yeah.
39:49I think the insurance policy of those receivers being as big as they are as targets, you can
39:52just throw it and trust that something good is going to happen.
39:55It's also below the key number.
39:56Yeah.
39:57It's two and a half.
39:58Most games end up three, four, seven in the NFL, so it's below that key number at two
40:02and a half.
40:03I mean, I don't know what Tampa's got left.
40:06Yeah.
40:07Cameron Brait.
40:08I mean, is he still there?
40:09I don't know what they have left over there.
40:10It's Sterling Shepard.
40:11Yeah.
40:12Who knows?
40:13Yeah.
40:14They've got problems.
40:15Got to get the running game going.
40:16They've got to find a way to respond at four and three.
40:19Again, below the key number, I think it's the Falcons all day here.
40:22All right, Yurko.
40:23Back to you.
40:24The Cardinals at the Dolphins.
40:25The Dolphins minus three and a half.
40:26Jesus.
40:27Cardinals at the...
40:28What's wrong with Miami?
40:29Do you want me to start?
40:30Where's Tua?
40:31Where's Tua?
40:32He's back.
40:33Tua's back.
40:34He's back.
40:35Tua's back?
40:36He's back.
40:37Is he wearing a guardian cap?
40:38No, he's not.
40:39He should be.
40:40He's wearing an outer box.
40:41He'll be fine out there.
40:42Throw him out there in an outer box and let it spin.
40:43He needs to be wearing a guardian cap.
40:44That's what Tua needs to do.
40:45Tua needs to be smart.
40:46You know what you've had?
40:47You've had two, three, four concussions right now.
40:50What are you lowering your head into the chest of a defensive player for?
40:53Yeah, the last one was.
40:54Fall down.
40:55Yeah.
40:56We used to criticize Marvin Harrison back in the day because he'd get there and he'd
40:58just fall.
40:59Yeah.
41:00He wouldn't get the extra yard.
41:01Who cares?
41:02You know why?
41:03He was healthy his whole career.
41:04Tyler Lockett.
41:05Tua's got...
41:06Yeah, he's still playing.
41:07He goes down.
41:08Tua's got to be smart.
41:09Tua's got to get his ass to the ground.
41:10Yeah.
41:11Okay, be smart.
41:12Get to the ground.
41:13Tua's not going to do anything for you.
41:15Gain two less yards and continue playing or miss six weeks again.
41:19So he's got to be smart.
41:21Minus three and a half against the Cardinals.
41:25Go ahead.
41:26You give it to us.
41:27Dolphins.
41:28It's easy.
41:29Dolphins.
41:30That's what I'm feeling.
41:31Three and a half.
41:32I'll take the Dolphins.
41:33Cardinals can't really rush the passer.
41:34Cardinals, you know, Monday night have to go all the way to Miami.
41:37We talked about the heat already.
41:38I think Tua also, like, we're getting a little bit of a discount here because even if Tua
41:42is a little rusty, the difference between Tua and Tim Boyle and Tyler Huntley is so
41:48incredible that this offense is going to start working again.
41:51You saw it.
41:52Tyree Kill said he was going to cry in practice.
41:53I got Tyree Kill on my fantasy team.
41:54He's been a major disappointment.
41:55Did you not see what he said?
41:56He said, fire it up this week.
41:57He said, fire it up.
41:58Start me this week.
41:59I've been starting him the whole time.
42:00Yeah, well, that was stupid of me.
42:01It's misery.
42:02Cooper Cupp was hurt.
42:03You've got to go pick up on the waiver warrants.
42:04I got problems.
42:05Get on the waiver wire.
42:06Josh Downs disappointed me last week.
42:07It's finally, it's weekend.
42:08It's weekend.
42:09Now he's going to start showing up for you.
42:14Thank God.
42:15For the playoff run.
42:16For the playoff run.
42:17Yes.
42:18Those AZ boys are going to be going to Miami too.
42:19The apps are going to be firing up.
42:21Oh, you know where they're going to be.
42:22They're going to have their mouthpiece on.
42:23Yeah.
