1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,800 Welcome in to the newest edition of the Justin Time Sports Podcast. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,440 I am your owner and host, Justin Jackson. 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,720 In this week's episode, we'll be discussing the NFL, Week 15 and 16. 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,540 We'll also have our betting segment, NFL Jack's Pack. 5 00:00:13,540 --> 00:00:17,720 Of course, we will talk about the college football playoff and the landscape of college 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,080 football in general, and we will have our best for last. 7 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:26,400 Now, as always, don't forget to like, rate, and subscribe to the Justin Time Sports Podcast 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,840 wherever you get your podcasts, iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else. 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,000 And also, don't forget to follow the YouTube show. 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,600 The new episode came out a couple of days ago by the time you guys hear this, so you'll 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,680 be able to watch the YouTube show as well. 12 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:44,960 And also, don't forget to follow the social media handle, at JTimeSports, I repeat, at 13 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:50,200 JTimeSports, for all of your breaking news, updates, and coverage. 14 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:57,200 Now, as always, don't forget to sit back and get ready to learn something. 15 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:38,760 And also, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to the Justin Time Sports Podcast, 16 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:54,400 and I'll see you guys in the next one. 17 00:01:54,400 --> 00:02:18,600 See you. 18 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:31,720 Welcome into the show. 19 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,400 Welcome into the newest edition of the Justin Tom Sports podcast. 20 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,800 I am your owner and host, Justin Jackson. 21 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,600 And again, as you heard in the intro, welcome in. 22 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:42,600 Welcome in. 23 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,880 This is season five, episode 33. 24 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,400 And we're going to jump right into the NFL. 25 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,400 Right? 26 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,600 So again, 5 stars, I'm going to handle at J Tom Sports, but we're going to jump right 27 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:52,600 into the NFL. 28 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,440 We're going to talk about NFL week 15. 29 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,400 The big headline out of week 15 is the MVP race. 30 00:02:58,400 --> 00:02:59,400 Plain and simple. 31 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,600 It's, it to me is down to three people. 32 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,280 It's down to Lamar Jackson. 33 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,600 It's down to Josh Allen and it's down to Saquon Barkley. 34 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,600 Now, Saquon Barkley to me, I'm going to start with Saquon first. 35 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,520 He is third place to me. 36 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:19,840 I think he, I think in the path to Saquon Barkley winning MVP was history. 37 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,560 And that's kind of how I feel about any running back that wants to win it. 38 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:23,560 He's got to be historic. 39 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,120 And I mean, but history is ED's record. 40 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,000 Now he is still has a chance at it at his current rate. 41 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:35,580 He's going to fall about 20 ish yards short. 42 00:03:35,580 --> 00:03:41,040 So he still has a chance at it, but I think in order for him to get the MVP or at least, 43 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,360 I think he's off of the player of the year regardless, but I think in order for him to 44 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:49,520 get MVP, he's going to have to break ED's record and get really close to the touchdown 45 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:50,880 record if not break it as well. 46 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,880 If he breaks both, he has to be the MVP. 47 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,640 If the tush push didn't exist, he would have been the MVP. 48 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:01,440 I think I believe I saw a statistic and I said a few weeks ago, but I think it's growing 49 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:02,880 now he's right. 50 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:08,440 He's rushed down to the one yard line, something like 12 times or 14 times and our, and they 51 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:14,040 were 16 times and out of those 16 times, the next place when I tush push like 14 times. 52 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:19,400 So he's, I mean, if you equate those tush pushes into touchdowns, he's at 25 touchdowns. 53 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,680 He's the runaway MVP favorite right now. 54 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:27,080 But instead he has 11 touchdowns, but he does both there's 1,688 yards with about a month 55 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:28,080 left in the season. 56 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,600 So he keeps his pace. 57 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,480 He'll fall just short of ED's record. 58 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:41,880 However, he is on pace for, you know, 2 to 2100 yards, I should say, and 13 touchdowns. 59 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:47,080 To me in most years that gives you a shot at the MVP. 60 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:51,000 I don't think this is the year because the MVP has transformed into a two men race. 61 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:56,120 However, you want to put them one A, one B, one and two, two and three, I mean one and 62 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:01,560 two one A one B one and one A like have you want to order is down to two people and that's 63 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:07,600 Lamar Jackson and that is Josh Allen Lamar Jackson statistics as of right this second, 64 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:14,480 he's thrown for 35, 3580 yards, 34 touchdowns, three interceptions. 