<v Speaker 1>Wednesday, November twelve, twenty twenty five. You are listening to

<v Speaker 1>the Daily Dose Sports podcast and I am your host,

<v Speaker 1>Clinton Daily, coming to you from my I see here

<v Speaker 1>in Denver, Colorado, and we are back for another week

<v Speaker 1>of talking sports with a dose of common sense. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>Happy Wednesday to you. Hope you had a good weekend.

<v Speaker 1>Hope your week is going well and that you your family,

<v Speaker 1>your friends, everyone is staying strong and staying healthy right now.

<v Speaker 1>And I can't believe how fast this year is going,

<v Speaker 1>because I mean, we are, what a couple of weeks

<v Speaker 1>from Thanksgiving? Where is this going? And I don't know

<v Speaker 1>where you're at, but here in Colorado, look, we're used

<v Speaker 1>to getting some snow by now, not a flake. Haven't

<v Speaker 1>seen one single bit of it, which is insane because

<v Speaker 1>we're almost halfway through the month of November. Haven't seen

<v Speaker 1>any snow whatsoever, And here we are. Don't. Look Now,

<v Speaker 1>college football has a couple of regular season games left

<v Speaker 1>that's gonna be done. And we are now at about

<v Speaker 1>the midway point of the NFL season. Where in the

<v Speaker 1>world is this time going? It is just going so fast.

<v Speaker 1>Speaking of that NFL season, Like I said that twenty

<v Speaker 1>twenty five NFL season is about at the mid season point,

<v Speaker 1>and I can't figure out that league. I don't know

<v Speaker 1>what's going on in that league, but I know a

<v Speaker 1>few people who might be able to help us out.

<v Speaker 1>Today on the Daily Dose, we are going to be

<v Speaker 1>joined by our esteemed panel of NFL experts to break

<v Speaker 1>down the NFL season now, what we have seen so far,

<v Speaker 1>and what we might expect to see later on this season.

<v Speaker 1>In fact, we have so much to get to we

<v Speaker 1>need to jump over to that right now. Joining us

<v Speaker 1>this week on the Daily Dose, we have our illustrious

<v Speaker 1>panel of NFL experts to let us know kind of

<v Speaker 1>what we've seen so far, what we can still expect

<v Speaker 1>to see this season, and who in the world is

<v Speaker 1>going to end up in Super Bowl sixty this next February.

<v Speaker 1>First up, of course, we have president of the Dale

<v Speaker 1>dis I team that finds the stories no one else

<v Speaker 1>can find. Big Rob was just here last week talking

<v Speaker 1>little college football. But he is back. West Virginia Mountaineer

<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia Eagle fan, Rob, you're back again, and Rob, before

<v Speaker 1>we get into the NFL, your Mountaineers got a big

<v Speaker 1>win over the University of Colorado over the weekend. But

<v Speaker 1>we had been told by Dion Sanders that the time

<v Speaker 1>to get the buffs was in year one because they

<v Speaker 1>were coming. But Rob, it seems like year three is

<v Speaker 1>also a really good time to play them too.

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, that works too. A couple of years they're coming.

<v Speaker 1>They're coming. To keep pushing that out, Lady, yehs just

<v Speaker 1>a little way, okay, just making sure because I know

<v Speaker 1>we kept hearing is coming. Now it seems like it's going.

<v Speaker 1>I wasn't quite sure I had the thing quite squared away.

<v Speaker 1>Next up, we have Mike in cass A rock out

<v Speaker 1>on the Colorado Planes. Mike. Currently our Denver Broncos are

<v Speaker 1>sitting on top of the AFC West. Why don't we

<v Speaker 1>feel better?

<v Speaker 3>Fold?

<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, that's that's a good way to put it. Finally,

<v Speaker 1>we have our wiley, savvy veteran, and do you pioneer

<v Speaker 1>Larry from Centennial Larry? When do those ski slopes open?

<v Speaker 1>And can I go with you during the next Broncos

<v Speaker 1>game because my doctor he doesn't care for what they're

<v Speaker 1>doing to my cardio help right now?

<v Speaker 4>Absolutely, any anytime you want Clinton in my pleasure.

<v Speaker 5>And we're about forty fifty days away.

<v Speaker 1>Oh dear, well, that's like another three or four games

<v Speaker 1>they're getting.

<v Speaker 5>It feels like a lifetime.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it really does. It really does. Having never been

<v Speaker 1>skiing in my entire life, Yeah, it really feels like

<v Speaker 1>a lifetime. As usual, the NFL has been unpredictable, and

<v Speaker 1>many of the teams we expected to dominate have slid back.

<v Speaker 1>A few of the teams we swore we're going to

<v Speaker 1>be terrible that actually kind of looked like contenders. We

<v Speaker 1>have parody at its very finest. But first we do

<v Speaker 1>have to mention former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliboo did pass

<v Speaker 1>away over this past weekend at the age of eighty four.

<v Speaker 1>Taglelyboo brought a ton of growth of the league. He

<v Speaker 1>had an era of peace with the players union. He

<v Speaker 1>did a pretty good job. Maybe not the most memorable guy,

<v Speaker 1>but did a very good job while he was in there. However,

<v Speaker 1>I think one of the big storylines this season has

<v Speaker 1>been that little tweak in the kickoff rules, basically meaning

<v Speaker 1>every team starts at their own thirty yard line every

<v Speaker 1>single time. That means you gain like no twenty thirty yards,

<v Speaker 1>you're in field goal range, and we are seeing kickers

<v Speaker 1>boom the ball. We have now had nearly one hundred

<v Speaker 1>field goals over fifty yards. It's unreal. We had one

<v Speaker 1>almost at seventy yards. Scoring is up. I'm not sure

<v Speaker 1>if it's good. I'm not sure if it's bad. I mean,

<v Speaker 1>I guess we'll say it's a it's a good thing, Mike.

<v Speaker 1>Is the scoring being up a good thing in the NFL?

<v Speaker 1>Is this new method? Is it working?

<v Speaker 3>I think it's good. I think it envelops more a

<v Speaker 3>broader fan base, right, you know, the excitement of scoring

<v Speaker 3>and high scoring games. It's not too many people enjoy

<v Speaker 3>a defensive a true defensive struggle, or a defensive minded game.

<v Speaker 3>So I think the scoring being up is a positive overall. Rob.

<v Speaker 1>Do you like the up ticket scoring? Do you like

<v Speaker 1>this new kickoff rule? Or are you a positive? Is

<v Speaker 1>this a positive?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah? No, I agree. I think it is a positive.

<v Speaker 2>You know, more scoring, more excitement for the betters out

<v Speaker 2>there who would do that. For the gambling aspect, higher

<v Speaker 2>scores are always good. But I will say now that

<v Speaker 2>they will say they got that corrected. They need to

<v Speaker 2>do something about the on side kick.

<v Speaker 1>The on side kick is a bit of a problem.

<v Speaker 1>There's a few things they need to do, some things

<v Speaker 1>about Larry. I'm not a fan of the idea that

<v Speaker 1>every offensive line just gets to stand up before the

<v Speaker 1>balls even snap. Is it just me or our officials

<v Speaker 1>just looking the other way are returning this into NBA traveling?

<v Speaker 1>What's going on with these fall starts too? I don't

<v Speaker 1>like it?

<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I don't know. It is super confusing, I think

<v Speaker 5>for the viewer for sure.