42:24The Clevelander.
42:25It'll be somewhere else.
42:26All types of good times.
42:27Oh, yeah.
42:28Okay.
42:29Will, the Chiefs at the Raiders, the Chiefs' mind is nine and a half.
42:32I think Chiefs cover.
42:33I think the Raiders are in a bad spot and obviously, you know, remembering the puppet
42:40that came out during training camp.
42:41That was literally my note.
42:42Yeah.
42:43This is not even.
42:44This isn't a handicap game.
42:45This isn't an X's and O's game.
42:46Mahomes, the puppet that the Raiders brought out in training camp, Mahomes said afterwards,
42:50he said, stuff like that happens.
42:52It will get handled when it gets handled.
42:54I love that.
42:55I know.
42:56I love that.
42:57Andy Reid's my guy.
42:58All they do is find ways to win.
43:00That's what Andy Reid does.
43:01And they got a defense that's tougher than nails and keeps him in every single game even
43:06though and he's the number one, Patrick Mahomes, the number one, what is he, plus 225 to be
43:12the MVP?
43:13Yeah.
43:14Which he hasn't had MVP stats.
43:15Six touchdowns, eight interceptions.
43:16Yep.
43:17I mean, they're awful stats except for the fact that they keep winning.
43:20Yeah.
43:21They keep winning.
43:22The problem is they keep winning and they don't cover.
43:24That's the dilemma you have sometimes.
43:26But it will get handled when it gets handled.
43:27I love that quote so much.
43:28Because they're playing the Raiders and the Raiders are hapless and might be trying to
43:31look for a quarterback and might be finding a way to look for their future quarterback
43:35and they need to lose games if they're going to get a quarterback.
43:38I'll go with the Chiefs minus nine and a half, but that's a whole lot of wood to be given.
43:42Yeah, I know it is.
43:43And the Chiefs don't do well on those big spreads.
43:45And when you say it'll get handled when it gets handled, I can see even if they're up
43:49seven points in the fourth quarter and they got in the bag, I can see them still marching
43:53down to kick a field goal just to rub it in their face and run up the score and keep that
43:57offense rolling.
43:58And guess what?
43:59Last team the Chiefs lost to?
44:01The Raiders.
44:02Yeah.
44:03On Christmas.
44:04They lost to Dennis Allen.
44:05What a handsome fella.
44:06Where do I get a haircut like that?
44:09I love that quote.
44:10OK.
44:11So Kansas City across the board.
44:12Yeah.
44:13Yep.
44:14Yep.
44:15OK.
44:16Dan, the Panthers at the Broncos.
44:17Another easy one.
44:18Just take the Broncos.
44:19I know it's 10 points.
44:20The Panthers are such a disaster.
44:21Bryce Young's playing again.
44:23The Panthers are the worst.
44:25Sports Info Solutions, my guys there.
44:27The Panthers are the worst team against the Blitz.
44:29The Broncos Blitz the second most in the NFL.
44:33The Broncos are going to run the ball down their throat.
44:35I know 10 points is a lot.
44:37The Panthers are so bad.
44:38They're so lost.
44:39Just take the Broncos.
44:40Extra rest, too, after an awesome win.
44:42Just take the Broncos.
44:43Sean Payton revenge game.
44:44Don't even think about it.
44:45That's my guy, Sean Payton.
44:46That was my college quarterback.
44:47Oh.
44:48My first two years at Eastern Illinois University.
44:50Great old coaches.
44:51Remember?
44:52Yep.
44:53Great old quarterbacks.
44:54Great old coaches.
44:55And what has he done there?
44:56All he does is win games.
44:57Yeah.
44:58He's got a little bit of it in him that way.
44:59Well, not last year.
45:00This year.
45:01Yeah, yeah.
45:02Listen.
45:03When you're a head coach, you come to a new team, you've got to find out who wants to
45:05play and who doesn't want to play.
45:06And Russell Wilson didn't want to play.
45:07That's what year that was.
45:08He had to figure out what the hell was going on.
45:10Now he knows who wants to play, and they're going about the business of winning games.