65 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:20,160 He's also rushed for another 743 yards and three touchdowns. 66 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,840 Insane production from Lamar Jackson right now. 67 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:31,040 As he is leading his Baltimore Ravens in absolute dominance, he had one of his signature games 68 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:36,040 last game where he throws for five touchdowns and less than five interceptions and less 69 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,560 than five incompletions. 70 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,560 That's insane. 71 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:44,640 I think he's done it five times and nobody else in the history of the NFL has done it 72 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,840 more than three times. 73 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:57,040 He'll have these games where it feels like a video game where he's 20 of 24 for 300 yards 74 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,600 and five touchdowns and you're like, how was that even possible? 75 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,600 Logically it doesn't make sense. 76 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,840 I think that if his team was a little bit better record wise because they've given up 77 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:11,280 332 points so far, but he's put a 418 on offense. 78 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:17,240 I think if they're a little bit better record wise, he probably would be the MVP favorite. 79 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,420 He's not mine currently, but he probably would be the MVP favorite, but he's putting up big 80 00:06:21,420 --> 00:06:28,680 time numbers and I think this is going to be the number argument year for him. 81 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:34,460 On a complete and total side note, and I mean this in earnest, I had not looked at this 82 00:06:34,460 --> 00:06:36,280 until just now. 83 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:44,960 I knew both teams' records, but I had not looked into the standings. 84 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,920 The Bengals might get into playoffs. 85 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:52,000 I know it's a total side note. 86 00:06:52,000 --> 00:07:00,120 As it sits right now, they're not in it, but they are six and eight. 87 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:05,320 The Chargers are eight and six. 88 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,040 It's unlikely, but it's on the table. 89 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,040 I didn't think they had a chance. 90 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,680 I thought they were mathematically out. 91 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:17,680 They're going to look back at a couple of heartbreakers they lost. 92 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,640 The Ravens sitting in secondary division, they're sitting at nine and five. 93 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:27,240 Right now they'd be the fifth seed the playoffs started today. 94 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:36,560 In that situation, usually the MVP goes to a division winner and I think that it is massively 95 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:42,000 hugely important for the Ravens to catch the Steelers because if they end up first in the 96 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,880 division and end up battling Buffalo for the one seed, Lamar and Jackson have a much better 97 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:52,720 case of getting in the MVP race because the Buffalo Bills, speaking of the Buffalo Bills, 98 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,280 have my MVP favorite and that's Josh Allen. 99 00:07:55,280 --> 00:08:01,800 His stats so far this year, 3,395 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns. 100 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,240 He's rushed for another 484 and scored 11 rushing touchdowns. 101 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,920 He hasn't made any rushing touchdowns at Saquon Barkley. 102 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,560 He is absolutely undefeated at home. 103 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:17,000 I'm about to say, I'm about to talk about his conference record, which is 72, but hell, 104 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 his non-conference record is four and one. 105 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,680 He has locked up the number one seed. 106 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,200 He has not dumped the division. 107 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,120 He locked it up Thanksgiving week. 108 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,200 Now the AFC East is awful. 109 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,040 This reminds me of the AFC East when the Patriots were on top. 110 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:35,760 The Patriots were like 12 and 2 and everybody on the best other team was like 5 and 9. 111 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,800 And it was like, yeah, the division's over before Thanksgiving. 112 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,920 And that's kind of what the situation is with Buffalo. 113 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:49,720 They're getting the advantage the Patriots got for years, which was your division is awful. 114 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,680 Once and other, the Bills are getting that advantage and I think that because Patrick 115 00:08:54,680 --> 00:09:00,960 Mahomes isn't putting up the statistics he normally would, that leaves the door open 116 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:06,480 for Josh Allen, who's not the one seed, but he's going to probably be the two seed. 117 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,840 And that being the case that he is going to, in my opinion, win the MVP. 118 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,800 The season ended today, Josh Allen's your MVP. 119 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:14,800 He's having a hell of a year. 120 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,520 I think he's going to go Josh Allen, then Lamar Jackson, then Saquon, and then Saquon 121 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:23,480 scoops up offensive player of the year because that tends to be how it goes. 122 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,880 Offensive player of the year tends to be the best non-quarterback and MVP tends to be the 123 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,840 best quarterback. 