<v Speaker 4>I mean when you see, like if they call a

<v Speaker 4>false start, you couldn't you know half the time, I

<v Speaker 4>don't know when it was, yeah, because all the movement

<v Speaker 4>on the on the line, So I don't really know.

<v Speaker 4>I do think they have to look at that. As

<v Speaker 4>far as the kickoff goes, though, I got to be honest,

<v Speaker 4>I don't know that anybody knows like scoring's up right

<v Speaker 4>if if it's because of field goals, well, nobody keeps

<v Speaker 4>track of that. I guess you really have to screw

<v Speaker 4>things up.

<v Speaker 5>Not to be in field goal range if you have a.

<v Speaker 4>Decent offense, you know, and you play the ball right

<v Speaker 4>from the kickoff.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, here in Denver, we're more than capable. Okay,

<v Speaker 1>we had met back in August. I think it was

<v Speaker 1>we all got together except for Mike. I want everyone

<v Speaker 1>to keep that in mind. Mike was unable. Mike had

<v Speaker 1>some things. He had his easy top beard at the time,

<v Speaker 1>and he was unable to make it because he was

<v Speaker 1>shaving it off. But right now, I want everyone to

<v Speaker 1>take a look back at what you picked back in August,

<v Speaker 1>and if you and you get a chance right now,

<v Speaker 1>you can brag on what you got. Right now, Mike,

<v Speaker 1>we're just gonna have what is honor among thieves. Mike,

<v Speaker 1>you've got to tell us what you expected to happen,

<v Speaker 1>even though we don't have any proof of what He's

<v Speaker 1>gonna say here, and you're gonna tell us, Hey, I

<v Speaker 1>nailed it. I totally nailed it. What'd you get right

<v Speaker 1>going into season? What did you have? Right?

<v Speaker 4>Uh?

<v Speaker 1>I uh?

<v Speaker 3>And this wasn't a stretch of the imagination. And I

<v Speaker 3>don't think anybody's gonna doubt me. But the Jets and

<v Speaker 3>Saints battling for the number one overall pick.

<v Speaker 1>Uh, Yeah, they're not very good. Yeah, you definitely nailed that.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah. With the off season acquisitions, I was maybe not

<v Speaker 3>to this extent, but I was thinking that lovable Denver

<v Speaker 3>defense was going to take a step up. They've really

<v Speaker 3>really improved on that. I mean, they're they're on pace

<v Speaker 3>to break the all time sack record. You know, there's

<v Speaker 3>a few things here and there that that that you

<v Speaker 3>don't think halfway into the season is tough to say, right, Yeah,

<v Speaker 3>I think that. I think thatone's going to be, you know,

<v Speaker 3>leading the division halfway. No, I think it will be

<v Speaker 3>at the end.

<v Speaker 1>We'll see, we'll see. We're going to keep Mike honest,

<v Speaker 1>he he nailed a couple there, Rob What do you

<v Speaker 1>look back and say that you that you nailed from

<v Speaker 1>our season preview? What'd you get right?

<v Speaker 3>For me?

<v Speaker 2>It was the NFC East. I wanted to pick against

<v Speaker 2>the Eagles because nobody ever repeats in that division, but

<v Speaker 2>I couldn't do it. I thought the Cowboys defense would

<v Speaker 2>be bad. I thought the Commanders would take a step back,

<v Speaker 2>and then the Giants would be terrible, and that's how

<v Speaker 2>it yelled out. So that's the one for me. NFC

<v Speaker 2>East and the.

<v Speaker 1>You're exactly right, Larry, what about you? What'd you get right?

<v Speaker 5>Well?

<v Speaker 4>I got a couple of things right, but mostly I

<v Speaker 4>think you know, Green Bay, I think, and it wasn't

<v Speaker 4>a stretch. I didn't go out on a limb on

<v Speaker 4>anything here. I'm kind of picking the things that are

<v Speaker 4>working right for me, right, I tell you what I

<v Speaker 4>got right, Green Bay and the Rams. I think I

<v Speaker 4>had them high on my list. Green Bay still has

<v Speaker 4>something to prove, but I think but just by watching

<v Speaker 4>the Rams, man, they just looked really good. I don't

<v Speaker 4>know they've dropped games too, but man, when they're on,

<v Speaker 4>they're on.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah they are. I picked a couple of teams.

<v Speaker 1>I picked Tampa to be the class of the NFC South.

<v Speaker 1>It's kind of like it's kind of like being the

<v Speaker 1>most ethical senator. I don't know, but they're on top

<v Speaker 1>of the NFC South for now, and I thought Washington

<v Speaker 1>would take a step back. So I'm gonna go ahead

<v Speaker 1>and take victory lap on that because everything broke their

<v Speaker 1>way last year and you just kind of felt like

<v Speaker 1>it couldn't happen again. All right, Mike, you weren't here,

<v Speaker 1>but was there something that just shocked you that you

<v Speaker 1>were Like, I missed that. I wouldn't have got that pick, right,

<v Speaker 1>What did you miss?

<v Speaker 3>I thought against you know, being a homer here. I

<v Speaker 3>thought bon Nicks and the Denver offense was going to

<v Speaker 3>take a step forward, and it has been in a

<v Speaker 3>complete about face.

<v Speaker 2>It is.

<v Speaker 3>It looks he looks like a rookie. His footwork's terrible.

<v Speaker 3>I really thought with a good offseason going into a

<v Speaker 3>second year, he was going to show signs of improvement

<v Speaker 3>and he's not even close.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah he is. He's struggling as of recently. Rob what

<v Speaker 1>about you? What'd you miss? What'd you get wrong?

<v Speaker 2>For me? It was the Falcons. I had them winning

<v Speaker 2>the division. I was all in on them and even

<v Speaker 2>watching them the first half of the season. I feel

<v Speaker 2>like the talent's there, but for whatever reason, you put

<v Speaker 2>it together. So, yeah, that was a miss for me.

<v Speaker 2>The Falcons.

<v Speaker 1>They've got talent, they're not doing a whole lot with it. Larry,

<v Speaker 1>what about you? Did you have anything that you just

<v Speaker 1>missed that you want to say?

<v Speaker 2>Oops?

<v Speaker 4>Yeah? I had the Falcons too, But Washington, you know,

<v Speaker 4>they're just and I get it, you know a lot

<v Speaker 4>of the things I ended up getting wrong are because

<v Speaker 4>of injury, right, But yeah, I thought Washington was going

<v Speaker 4>to play a lot better than they've been shown.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know I thought that. I didn't think either

<v Speaker 1>one of these teams was going to be a super

<v Speaker 1>Bowl contender. But I thought the Raiders would show at

<v Speaker 1>least some improvement under Pete Carroll. They've been awful, and

<v Speaker 1>I thought the Arizona Cardinals would at least compete. They've

<v Speaker 1>been worse. I can't believe it, but the Arizona Cardinals

<v Speaker 1>are absolutely horrible, and I thought they at least be respectable,

<v Speaker 1>no respect whatsoever, So I missed that. All right, let's

<v Speaker 1>jump in to our division recaps. We're kind of kind

<v Speaker 1>of look at each division at the midway point and

<v Speaker 1>see if we can't make sense of these. We start

<v Speaker 1>off in the AFC East, where we all expected the

<v Speaker 1>Buffalo Bills to dominate and maybe the New England Patriots

<v Speaker 1>could vy for a playoff berth. Well, that hasn't really

<v Speaker 1>been the case. The Bills have got a number of obstacles.