45:14Yep.
45:15So, yes.
45:16I'm with you guys.
45:17Denver Broncos, minus the 10.
45:18Broncos.
45:19Just have to point out the fact that he's an Eastern Illinois quarterback.
45:20Yes.
45:21I like that.
45:22I like that.
45:23Throw it out.
45:24And he was my quarterback.
45:25He was your quarterback.
45:26That's very important.
45:27So a member of Sigma Chi.
45:28He had the best part.
45:29My dad was a Sigma Chi at Texas A&M.
45:31Why would you know that?
45:32Yeah, why would you know that?
45:33A&M, right?
45:34Yes.
45:35Yes.
45:36See, there you go.
45:37No, all he does is talk shit about A&M.
45:38No, no, no.
45:39I just walked right into that.
45:40They've got a big, what's that little thing they put on fire?
45:44Well, they don't do that anymore.
45:46They don't do that?
45:47What happens?
45:48Somebody die?
45:49Yeah, like 12 students.
45:50Do they quit?
45:51Too much liability now?
45:52Yeah, yeah.
45:53They do like off campus.
45:54It was a whole thing.
45:55Nobody was smart enough to ever figure out this might be a problem until somebody lost
45:58an arm.
46:00Forget that I said my dad was a Sigma Chi at A&M.
46:02I regret doing that.
46:03OK, Monday Night Football, the Giants at the Steelers.
46:05Oh, wait, Will, did you say Broncos?
46:06Yeah, he said Broncos.
46:07Yeah, yeah, he said Broncos too.
46:08Jerry, your Steelers, minus six against the Giants.
46:12How are you feeling?
46:13Yeah, I'm feeling great.
46:14I did think about something while we were sitting here.
46:17I knew the game was coming up Monday night.
46:18And I'm going to say this publicly for the first time.
46:22My last four Steelers games in attendance, four or five, I'm either 0-4 or 0-5.
46:30Are you in Bowie?
46:31I'm going Monday.
46:32Oh, my God, Jerry.
46:33Going back to the Jesse James play.
46:34Yeah.
46:35Against New England.
46:36Why are you doing that?
46:37It just happened that way.
46:38Monday night.
46:39Is there a thought, though, that now you might not go?
46:40No, no, no.
46:41I'm going.
46:42I'm ready.
46:43I'm on the sideline.
46:44I'm locked in.
46:45Have you been on the sidelines every time you've lost?
46:48Well, three times out of the four.
46:50Are you going to hold the support for Tomlin?
46:52No, no, no.
46:53Pre-game, I'm on the sideline.
46:54Will you have a sign?
46:55Yeah, I'll have a sign.
46:56What will it say?
46:57Sussy for Russell.
46:58Sussy for Russell.
46:59Okay.
47:00Nice.
47:01And he was right about Russell this week.
47:02Listen, Yurko, and I owe you first-time meeting and whatnot.
47:06I have been the number one, not two, not three, number one Russell Ryder since the Steelers
47:13got him.
47:14It is true.
47:15I've been backing this guy.
47:16You know, I talked to some players.
47:18I talked to some coaches.
47:20This guy, he's the real deal.
47:22He's still got something left in the tank.
47:23I know it was one game.
47:24I don't want to get too high.
47:26But he, the way this defense plays football, he is going to be in every game and have a
47:31chance to win every game.
47:32To give you an idea of how high he is on this guy, he agreed to give another one of our
47:36employees a hand job if Russell Wilson had six years.
47:40Yurko's never coming back now.
47:41Are you going to put a glove on?
47:42Yeah, I was going to put a glove on.
47:43Yeah, yeah, yeah.
47:44Are those callous hands going to work the race?
47:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
47:46I just want to know exactly what's happening.
47:47I need to know what you're dealing with when he says he's Sussy for Russell.
47:48Big Cat's going to like this because he's going to go to the Giants.
48:00I think this is a blowout.
48:02Yeah, I love that.
48:03I think it's a blowout.
48:04Whenever he's confident.
48:05He's always right.
48:06I know.
48:07This is the Giants.