124 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,400 Just plain and simple, right? 125 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:35,200 And so that being the case that's trending the case, I think Saquon ends up with offensive 126 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:41,320 player of the year and Josh Allen ends up with MVP. 127 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:46,440 But speaking of those, and the, oh, I'm sorry, before we jump, before we leave Josh Allen, 128 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,120 he got a hell of a game against the Detroit Lions, which catapulted him into the mindset 129 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:54,800 of being number one in many people's eyes in the MVP race. 130 00:09:54,800 --> 00:10:00,360 But speaking of good football last week, the Packers played the Seahawks. 131 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,760 What a ball game that was for the Packers. 132 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,920 This was a game that I think elements came into play a little bit. 133 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:12,560 I think that the Seahawks just, it's hard up there, man. 134 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:17,200 They showed a record, well, they showed the Dolphins record under 40 when the Dolphins 135 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:18,480 went there. 136 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,880 But Green Bay, now outside of it's cold, outside of the hotel wasn't great because it's Green 137 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:23,880 Bay, Wisconsin. 138 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,880 Outside of the fact that you're basically playing in a neighborhood, outside of the 139 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:34,000 fact that the amenities are old as hell, it's frozen, but it's melting because the Packers 140 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,360 keep heat under their field because they're one of the last Northern teams without a dome. 141 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,160 Chicago doesn't have one either, but Chicago's building a new stadium with the dome. 142 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:48,160 And so they're one of the last Northern stadium without a dome. 143 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,160 The Jets and the Giants don't either. 144 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,520 Okay, back up, back up. 145 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,480 As I'm saying this, a lot of teams are coming to my brain. 146 00:10:54,480 --> 00:11:01,960 They're one of the last modern teams without turf and modern heating without a dome. 147 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,520 So the way the Packers heat the field, it's basically antifreeze and heat running through 148 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:06,600 the field. 149 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:07,600 So it makes the field wet. 150 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,040 It just melts the snow, melts the ice. 151 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,480 So it just makes the field super, super, super slick. 152 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,160 So you have to get really, really long spikes. 153 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:20,160 And if you're not used to playing in those conditions, in those really, really long spikes, 154 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,120 spikes you're going to struggle. 155 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:26,460 And most people struggle there whenever the snow is not constantly replacing itself and 156 00:11:26,460 --> 00:11:30,180 getting hard and stuff. 157 00:11:30,180 --> 00:11:31,880 Most people struggle there to get their footing. 158 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,800 And you kind of saw that with the Seahawks. 159 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,480 They slipped a little bit. 160 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:36,480 Stuff with the hair off. 161 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,320 And credit to the Packers for having a hell of a game. 162 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,040 I mean, they still have to play in those elements too. 163 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,320 Like they're a little more used to the long spikes. 164 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,480 They're more used to the slick ground, but they have to play in those elements too. 165 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,680 So kudos to the Packers. 166 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:52,560 Really they're forgetting a great win and still opening themselves up. 167 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:54,480 Now they can get the division, right? 168 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,120 Like now the division feels a little open. 169 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:02,040 The Vikings did win their game, but the division feels like it's attainable now. 170 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,540 They kind of slid through most of the straight I thought was a little tricky. 171 00:12:05,540 --> 00:12:09,880 And now the division feels attainable. 172 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:17,280 But week 15 was the land of the quarterback switch. 173 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:22,680 So the big one, Atlanta ends the Kirk Cousins experience after 14 games. 174 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:27,600 And this was not a temporary, oh, give Kirk a week off kind of thing and bring them back. 175 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,080 This was Michael Pennis as the starter moving forward. 176 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,680 The Michael Pennis experience has begun. 177 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:37,160 Big Pennis energy has officially arrived in Atlanta and the Kirk Cousins experience is 178 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:42,680 over after 14 games, seven and seven at about $90 million guaranteed. 179 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:47,080 His off season, he signed a four year, $180 million contract with 90 guaranteed. 180 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:53,240 It was his first fully, not fully guaranteed contract in a very long time. 181 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,160 But he signed that deal, but now it is over. 182 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:02,560 He's had three bad games in a row and the team decided we're going to go with Pennis. 