<v Speaker 1>Their offensive weapons are on quarterback Josh Allen aren't great.

<v Speaker 1>The defensive front is being pushed around. The Patriots, meanwhile,

<v Speaker 1>are on top Mike been New England Patriots are looking

<v Speaker 1>more and more like the class of the division, that

<v Speaker 1>might even be the class of the AFC. Did owner

<v Speaker 1>Robert Kraft find another soul to sell to the devil?

<v Speaker 3>I don't know where and when you're a billionaire, I

<v Speaker 3>guess the rules don't apply, right, So it's it's very possible.

<v Speaker 3>May is looking like the class of last year's NFL

<v Speaker 3>quarterback draft class so far as completion percentages out of

<v Speaker 3>this world for a sophomore quarterback. The coaching move was

<v Speaker 3>the right move.

<v Speaker 2>Yep.

<v Speaker 3>The defense is excellent. Boy, that's that was one of

<v Speaker 3>my big surprises that they're doing so much better so soon.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I've been very surprised by the Patriots. I thought

<v Speaker 1>they would be good. I didn't think they'd be that good.

<v Speaker 1>But I also didn't expect the Bills to be as

<v Speaker 1>bad as they've been, and they're not horrible. They're still

<v Speaker 1>gonna make a push for a playoff spot. But man,

<v Speaker 1>I'm starting to get concerned about the Bills. Anybody on

<v Speaker 1>the panel have anyone other than those two teams with

<v Speaker 1>a shot at the playoffs? No, it's those two or busts, right,

<v Speaker 1>because those other two teams are just hot, flaming garbage.

<v Speaker 1>Who's got Patriots winning that division? I'm gonna switch that up,

<v Speaker 1>but I'm gonna I'm gonna make the Patriots my my

<v Speaker 1>divisional winner. There anybody else I do. Now, Yeah, anybody

<v Speaker 1>got the Bills getting in. I've got the Bills as

<v Speaker 1>a wildcard. Yes, Bill's wildcard.

<v Speaker 5>I've still got the Bills winning the division. Okay, I'll

<v Speaker 5>do that, but I do I have.

<v Speaker 4>To put the Patriots in as a wildcard and swap out.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Rob, what about you?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm going to reverse it from a preseason I

<v Speaker 2>had the Bills winning it, and I had the Pats

<v Speaker 2>sneaking in as a wildcard. And now I got the

<v Speaker 2>power the Pats as the division winner, and I have

<v Speaker 2>the Bills making it as a wildcard.

<v Speaker 1>All Right, I've got exactly the same thing. I think

<v Speaker 1>that division is the two team race, and it's going

<v Speaker 1>to be interesting to see how it ends up. The

<v Speaker 1>NFC East was also expected to be a two team race,

<v Speaker 1>but the Philadelphia Eagles are on top and they're just

<v Speaker 1>running away with it. The Washington Commanders are stumbling, The

<v Speaker 1>Dallas Cowboys are awful. The New York Jets are worse.

<v Speaker 1>They were feisty for a few weeks, but that has

<v Speaker 1>gone south. Rob, Is there any chance that Philadelphia Eagles

<v Speaker 1>head coach Nick Sirianni can screw this up? Because the

<v Speaker 1>rest of the division looks horrible.

<v Speaker 2>N that's just because they're too far ahead. Now, Yeah, yeah,

<v Speaker 2>we got a cushion, so so we'll be okay.

<v Speaker 1>Anybody else coming out of this division, I've got Philly

<v Speaker 1>and Philly only. Anybody else got anything different? Nope, Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>it's just really right. Okay, let's jump forward to the

<v Speaker 1>AFC North. We expected it to be one of the

<v Speaker 1>best divisions in the NFL. That has not been the case.

<v Speaker 1>The Pittsburgh Steelers are currently on top of the division,

<v Speaker 1>but it feels kind of precarious because they're not a

<v Speaker 1>great football team. But the Cincinnati Bengals last year, Burrow,

<v Speaker 1>they don't have a defense. The Baltimore Ravens have been awful,

<v Speaker 1>but they're getting better. The Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Browns, Larry,

<v Speaker 1>I know the Steelers are currently on top of the division,

<v Speaker 1>but could a team like the Ravens catch them and

<v Speaker 1>pass them on?

<v Speaker 5>And they will?

<v Speaker 4>You know, I think I think Baltimore's too good all around,

<v Speaker 4>and that division still is not very good. Regardless of

<v Speaker 4>what Pittsburgh's record is. I think they'll fall off at

<v Speaker 4>the end of the year. So Baltimore's gonna win that division.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, of anyone else get in. No, see, I'm the same.

<v Speaker 1>I've got Baltimore passing them and I've got them taking

<v Speaker 1>the division. Mike, same, Yeah, same, I think.

<v Speaker 3>I mean, how many years in the last decade has

<v Speaker 3>Pittsburgh started off hot and then just crap the bed

<v Speaker 3>in the second half of the season. Yep, I don't know.

<v Speaker 3>I just and that may not be the exactly what happens,

<v Speaker 3>but there's I think there's too many other good teams

<v Speaker 3>in the AFC that are going to squeeze them out.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I do too, Rob, What about you? How do

<v Speaker 1>you see this AFC nor shaping up?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I got it the same. Ravens are healthy now,

<v Speaker 2>so they make a comeback here When the division at

<v Speaker 2>ten and seven, Steelers finished nine and eight, But those

<v Speaker 2>nine wins, it's not gonna be enough for a wildcard.

<v Speaker 1>Interesting the we're gonna see a flip. Yeah, I've got

<v Speaker 1>to Steelers now out and I had them scraping in

<v Speaker 1>when we did our preview. But I'm not liking the

<v Speaker 1>way that team is playing, not liking the way they're

<v Speaker 1>put together. Let's move forward to the NFC North, which

<v Speaker 1>is highly competitive. The Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions and

<v Speaker 1>Chicago Bears are all within a half game of each other.

<v Speaker 1>The Minnesota Vikings are just another game back, Mike. The

<v Speaker 1>NFC North is highly competitive, So why am I a

<v Speaker 1>little disappointed in every single one of those teams?

<v Speaker 3>Maybe because because they're losing games they shouldn't lose, right,

<v Speaker 3>that's every team this year?

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you're right.

<v Speaker 3>Every single team has lost a game they really shouldn't

<v Speaker 3>have lost, right except for a Broncos who've won games

<v Speaker 3>well anyway, Yeah, I mean the season by the Lions,

<v Speaker 3>they got twitched, just boat raced. Yeah, and then they

<v Speaker 3>went on a run, and now they've stumbled a couple

<v Speaker 3>of times. It's you can't figure them out. Green Bay,

<v Speaker 3>who are they? I don't know.

<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's a weird division. Minnesota's bringing up the rear,

<v Speaker 3>but they may finish close to five hundreds.

<v Speaker 1>So sure, who do you have coming out of that

<v Speaker 1>division right now?

<v Speaker 2>Mike?

<v Speaker 3>I have Detroit taking it in Green Bay as a wildcard.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, Larry, what about you? Yeah, Larry, how do you

<v Speaker 1>see the NFC North finished up?

<v Speaker 4>Yeah? I have I have Detroit winning it, and I

<v Speaker 4>still have Green Bay as a wildcard.

<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna ye, all right, Rob, what about you?