48:08This is a Giants spot.
48:09This is the Giants.
48:10Take a look, Giants.
48:11I like the Steelers.
48:12Vote Russ.
48:13Vote Russ.
48:14It's going to change.
48:15I love how Russ.
48:16Monday night.
48:17Ta'amuna's a big favorite.
48:18The Steelers lost one Monday night game since 1991.
48:21Yeah, but you're going.
48:23Against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
48:24That's true.
48:25I'll tell you exactly when it was.
48:26It was against the Jaguars.
48:28The blocked field goal.
48:30Tom Zak was the holder.
48:31The blocked field goal.
48:32Chris Hudson ran it in for a touchdown and Cower looked like he wanted to punch him in
48:36the face.
48:37Good memory.
48:38That day I broke my leg.
48:39Thank you for bringing that back.
48:40Oh, no.
48:41I was in the x-ray room when it was happening.
48:43Bad memory.
48:44Yeah, tibia points all day.
48:45Good memory and a bad memory.
48:46Thank you, sir, for bringing that back.
48:48Bring it up.
48:49Bring it up.
48:50Bring it up.
48:51Old shape.
48:52They don't lose game.
48:53Monday Night Football.
48:54Monday Night Football 1997.
48:55Fourth week of the season.
48:56Oh, are we not counting the COVID game that got moved?
48:57That doesn't count.
48:58That doesn't count.
48:59That was Monday Night Football.
49:00It got moved.
49:01That doesn't.
49:02I know.
49:03COVID doesn't count.
49:04COVID doesn't count.
49:05COVID, that's why.
49:06COVID doesn't count.
49:07That didn't count.
49:08COVID doesn't count.
49:09That didn't count.
49:1097.
49:11Go to 97.
49:12You'll see it.
49:13He said, go to 97.
49:14My buddy bet Pittsburgh.
49:15Pittsburgh covered.
49:16The only way they lose is if, I mean, they didn't cover.
49:18They didn't cover.
49:19There's a field goal block return for a touchdown.
49:20And my buddy, the Greek, calls me and goes, what the hell happened?
49:24Are you saying just at home?
49:26Yeah.
49:27Home.
49:28Okay.
49:29You're on the road.
49:30Yeah.
49:3121 consecutive.
49:32All right.
49:33We're going to give it to you.
49:34Hey, guess what?
49:35You can win this game.
49:36I can cover this game.
49:37Exactly.
49:38You're taking the Steelers.
49:39I'm taking the Steelers.
49:40Yurko?
49:41Steelers.
49:42Okay.
49:43I love it.
49:44And you got New York?
49:45Yep.
49:46All right.
49:47Every time this guy says it's a blowout.
49:49I know.
49:50That's what I'm saying.
49:51It's an anti-hypnotist.
49:52No, but he tells me.
49:53He gives, he's like the sports almanac.
49:55He tells me the Steelers score before I even have to watch the game.
49:58Because he'll say, oh, I don't feel good about this game.
50:01Take the Steelers.
50:02Oh, we're going to blow them out.
50:03Take the other team.
50:04Every time.
50:05I got you.
50:06Every time.
50:07It is time for Hot Takes.
50:08We give off Hot Takes every week.
50:09Yurko leading into week six.
50:10Dan, do you want to start?
50:12Yeah, I'll start.
50:13Oh, I don't have one.
50:16What was my Hot Take last week?
50:17I got you.
50:18Oh, you got it.
50:19My Hot Take is Jared Goff is going to be the NFL MVP.
50:21I like that.
50:22I like that.
50:23I like that.
50:24Nobody's got it.
50:25I'd bet it now.
50:26And if I was going to bet the market, I had it at 60 to 1.
50:28Derrick Henry, before he played the Monday Nighter and had all the yardage, 60 to 1 to
50:32be the NFL MVP.
50:33No running back has won the NFL MVP since 2012 when Adrian Peterson won it.
50:38It's time for some non-quarterback, if nobody's stepping out and getting something done, for
50:44a running back who might run for 2,000 yards, have 25-plus touchdowns, that's the time for
50:49a running back to win it.