183 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:08,400 Now this makes the Pennis acquisition look really smart because you protected against 184 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,200 near disaster and Kirk Cousins if he were to go south. 185 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,680 And I told everybody, I'm like the perfect plan for Atlanta is that Kirk and his cousin 186 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,760 is a starter for two years. 187 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,520 Kirk plays all his guaranteed money. 188 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:20,520 He's a starter. 189 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,360 When his guaranteed money runs up, knowing him is going to want to renegotiate and tell 190 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,640 him kick rocks and then you bring in Pennis. 191 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:30,320 Pennis is in about 20 games earlier than I would have wanted him to be in. 192 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:36,400 However, he was, if not the most pro ready quarterback in the draft. 193 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,720 And so now he gets an opportunity with a Drake London, with a B. John Robertson, with a Kyle 194 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,000 Pitts in order to run with that first team and he gets a Giants as the first opponent. 195 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,840 If you're going to land somewhere as the first opponent, landing with the Giants, you 196 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,360 know, against the Giants is a pretty solid landing spot. 197 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:52,800 So Michael Pennis area has begun. 198 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:58,840 The former top 10 pick out of Washington will be the starting quarterback going forward. 199 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,960 The Cleveland Browns have decided to end the Jamons Winston at least for this week and 200 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,720 they are going to start Dorian Thompson Robinson. 201 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,320 While the fans love Jamons Winston, while I love seeing him play because that's how 202 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,760 he lets the ball go, especially out of the camera view. 203 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,000 You don't know if it's an interception, one of the worst picks you've ever seen in your 204 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,200 life or one of the best throws you've ever seen in your life. 205 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,480 It's incredibly entertaining. 206 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:24,040 However, putting on my coach hat, it can be incredibly maddening. 207 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,080 And one thing you want from backup quarterbacks, especially, the only thing I want from quarterbacks, 208 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:32,320 especially back quarterbacks, especially ones that are filling in for the entrenched starter 209 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:36,440 next season is that you don't want them to put your defense on a bad spot. 210 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:41,040 Especially if you're a defensive coach, you do not, you just don't want your defense 211 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:42,040 on a bad spot. 212 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,760 Like if you got to run the ball to the line, the scrimmage three times a punt, keep the 213 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,680 defense out of bad positions. 214 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:55,240 That's an elite unit potentially in Cleveland led by Miles Garry and Jamons Winston routinely 215 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:59,680 put them in bad positions or gave up points himself on pick sixes. 216 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,880 So he has the bench for this week during Thompson Robinson will draw the start. 217 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,120 The Minnesota, I'm so sorry. 218 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,840 I saw Rudolph and had a brain cramp. 219 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:18,080 The Tennessee Titans, Tennessee Titans are benching Will Levis and for Mason Rudolph. 220 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,860 Will Levis has been the main king. 221 00:15:19,860 --> 00:15:31,120 He has been caught in some insanely hilarious positions on the football field and it is 222 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:32,120 absolutely insane. 223 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:33,120 It is hysterical. 224 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:34,120 Truly. 225 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,120 It really is. 226 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:39,480 What Will has been caught into again as a fan, as a media member, as a coach has to 227 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:40,680 be infuriating. 228 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:41,680 So infuriating. 229 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:46,360 In fact, they've gone with Rudolph, run, run, Rudolph, hitting the head by Miles Garry with 230 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,360 helmet Rudolph. 231 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:50,920 He draws a start this week. 232 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:52,000 So we'll see how Tennessee looks. 233 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,000 They look any better. 234 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,240 They probably won't because they have much bigger issues than quarterback. 235 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:02,920 And our last major switch is that Tommy DeVito is being sat down by the New York Giants and 236 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:11,400 they are going with Drew Locke, the embattled Drew Locke. 237 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,080 So they're going to go with him. 238 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,320 Probably ends the Tommy DeVito Italian love in New York. 239 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,200 But we'll see what happens there. 240 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,080 But our update on our big injury update. 241 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:25,080 We have a lot of small stuff. 242 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,120 Alvin Kamara is a little banged up. 243 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,520 But our big injury update, of course, is Patrick Mahomes. 244 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,360 He's been a full participant in practice. 245 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,360 He's stated repeatedly. 