<v Speaker 2>Same here? The Lions win it all and Packers sneak

<v Speaker 2>in as the last wildcard.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, Okay, I'm gonna go Packers winning the division and

<v Speaker 1>the Lions sneaking in as a wildcard because I don't

<v Speaker 1>trust that defense. Although at this point I don't trust

<v Speaker 1>any of those teams. The NFC North is wild and

<v Speaker 1>I can't figure it out. I wouldn't be shocked one

<v Speaker 1>bit to see Chicago come through and knock a team out,

<v Speaker 1>because they're just goofy enough to do that. And they

<v Speaker 1>won another game today that I'm not really sure how

<v Speaker 1>they won, but they did. We moved forward to the

<v Speaker 1>AFC South and we all expected the Houston Texans to

<v Speaker 1>just run away with his awful division. Again, well, one

<v Speaker 1>team is running away with his division. It just isn't them.

<v Speaker 1>The Indianapolis Colts have been the surprise of the league.

<v Speaker 1>They're eight and two. Running Back Jonathan Taylor should be

<v Speaker 1>an MVP candidate. Quarterback Daniel Jones has been very good. Next,

<v Speaker 1>we have the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'm not sure they're flaky.

<v Speaker 1>They can win, they have some talent, but I don't

<v Speaker 1>always trust them. The Texans are struggling, and the Titans

<v Speaker 1>might be picking first again in the NFL Draft. We

<v Speaker 1>will see, But Rob, how much faith should anyone have

<v Speaker 1>in the Colts and in Daniel Jones?

<v Speaker 2>You can trust them during the regular season. This feels

<v Speaker 2>like last year's Vikings to me. Yep, dominate and then

<v Speaker 2>once they hit the playoffs they get in trouble. But

<v Speaker 2>I got the Colts win in the division. If at

<v Speaker 2>the Jags finish up at ten and seven, But this

<v Speaker 2>is gonna be my last team out. They're right there

<v Speaker 2>the schedule, they kind of limped to it, but that's

<v Speaker 2>my last team out. So I just have the Colts

<v Speaker 2>winning the division.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, Larry, what about you? How are you seeing the

<v Speaker 1>SAFC South go?

<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I this might be a surprise, but I had

<v Speaker 5>to change things.

<v Speaker 1>Uh okay, what no way?

<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

<v Speaker 4>For sure Indy winning the division and my earlier pick.

<v Speaker 4>If Jacksonville went in the division, I don't have them

<v Speaker 4>in the playoffs.

<v Speaker 1>Jacksonville is our only team getting in, is the Colts?

<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

<v Speaker 1>Okay, Mike, what about you?

<v Speaker 3>Yeah? I think like most people, I had Houston win

<v Speaker 3>the division. Sure, I just thought it was going to

<v Speaker 3>be kind of like the NFC South, you know, by default,

<v Speaker 3>just because the other teams are so bad. But boy,

<v Speaker 3>Andy is impressive. They currently lead the league in point differential,

<v Speaker 3>So it's not just the Daniel Jones show the defense

<v Speaker 3>playing very well. They win that division going away, and

<v Speaker 3>they're the only only team to make the playoffs.

<v Speaker 1>And all right, I'm going to put the Colts in

<v Speaker 1>his division winner. I'm going to have the Jags scrape

<v Speaker 1>their way into a wild card, and I'm gonna just

<v Speaker 1>feel sick about even doing that moving forward. The NFC

<v Speaker 1>South is maybe the worst division in the NFL. It's

<v Speaker 1>definitely the flakiest. Currently, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on

<v Speaker 1>top of the six and three record. Bizarrely, the Carolina

<v Speaker 1>Panthers are just like a game and a half back.

<v Speaker 1>I don't know what's going on there. The Atlanta Falcons

<v Speaker 1>are bipolar, and the New Orleans Saints are awful? Larry,

<v Speaker 1>do we trust anyone in this terrible division?

<v Speaker 5>No?

<v Speaker 4>But what do they say, Somebody's got to win it, right, Yeah,

<v Speaker 4>So I'm going with Tampa Bay. I had Atlanta and

<v Speaker 4>I no longer have Atlanta, and so I'm only picking

<v Speaker 4>Tampa Bay to come out of this division as the winner.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I'm doing the same thing, Rod Boy, about you.

<v Speaker 2>Same for me. Just the Bucks, and I think they

<v Speaker 2>get healthier too. They've had a lot of injuries, so

<v Speaker 2>I think they get on a somewhat hot streak down

<v Speaker 2>the stretch. But yeah, just the Bucks from this division.

<v Speaker 1>I could totally see that. Mike. How are you looking

<v Speaker 1>at this NFC.

<v Speaker 3>South Yeah, you know, keep it simple, stupid, right. I

<v Speaker 3>think it's going to be the same Tampa Bay. I'm surprised.

<v Speaker 3>I did not have Carolina improving this much. Oh they may,

<v Speaker 3>you know, ten and seven, maybe nine and eight, something

<v Speaker 3>like that, but I don't have them high enough for

<v Speaker 3>a wild card.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah, I've got it. About to say. I think

<v Speaker 1>Tampa's just going to kind of walk away with this

<v Speaker 1>terrible division because there's just no competition and they don't have,

<v Speaker 1>you know, tough enough schedule. We now reach the AFC West,

<v Speaker 1>a division very near and dear to well three of

<v Speaker 1>our hearts. Hey, this division has now been won nine

<v Speaker 1>times in a row by the Kansas City Chiefs, But

<v Speaker 1>right now the Chiefs are in third place behind the

<v Speaker 1>Denver Broncos. And the Los Angeles Chargers. Mike, is there

<v Speaker 1>any way that the NFL can orchestrate away for the

<v Speaker 1>Chiefs to overtake those two teams and win the tenth

<v Speaker 1>division title in a row.

<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, it can absolutely happen. I like Harbaugh, but I

<v Speaker 3>don't see how they can. As good as you know,

<v Speaker 3>justin Herbert is that offensive line is decimated. Yea, he

<v Speaker 3>is taking so many hits. I just don't see him,

<v Speaker 3>you know, continuing along the path they are, they may

<v Speaker 3>stumble a little bit. Denver schedule becomes real here coming

<v Speaker 3>up here shortly, you know, I next week's game literally

<v Speaker 3>in week eleven maybe for the division. You know, it

<v Speaker 3>could send Denver Denver into a spiral. If Denver somehow

<v Speaker 3>picks it up. It's a huge lead on Kansas City.

<v Speaker 3>So I actually have Kansas City winning the division with

<v Speaker 3>Denver and the Chargers as the wild card.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, Wow, You've got this thing jumbling up quite a bit. Then, Larry,

<v Speaker 1>what about you? How are you seeing the SAFC West?

<v Speaker 4>Yeah? I have to go a little bit away from

<v Speaker 4>what Mike just said.

<v Speaker 5>I don't know.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the schedule gets tough with Kansas City coming up

<v Speaker 4>next week. But after that, you've got some teams that are,

<v Speaker 4>you know, not great, So I don't. I didn't have

<v Speaker 4>the Broncos winning the division. I do now based on

<v Speaker 4>the record and the rest of the schedule. So and

<v Speaker 4>I've got the Chargers and Kansas City making the playoffs too.

<v Speaker 1>So okay, it's coming out.

<v Speaker 5>Of the West.

<v Speaker 1>You've got three of them getting in. All right, Rob,

<v Speaker 1>finish this up again once again, you're the only one

<v Speaker 1>objective here. How is the AFC West going to play out?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I got three and as well. I think the Broncos.

<v Speaker 2>They got a big enough lead, so that's my division winner.