50:50So it'd be Derrick Henry and or Jared Goff, I think, is going to be the NFL MVP.
50:54Look at that picture they got.
50:55Look at you.
50:56Looking so handsome.
50:57Good kid.
50:58How many chins do I have?
50:59That's a nice color on you, though.
51:00I like that.
51:01I like that take.
51:03Yeah.
51:04All right, I'll go.
51:05You know what?
51:06I'll double down on my sucker play of the week.
51:07The Packers.
51:08Doug Peterson will be fired on Monday.
51:10OK.
51:11OK.
51:12Yeah.
51:13Will, do you have one?
51:14Pass.
51:15Pass.
51:16Hey.
51:17That happens.
51:18Back to you guys in the studio.
51:19Nope.
51:20Send it down to Pam Oliver.
51:21All right.
51:22Let's get to the Survivor Pool picks.
51:23Dan and Jerry, still alive.
51:24Jerry up one point.
51:25So Dan, Jerry, who wants to go first?
51:26I'll go.
51:27Do you want to go?
51:28Yeah.
51:29I'll take the Broncos.
51:30Broncos.
51:31OK.
51:32Jerry?
51:33Casey, refresh my memory.
51:34Who can I use?
51:35You cannot take the Bills, the Vikings, the Chargers, the Bucs, the 49ers, the Jags, or
51:36the Panthers.
51:37All right.
51:38Who can I use?
51:39You cannot take the Bills, the Vikings, the Chargers, the Bucs, the 49ers, the Jags, or
51:44the Eagles.
51:45I'll take the Jets against the Patriots.
51:46Jets.
51:47OK.
51:48Are you still alive in any of your Survivor Pools?
51:49No.
51:50Dead in the water.
51:51I was in the circle one.
51:52Instant.
51:53Right?
51:54Instant.
51:55I took Baltimore the week they got kicked out.
51:56The Raiders?
51:57Yeah.
51:58This, and I say this every week to a guest when they're new, this has reset now three
52:00times.
52:01Has it?
52:02Yeah.
52:03Yeah.
52:04It reset like twice in three weeks.
52:05Have I lost yet?
52:06Yeah.
52:07We all lost one week.
52:08We all lost three sets.
52:09Oh, OK.
52:10That's why there's only one point.
52:11There's one point.
52:12Jared only had one point.
52:13Yeah.
52:14All right.
52:15Anything else, guys?
52:16No.
52:17Yerko's the best.
52:18Oh, you're amazing.
52:19Thank you, guys.
52:20Thank you for this dream.
52:21Baby.
52:22You start working.
52:23You could get some more fireballs.
52:24Jared, you've got to play some golf with him.
52:25Hey, there's a golf simulator.
52:26There's a golf simulator.
52:27I'm ready.
52:28Get on Pebble Beach.
52:29Yeah, yeah.
52:30Pebble Beach.
52:31I play.
52:32Yeah, Pinehurst.
52:33That's your spot.
52:34That's my spot.
52:35I've heard some stories.
52:36Seven times.
52:37Who's more legendary?
52:38Pinehurst.
52:39Yeah.
52:40The caddies were like, oh, big cat.
52:41You know Yerko?
52:42I was like, that's a good name.
52:43That's a group I go with.
52:44Yeah.
52:45Who's more legendary, Pinehurst, Yerko, or Riggs?
52:46Riggs is.
52:47Yeah, Riggs.
52:48And he's the mayor of Pinehurst.
52:49Yeah, he's the mayor.
52:50Come on.
52:51He's right off at three.
52:52I think I might have hit his house.
52:53I bumped into Riggs down there with a handful of people at the brewery down there.
52:57Yeah.
52:58Yeah.
52:59Introduce myself.
53:00Say, hey, I'm the good kid.
53:01And what'd he say?
53:02He said, who the hell are you?
53:03I can, like, see his face.
53:04He said, hello.
53:05I'm the good kid.
53:06He was funny.
53:07He was funny.
53:08All right.
53:09We'll see you guys next week.