246 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:35,720 If he's healthy enough, he'll go. 247 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,160 It won't be a situation where, oh, it's a little sore. 248 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,160 I'm out. 249 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,080 If he can do it, he's going to go. 250 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,320 Andy Reid echoed that sentiment. 251 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:50,600 I think that is huge for the team morale while Carson Wentz probably could win the game. 252 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:55,960 Having 15 out there is huge for the morale of the team, morale of the city, hell, morale 253 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:00,240 of the league itself, having Patrick Mahomes on his wizardry. 254 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,440 Now he's probably a lot less mobile. 255 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,000 And Andy Reid's a smart guy. 256 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:13,360 He probably has designed a lot more quick passes, stationary stuff, don't want to run 257 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:19,200 them as much so that when he steps on something, it hurts it even worse because he has a mild 258 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:20,560 howling high ankle sprain. 259 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,240 That's not something you want to dilly dally with and trifle with. 260 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,040 But we'll definitely keep an eye on that. 261 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:51,320 What up next? 262 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:56,400 Welcome back into the show. 263 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:01,960 And now we're going to jump into NFL week 16 and discuss some big games and some big 264 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:06,760 news that is going down so far this week. 265 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:13,000 So we have the Denver Broncos against the Los Angeles Chargers. 266 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,040 That game is not in Jax pack, so we will pick it. 267 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:21,560 This is a very interesting game, a game that would have not been interesting all of about 268 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,240 six weeks ago. 269 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,680 The Chargers were good, but the Broncos were a mess. 270 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:31,320 People were wondering if Bo Nicks was able to play football outside of against people 271 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,440 he had a seven year age gap on. 272 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:41,560 I mean, it was a game where Denver is not going to be involved in the playoff hunt and 273 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,240 Chargers are going to be fighting the Chiefs for the division. 274 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,480 Turns out neither of those things are true. 275 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:52,960 The Broncos are well in the playoff picture and the Los Angeles Chargers are not fighting 276 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:57,080 the Chiefs for playoff position because the Chiefs have already locked up their division 277 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,800 because of course they have. 278 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:08,560 The Denver Broncos are in a heated battle at the middle of the AFC as far as getting 279 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,240 into the playoff. 280 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:17,720 So if the playoffs ended today, the Denver Broncos would sit with the sixth seed. 281 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:23,160 Actually, the Broncos are so entrenched that according to NFL.com, their playoff probability 282 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:30,840 falls to 85% if they were to lose against the Chargers. 283 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,360 There's only three weeks left in the season. 284 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:42,000 They have 92% chance at currently and if they win, they are over a 99% chance to get in. 285 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:52,680 So the kind of game that really changes the future of the playoffs. 286 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,920 Huge game because if you look at the Chargers, the Chargers, guess what they are? 287 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,840 They're right below the Broncos. 288 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,080 The Chargers are 8 and 6, the Broncos are 9 and 5. 289 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,360 The Chargers currently have an 87% chance of making the playoffs. 290 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:07,720 If they lose, it falls to a 73% chance and they basically have no chance of catching 291 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,320 the Broncos. 292 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,080 Or if they win, they have a 97% chance of making the playoffs. 293 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:17,280 So this is a humongous game as far as seeding and as far as making the playoffs. 294 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:24,200 If you look at the Chargers, they've had a lot of bad history very recently of figuring 295 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:35,040 out ways to not make the playoffs in a way that they invent ways to not make it. 296 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,800 And so that was the Brandon Staley stuff. 297 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:39,800 I always wonder what they would look like with a real coach. 298 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,960 We're finding that answer out now. 299 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,840 But this is a huge game as far as playoff seeding. 300 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:49,800 I have the Chargers winning the game, which would then make it very interesting to see 301 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:54,280 that in the standings as far as who ends up in that sixth seed. 302 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,280 Because that sixth seed would draw the three. 303 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,680 Right now that three is Pittsburgh. 304 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:04,800 That sixth, that seventh seed goes at Buffalo. 