<v Speaker 2>Chiefs get hot, make a run, but not enough. They

<v Speaker 2>get in as a wildcard and came down to the

<v Speaker 2>Chargers and the Jacks. For me, I think the Chargers

<v Speaker 2>lent to the finish and they get in as well

<v Speaker 2>as the as my last wildcard.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, I have got Broncos winning the division. Like you said,

<v Speaker 1>the lead is just too much, and I've got the

<v Speaker 1>Chiefs getting in a wild card. I feel look at Chargers,

<v Speaker 1>that offensive line is a problem, and god forbid, justin

<v Speaker 1>Herbert get hurt because it's gonna go south real quick

<v Speaker 1>if he does that's gonna get real, real ugly. Plus

<v Speaker 1>it's gonna change, you know, the running game, and that

<v Speaker 1>running game has at least been solid. If Herbert's not

<v Speaker 1>in there, it ain't gonna be solid anymore because you're

<v Speaker 1>gonna be able to stack the box. So I've only

<v Speaker 1>got two coming out of the AFC West. We finish

<v Speaker 1>up with the NFC West that hey, it might be

<v Speaker 1>better than expected. We've got the Seattle Seahawks, the Los

<v Speaker 1>Angeles Rams, and the San Francisco forty nine Ers all

<v Speaker 1>battling for a playoff berth. And then we have the

<v Speaker 1>Arizona Cardinals. What do you even say about the Arizona Cardinals?

<v Speaker 1>Is suppressing every single year? Rob, At what point will

<v Speaker 1>Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold turned back into a pumpkin?

<v Speaker 2>It's just like the Colts. We'll be fine for the

<v Speaker 2>regular season, Okay, playoffs is when they get into trouble.

<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I got the Rams went in the division,

<v Speaker 2>who have the Seahawks in as a wild card, and

<v Speaker 2>also have the forty nine Ers limping in who is

<v Speaker 2>a wild card as well.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, well I've got the exact same thing. I've got Seahawks, Rams,

<v Speaker 1>and Niners getting in Seahawks leading and getting the division. Mike,

<v Speaker 1>how do you see this NFC West?

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, same boy, we seem to like the Western divisions

<v Speaker 3>of the conferences. Three teams as well. I've got the

<v Speaker 3>Rams taking the division, Seattle is the next wildcard, and

<v Speaker 3>then San Francisco's squeaking in.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, Larry finished this off. How's this NFC? What's gonna

<v Speaker 1>play out?

<v Speaker 5>I've only got two teams.

<v Speaker 4>Obviously, Seattle has been a great surprise, and I guess

<v Speaker 4>maybe it shouldn't have been. They're playing great, So I am.

<v Speaker 4>I still have the Rams winning the division, but I

<v Speaker 4>got Seattle up there getting them in as a wildcard.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, yep, all right. We're gonna jump into our playoff

<v Speaker 1>predictions here in just one second. But before we do,

<v Speaker 1>we're right about the midway point. And it's funny because

<v Speaker 1>every year we do this, and every year at the

<v Speaker 1>midway point we go, oh, we reallyct this team, and

<v Speaker 1>by the end of the year we go, what were

<v Speaker 1>we thinking? That's all right, We're gonna go around the

<v Speaker 1>horn right now and we are going to say, right now,

<v Speaker 1>if you had to pick a most valuable player, who

<v Speaker 1>would your MVP be and I'll be very honest, right now,

<v Speaker 1>I might go Jonathan Taylor running back for the Colt,

<v Speaker 1>but I know that's not who's gonna win it because hey,

<v Speaker 1>let's be honest, they don't pick running backs. They're not

<v Speaker 1>gonna give it to that guy. Mike, who would be

<v Speaker 1>your MVP right now at the midway point?

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's just like the Heisman in college right. Yes,

<v Speaker 3>I don't know. It's funny there's two top five candidates

<v Speaker 3>on the same team right now. I think in the

<v Speaker 3>last few weeks, May has joined the conversation. Yeah, Stafford

<v Speaker 3>is playing out of his mind. I'm gonna take the

<v Speaker 3>dark horse. I'm gonna take Taylor. I think what he's

<v Speaker 3>doing is absolutely incredible, and because he's so potent, that's

<v Speaker 3>I think that's why Daniel Jones is having a successful

<v Speaker 3>season as well.

<v Speaker 1>So I would agree about one hundred percent. Rob, What

<v Speaker 1>about you, who'd be your MVP right now at the

<v Speaker 1>midway point?

<v Speaker 2>For me, it would be Stafford. Okay, Mike mentioned just

<v Speaker 2>playing out of his mind right now. I think that,

<v Speaker 2>you know, keeps going. Yeah, So Stafford for me.

<v Speaker 1>I get it. He is so valuable to that team.

<v Speaker 1>They lose him. That's a different team, Larry, finish this off.

<v Speaker 1>Who would be your MVP at the midway point?

<v Speaker 5>Okay, I'll go different. I'm gonna go Sam Donald.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I will say that Seattle continues to win ball

<v Speaker 4>games and and you know, I think part of the

<v Speaker 4>part of the Matt stafford is that he should be

<v Speaker 4>doing it right. Yeah, no one, no one really expects

<v Speaker 4>Donald to do this. He's just got that whatever, that

<v Speaker 4>old legacy hanging on him. But yeah, I'll take him.

<v Speaker 1>All right, We're gonna go to one more award, and

<v Speaker 1>that would be the dreaded mid season Coach of the Year.

<v Speaker 1>Me personally, I would probably go Mike Rabel the New

<v Speaker 1>England Patriots. But does anybody else have anything different, because

<v Speaker 1>I don't know, there's a number of teams that could

<v Speaker 1>have this. Mike, who would be your mid season coach

<v Speaker 1>of the Year?

<v Speaker 3>I really like Rabel with what he has done with

<v Speaker 3>that team. Tell you say this name to a casual,

<v Speaker 3>casual NFL fan will wonder who you're talking about. How

<v Speaker 3>about the coach of the Colts.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no, you're right, Shane Stier. Yeah, he's done a

<v Speaker 1>phenomenal job.

<v Speaker 3>Nobody knows who he is. But you're right, you're taking

<v Speaker 3>a cast off who probably wouldn't have started if the

<v Speaker 3>young kid wouldn't have got injured. Right, you make a

<v Speaker 3>good trade to shore up your defense midway through the league.

<v Speaker 3>He's he's got to get some votes there. I like

<v Speaker 3>that one.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, No, that's a good pick. I like that pick. Rob.

<v Speaker 1>What about you? Who'd be getting your coach of the year?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I agree, Shane Steichen from the Colts. Like I said,

<v Speaker 2>there was a little buzz about you know, Rabel. You

<v Speaker 2>know with the Titans, he was a proven coach. You know,

<v Speaker 2>people thought they wouldn't be this good the Patriots, but

<v Speaker 2>you know there was an idea there. Like Mike said,

<v Speaker 2>the Colts kind of came out of nowhere. Yes, So

<v Speaker 2>for me, it's Shane.

<v Speaker 1>All right, Larry finished this off. Who would be your

<v Speaker 1>coach of the year? And why is his name? Pete Carroll?

<v Speaker 5>That would be funny. No, I am gonna take Verbel.

<v Speaker 4>I think, you know, I think more you know of

<v Speaker 4>what May is doing has to do with the coach

<v Speaker 4>and the defense.

<v Speaker 5>I think he's got his fingerprints all over that.

<v Speaker 4>Not that Shane Steichen wouldn't be a good pick also,

<v Speaker 4>but I'm going with.

<v Speaker 1>Verbel I get it. No, he's done a phenomenal job.

<v Speaker 1>And I don't know that again that you could go,

<v Speaker 1>you know, wrong on either one of those guys. They've

<v Speaker 1>done very very well. All right, let's now jump in

<v Speaker 1>and go to our playoff predictions. We are going to

<v Speaker 1>roll through our top seven teams from each conference and

<v Speaker 1>let everyone know who's going to be making the postseason. Mike,

<v Speaker 1>go ahead and start us off. Just roll through the

<v Speaker 1>AFC one three seven. Who do you have?

<v Speaker 3>Top two? Nobody would have thought this at the beginning

<v Speaker 3>of the year, right, I've got the Patriots as the

<v Speaker 3>number one seed. Okay, I've got the Colts is the

<v Speaker 3>number two seed. Like I said before, i got the

<v Speaker 3>Chiefs winning the coming back and winning the West. And

<v Speaker 3>I've got Baltimore winning that division. Wildcards or Denver, Los

<v Speaker 3>Angeles Chargers and the Buffalo Bills.

<v Speaker 1>All right, Rob, you are up next. Let's have your

<v Speaker 1>top seven picks in the afsay, yeah, same.

<v Speaker 2>Team's different order. Patriots number overall, number one, Colts number two,

<v Speaker 2>Denver Broncos number three, Ravens number four, and then my

<v Speaker 2>wild cards, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and La Chargers.

<v Speaker 1>And Larry finished this off. Who are your top seven?

<v Speaker 5>Okay?

<v Speaker 4>I've got Patriots number one, Indie number two, the Baltimore

<v Speaker 4>Ravens number three, Denver number four, KC five, Chargers six.

<v Speaker 5>Oh in Buffalo, Buffalo. Yeah, so Buffalo's seven, right?

<v Speaker 2>All right?

<v Speaker 1>Yep, that would be seven. All right, I would go

<v Speaker 1>number one. I'm gonna I'm gonna stick with the Colts,

<v Speaker 1>Patriots at two, Broncos at three, Ravens at four, and

<v Speaker 1>then Bill's Chiefs and Jaguars as my wild car teams.

<v Speaker 1>I won't feel good about them. Moving over to the NC, Mike,

<v Speaker 1>what do you have?

<v Speaker 3>I've got the Rams as the number one seed. I

<v Speaker 3>like Philly as the number two seed, and the Lions

<v Speaker 3>and the Bucks. High wildcard is Seattle at number five,

<v Speaker 3>Green Bay and then the Niners.

<v Speaker 1>All right, Rob, you're up. NFC? What do you got?

<v Speaker 2>Same team's different order, Eagles number one, Rams number two,

<v Speaker 2>Bucks number three, Lions number four, then wild cards Seattle

<v Speaker 2>forty nine, Ers, and the Packers.

<v Speaker 1>All right, Larry, you are the last one. What do

<v Speaker 1>you got? NFC?

<v Speaker 3>Okay?

<v Speaker 4>I still have Detroit number one, Philly two, Rams three,

<v Speaker 4>Tampa Bay four, Seattle five, Green Bay six, nine or seven.

<v Speaker 1>All right, we have our seven. My NFC looks a

<v Speaker 1>little bit different. I've got Seattle staying on top of

<v Speaker 1>the one. Packers two, Philly three, Tampa at four, the Rams, Lions,

<v Speaker 1>and Niners finish out those three wildcard spots. All right,

<v Speaker 1>we are going to jump in right now to our

<v Speaker 1>wild Card weekend. Give me all three of your AFC

<v Speaker 1>wild Card games and winners. Mike, you are up first.

<v Speaker 1>Give me your three wildcard games, and who's gonna win them?

<v Speaker 3>Indy over Buffalo, the Chiefs over the Chargers.

<v Speaker 1>Who that would be fun?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

<v Speaker 1>And your four versus five or.

<v Speaker 3>Versus five for that tough Baltimore beating the Broncos.

<v Speaker 1>Well that just hurts my feelings. All right, rob AFC

<v Speaker 1>wild Card weekend, what's gonna look like?

<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

<v Speaker 2>Number two verse seven Colts versus the Chargers. I got

<v Speaker 2>the Colts advancing. This is where that Chargers line gets

<v Speaker 2>them into trouble. Yeah, the three six Broncos versus the Chiefs. Sorry, guys,

<v Speaker 2>but I have the Chiefs advancing.

<v Speaker 1>All right?

<v Speaker 2>Then number four and five I got the Ravens versus

<v Speaker 2>the Bills and the Ravens get it done this time.

<v Speaker 1>Oh, Baltimore takes it all right, Larry, AFC wild Card.

<v Speaker 1>Who are your three games?

<v Speaker 4>I've got Chargers over over Baltimore, Okay, I've got Buffalo

<v Speaker 4>over Houston.

<v Speaker 1>Buffalo gets through, and.

<v Speaker 5>Casey and Denver and Denver wins.

<v Speaker 1>Up, Denver advances. Well, that makes me feel a little

<v Speaker 1>bit better. I don't know if I buy it all right.

<v Speaker 1>On my side, I've got Patriots versus Jags, Patriots advance,

<v Speaker 1>Broncos versus Chiefs. Chiefs advance, Ravens versus Bills, and Bills advance.

<v Speaker 1>All right, Mike, NFC Wildcard Weekend, what do you got?

<v Speaker 2>Uh?

<v Speaker 4>My?

<v Speaker 3>Two seven is the Eagles over the Niners. We've got

<v Speaker 3>the Lions beating the Packers and an NFC North showdown there,

<v Speaker 3>and then I've got Seattle upsetting Tampa Bay.

<v Speaker 1>I like that. Rob, You're up, NFC. What's it looked

<v Speaker 1>like in Wildcard Weekend?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Two seven is Rams versus the Packers. I got

<v Speaker 2>the Rams advancing. The three six, I got the Bucks

<v Speaker 2>versus the forty nine ers. I have the Bucks advancing

<v Speaker 2>in a close one, and the four to five is

<v Speaker 2>the Lions and the Seahawks. This is where it falls

<v Speaker 2>apart for Donald.

<v Speaker 1>Lions Detroit beat Sam Donald. He turned into a pumpkin.

<v Speaker 1>All right, Larry, NFC Wildcard weekend. What do you got?

<v Speaker 5>I've got the Rams, Lions, Seattle, and Philly.

<v Speaker 1>You have four teams winning your clearly drunk?

<v Speaker 3>Sorry? Is that the new flex game on Prime?

<v Speaker 5>Sorry? Sorry? Rams, Lions in Seattle.

<v Speaker 1>Detroit and Seattle get through? All right. I have got

<v Speaker 1>Packers versus Niners, Packers advance, Eagles versus Lions, Eagles advance,

<v Speaker 1>and Buccaneers versus Rams and Rams advance. All right, we

<v Speaker 1>are moving on to the divisional round. Mike, I want

<v Speaker 1>both divisional games on the AFC side. What do you

<v Speaker 1>have for your divisional round?

<v Speaker 3>I've got let's see the one versus four that's gonna be.

<v Speaker 3>I've got the Patriots beating the.

<v Speaker 1>Ravens, New England advances to the championship game. What do

<v Speaker 1>you got next?

<v Speaker 3>And Indie beating Kansas City.

<v Speaker 1>And the Colts. So now you're getting Patriots versus Cults.

<v Speaker 1>All right? I like that, rob AFC divisional round. How

<v Speaker 1>does it look?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah? The Patriots versus the Chiefs get an upset here

<v Speaker 2>Chiefs advance. Then the two verses four is the Colts

<v Speaker 2>versus the Ravens falls apart for the Colts, Ravens advance.

<v Speaker 1>Ooh, Casey and Baltimore are going to that championship round, Larry,

<v Speaker 1>what do you got AFC Division round? Who's getting through?

<v Speaker 5>Hey, I've got Chargers beating Buffalo, and I've got the

<v Speaker 5>Pats beating Denver.

<v Speaker 1>Ooh it hurts, yeah, hurts a lot. All right, I

<v Speaker 1>have got Patriots versus Bills, Patriots advance, Colts versus Chiefs,

<v Speaker 1>Chiefs advance. I will go vomit quietly to myself. All right, Mike,

<v Speaker 1>moving over to that NFC side Division round. What do

<v Speaker 1>you have.

<v Speaker 3>Let's see here in the NFC West Showdown. I've got

<v Speaker 3>the Rams beating the Seahawks.

<v Speaker 1>Oh, that'd be a fun one.

<v Speaker 3>And the other game is and I've got Philly beaten Detroit.

<v Speaker 1>Oh, Rams versus Philly. Okay, I like that. That'd be

<v Speaker 1>a good matchup, very similar to what we had last

<v Speaker 1>year in the division round. Rob what do you got NFC.

<v Speaker 2>NFC one seed verse the four that's the Eagles versus

<v Speaker 2>the Lions. I have the Eagles advancing, Then the two

<v Speaker 2>three game Rams and the Bucks Rams in a blowout.

<v Speaker 1>Ooh, you guys have exactly the same teams getting through.

<v Speaker 1>On the NFC side, Larry, NFC side, who's getting through

<v Speaker 1>the divisional round?

<v Speaker 5>I've got the Rams beating Detroit, and I've got Seattle

<v Speaker 5>coming out of the other game.

<v Speaker 1>And the Seahawks get through. And in my division round,

<v Speaker 1>I've got Packers versus Rams, I've got Packers advancing, and

<v Speaker 1>I have got Seahawks versus Eagles. Seahawks advance and get

<v Speaker 1>past the tush push because they were playing at home

<v Speaker 1>and they made too much noise. All right, we are

<v Speaker 1>now down to our championship game. Mike, just go ahead

<v Speaker 1>and tell us Super Bowl sixty. Don't tell us who's winning.

<v Speaker 1>Who's going?

<v Speaker 3>Uh, Indian the.

<v Speaker 1>Rams, Indianapolis Colts versus the Los Angeles Rams going to

<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl sixty. We'll come back to you in just

<v Speaker 1>one minute for your winner, Rob, super Bowl sixty. Who's

<v Speaker 1>going to be in it?

<v Speaker 2>AFC Chiefs first, Ravens. The hype is a loud, big underdogs,

<v Speaker 2>but we get Ravens come through other side. Eagles versus

<v Speaker 2>Rams comes down to the wire again. Rams lose it

<v Speaker 2>last play of the game. Eagles sneak through and advance.

<v Speaker 2>Ravens Eagles Super.

<v Speaker 1>Rob has got Ravens versus Eagles and the All Birds

<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl. All right, Larry, finish us off. You've got

<v Speaker 1>or You've got Chargers versus Patriots and Rams versus Seattle.

<v Speaker 1>Who's going to Super Bowl sixty? Larry?

<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I've got the Chargers coming out of the Wow.

<v Speaker 4>I've got the Rams coming out of the NFC.

<v Speaker 1>An All LA Super Bowl for Larry.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, maybe they could sell out the stadium with both.

<v Speaker 1>Don't get carried away now you've gone too far. All right,

<v Speaker 1>I am going Super Bowl sixty in Santa Clara. I

<v Speaker 1>am going with an old school AFC West matchup, Kansas

<v Speaker 1>City Chiefs versus Seattle Seahawks.

<v Speaker 5>Wow.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, disgusting on all fronts. I understand completely. All right, Mike,

<v Speaker 1>you're going to start this off super Bowl sixty. You

<v Speaker 1>have Indy versus the Rams in a game that Eric

<v Speaker 1>Dickerson has no idea to cheer for. Who is going

<v Speaker 1>to come out on top super Bowl sixty.

<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna stick with the Rams.

<v Speaker 1>Rams to win, all right. Rob, You've got Baltimore versus

<v Speaker 1>the Eagles in your Super Bowl sixty. Who's going to

<v Speaker 1>be our super Bowl champions?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Ravens versus Eagles in a back and forth game

<v Speaker 2>experience takes over Eagles spec.

<v Speaker 1>To back, Philly wins back to back. You know, Rob

<v Speaker 1>would just be elated if that were to happen. He's

<v Speaker 1>not going home at all. Larry, you are up next.

<v Speaker 1>You have got an all LA super Bowl played in

<v Speaker 1>northern California. Hey, where the hoboes are running rich and

<v Speaker 1>the poop is everywhere. Who's coming on? Who's going home

<v Speaker 1>with the hardware?

<v Speaker 5>I'm with Mike. It's going to be the Rams.

<v Speaker 1>Rams. Wow, we've got We've got two Rams picks here

<v Speaker 1>to win it all, and I am finishing it off.

<v Speaker 1>I have got the Kansas City Chiefs versus the Seattle Seahawks,

<v Speaker 1>And you knew it had to happen. At some point,

<v Speaker 1>Sam Donald looked in the mirror and realized, oh my god,

<v Speaker 1>I'm Sam Donald. A few calls just magically swing their way.

<v Speaker 1>The Kansas City Chiefs somehow still come back win the

<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl, and no one watches the NFL ever again,

<v Speaker 1>We're done. I've had enough. I'm not watching this fixed

<v Speaker 1>nonsense anymore. I've got the Chiefs rallying to beat the

<v Speaker 1>Seattle Seahawks. Hey that you know. It's funny because I

<v Speaker 1>went through and I had made my picks, I scrapped

<v Speaker 1>them all, I redid them. I scrapped him again. I

<v Speaker 1>made a couple of changes, and then I just threw

<v Speaker 1>darts at a board And this is what I came

<v Speaker 1>up with. But if you can tell anyone that they

<v Speaker 1>can do any better, I go ahead, because I can't

<v Speaker 1>figure out this league from one minute to the next.

<v Speaker 1>It's insane. And every single week the games that we go,

<v Speaker 1>hey there might be an upset there, that's not the one.

<v Speaker 1>The one we never saw coming is the one? What

<v Speaker 1>happened there? I is it just parody? Is that all?

<v Speaker 1>Is that? All it is? The margin for error is

<v Speaker 1>just so small, it is it is.

<v Speaker 4>And injuries we've seen that this year for sure. They

<v Speaker 4>just take a toll man and you know, if you're

<v Speaker 4>able to count for him and hopefully get guys back

<v Speaker 4>at the right time, that means everything right Like the

<v Speaker 4>early part of the season is just kind of a

<v Speaker 4>shaken out period and hopefully you're in good position.

<v Speaker 5>But it's about being healthy from here on out till the.

<v Speaker 1>End well and who can stay healthy and right now,

<v Speaker 1>who actually starts to get better, because we're going to

<v Speaker 1>start to see some teams making some runs. We're going

<v Speaker 1>to start seeing some teams get some streaks together and

<v Speaker 1>start figuring it out. Teams that may start slow. You know,

<v Speaker 1>we talked about Baltimore. Here's a team that a couple

<v Speaker 1>of weeks ago, we're looking at their left for dead

<v Speaker 1>and now we're going, I don't know, they might figure

<v Speaker 1>this out and make and make a run. And meanwhile,

<v Speaker 1>we could see a team that started so fast. And

<v Speaker 1>I'll just use this because we use it every year,

<v Speaker 1>but usually it's Arizona. We're like, hey, Arizona looks pretty good,

<v Speaker 1>and then they just go down the toilet. By now.

<v Speaker 1>It starts, you know, fast, and then they fade very

<v Speaker 1>very quickly. I think we're going to see that again

<v Speaker 1>this year because we seem to see it every single Yeah.

<v Speaker 4>Well, and it also has a lot to do with

<v Speaker 4>the rest of your division, right Yeah, if you don't

<v Speaker 4>know or if you expect your division to be worse

<v Speaker 4>or better than it was, you know, you're how you

<v Speaker 4>play those games changes. But yeah, if you find yourself

<v Speaker 4>in a division that that isn't that competitive, and you

<v Speaker 4>get that the division title, then you're set up pretty

<v Speaker 4>good regardless of what your record is.

<v Speaker 1>Sure, and you make a really good point because we're

<v Speaker 1>talking about some of these games. Hey, somebody from the

<v Speaker 1>NFC South is going to get a home playoff game.

<v Speaker 1>Every year, it seems like we see a team in

<v Speaker 1>the playoffs that we're like, they won. No, it happens

<v Speaker 1>every single year, and I think we're going to see

<v Speaker 1>it happen again because again, that margin for error is

<v Speaker 1>just so small. You get into games, you see a turnover,

<v Speaker 1>you see a penalty, and all of a sudden, the

<v Speaker 1>game swings away that we did not expect it to

<v Speaker 1>go at all. Mike, We're going to go ahead and

<v Speaker 1>finish this off. But do you have any closing thoughts

<v Speaker 1>anything that you're looking forward to the rest of this

<v Speaker 1>NFL season? What do you have for your closing thoughts

<v Speaker 1>on our mid season NFL review?

<v Speaker 3>You know, it's it's just always you never know what

<v Speaker 3>to expect, right that people say the NFL is scripted,

<v Speaker 3>but you can't make a script like what you're on

<v Speaker 3>this year. I mean, we had another what twenty six

<v Speaker 3>point comeback today? That's there's more this year than in

<v Speaker 3>the last twenty years or something like that. In the

<v Speaker 3>fourth quarter, it's how many blocked punts and blocked field

<v Speaker 3>goals have there been this year? I mean, it's it's

<v Speaker 3>so bizarre this year. It's fun. Any team obviously can

<v Speaker 3>win at any time against anybody. I mean, who would

<v Speaker 3>have thought Miami would have drubbed the Bills today? I mean,

<v Speaker 3>come on, it's you never know what to expect. And

<v Speaker 3>that's what's great about the NFL.

<v Speaker 1>No, you're exactly right. And every year talk about it

<v Speaker 1>and say, hey, there's going to be a team, and

<v Speaker 1>we think they're going to be better this year. And

<v Speaker 1>nobody saw the cults like nobody, nobody thought that was

<v Speaker 1>going to happen. And here we are, and we're going

<v Speaker 1>to who why don't we see the coming? Because you can't.

<v Speaker 1>You just can't tell. You figure, you have a team

<v Speaker 1>figured out, you have a coach figured out, you have

<v Speaker 1>a player step up, and all of a sudden, you're going, wow,

<v Speaker 1>they're a lot better than we expected. Rob what do

<v Speaker 1>you have? It's mid season and and that's always kind

<v Speaker 1>of Hey, this has been really fun. And also, why

<v Speaker 1>is the season halfway over. That depresses me. But Rob,

<v Speaker 1>what do you have for your for the mid season review?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't know how it's gone that fast, but

<v Speaker 2>definitely looking forward to the back half of the season.

<v Speaker 2>Kind of like you guys mentioned, like you think right now,

<v Speaker 2>like you got your Patriots eight and two, Colts, your

<v Speaker 2>Broncos all eight and two. But I still have probably

<v Speaker 2>the most questions about those teams out of every right,

<v Speaker 2>and like I said, there's nobody that I really feel

<v Speaker 2>good about. So, like I said, I'm just I'm looking

<v Speaker 2>forward to the second half of the season.

<v Speaker 1>No, you're exactly right about the time I think I

<v Speaker 1>have it figured out. That team just bottoms out and

<v Speaker 1>has a loss that I'm like they lost to who.

<v Speaker 1>I don't understand it. It's just such a wide open season.

<v Speaker 1>Larry finished this off. Give us, give us some clarity,

<v Speaker 1>help us to understand what's going on in the NFL

<v Speaker 1>right now.

<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I've gotten none of that.

<v Speaker 4>I think it's because it is the surprises, right, the

<v Speaker 4>stuff that comes out of nowhere, you know, there seemed

<v Speaker 4>the kicks, the kicking game is just we're paying attention

<v Speaker 4>to it way more than we ever did. We care

<v Speaker 4>about you know, extra points that don't get made. That's

<v Speaker 4>the margin raa you're talking about, right, And and that's fun.

<v Speaker 4>You know, you'd rather watch a good game than a blowout.

<v Speaker 4>And just because it's coming down to you know, nobody

<v Speaker 4>cared about kickers before, right they it seems like they

<v Speaker 4>do these days.

<v Speaker 1>Well they're booming them almost seventy yards now, Yeah, you're

<v Speaker 1>starting to care a little more.

<v Speaker 2>You know.

<v Speaker 1>It's funny because I heard a lot. You know, we

<v Speaker 1>saw the Denver Broncos this last Thursday look like just

<v Speaker 1>garbage and scrape out of win against the Raiders. And

<v Speaker 1>we're all sitting there going the Bronco is fake and

<v Speaker 1>and I understand the sentiment. And also I look around

<v Speaker 1>the league and go show me who's not fake, because

<v Speaker 1>I don't know everybody's.

<v Speaker 4>How would you rather be a Bronco fan today or

<v Speaker 4>a Buffalo bill fan?

<v Speaker 2>Right?

<v Speaker 3>Right?

<v Speaker 1>No, the Bills are legit, right, but Bill's well are they?

<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

<v Speaker 1>I don't feel good about anybody. There's not a single

<v Speaker 1>team right now that I'm like, no, I know there,

<v Speaker 1>I don't.

<v Speaker 5>I don't know except for the except for the Rams.

<v Speaker 1>Except for the Rams. They're apparently gonna. Well, we got

<v Speaker 1>two of you guys, got them win the whole thing.

<v Speaker 1>So and then we've got, uh, you know, the league

<v Speaker 1>being involved in one very shady situation that I have picked,

<v Speaker 1>but I picked it last year and I kind of

<v Speaker 1>nailed it. Gentlemen, as usual, I want to thank each

<v Speaker 1>of you for your time. I want to thank EGV

<v Speaker 1>for all your contributions to the Deli does and just know,

<v Speaker 1>as we get down, you know, to those playoffs, we

<v Speaker 1>get a little closer, we get a little further down

<v Speaker 1>into this season, we will have you back and we

<v Speaker 1>will all tell everyone how much we all got. Right.

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