305 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,440 That's not a place anybody wants to go at Buffalo in the orchard park. 306 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:09,520 That's not a place you want to go. 307 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:16,320 So this game is huge to find who even has a real shot at getting to the second round. 308 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:17,320 Texans at Chiefs. 309 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,280 Again, another game not in the Jax pack. 310 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:20,380 So we are going to pick it. 311 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:26,520 This game is huge for seeding as well, but mainly for the Houston Texans. 312 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,280 So the Texans are nine and five, face to face in the AOC South. 313 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:34,080 The Colts have, they've all but won the division. 314 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:38,360 But they are only one game behind the Steelers for the three seed. 315 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:44,120 So instead of drawing potentially Baltimore in the first round, albeit at home, but still 316 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:48,640 Baltimore, you are fighting if you're the Texans to get up to the three seed and draw 317 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,520 either Denver or the Chargers. 318 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,920 Either a rookie quarterback or an embattled offensive line. 319 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,440 Both of which are a lot better than Baltimore. 320 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:01,520 And then the Kansas City Chiefs, you're just looking to stay off the bills. 321 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,720 The bills own the tiebreaker because they're in the head to head competition that is Chiefs 322 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:06,400 only lost a season. 323 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,960 So if the Chiefs were to lose this game, bills win. 324 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,360 They're a game out with two left. 325 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:12,120 And they swim the same record. 326 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:19,040 The bills would end up getting the one seed and the AFC would run through Orchard Park. 327 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,760 Huge as far as AFC because people have to go into Buffalo. 328 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:27,560 Buffalo never has to leave New York in order to get to the Super Bowl. 329 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,080 So humongous kind of game. 330 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:32,600 I'm going to pick the Chiefs here. 331 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,360 If it was a home game for Houston, no, actually correction. 332 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:36,680 I'm going to pick the Texans. 333 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,240 I'm going to pick the Texans. 334 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,480 Mahomes is going to play, but he's not a hundred percent. 335 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,920 And I think the Texans are going to peel back their ears and come after them and find 336 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:51,000 out because the one thing you don't want to do on ankle sprain is move, especially laterally 337 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,600 forwards and backwards. 338 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:53,600 Perfectly fine. 339 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,760 We have to have a cut and bend and turn. 340 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,760 That's when it gets really, really painful. 341 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,080 So I think that the Texans are going to hit him a couple of times. 342 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,840 I'm sure they're going to try and make him run. 343 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,880 I think the Texans are going to win this game. 344 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:12,880 Steelers at Ravens, a potential AFC flipping type game. 345 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,280 Another game, 99 Jax pack. 346 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,320 So we are going to pick it. 347 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,320 The Steelers vs. the Ravens. 348 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:19,320 What else would it be? 349 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:20,320 Right. 350 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:25,000 And this is a Steelers game that makes it there all of their playoff games in a row. 351 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,440 Of course it comes down to pretty much the division. 352 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:31,800 We've got 10 and 4 Pittsburgh, 9 and 5 Baltimore. 353 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:38,640 You have a situation where both of these teams are really, really good AFC North teams and 354 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,120 because of which they're going to battle. 355 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:42,880 They're going to battle each other a lot. 356 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,160 And I've got the Ravens here because of home field advantage. 357 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:50,880 I think that going into M&T Bank Stadium is going to be hard for Pittsburgh. 358 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,880 I mean, they've got Russell Wilson, they've got Mike Tomlin. 359 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:53,880 I agree. 360 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:55,520 But I think Baltimore is rolling right now. 361 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,320 They had one of their best, if not their best offensive game, especially passing the ball 362 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,320 last week. 363 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:04,960 I think they parlay that and they keep it rolling Ravens win. 364 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,120 Eagles at commanders. 365 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:08,400 Another game, 99 Jax pack. 366 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:09,400 Wow. 367 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:10,400 This doesn't happen. 368 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,600 Usually we know some of these games in our Jax pack, but this is a big game again as 369 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,840 far as the divisional standing. 370 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,720 Now it means little to nothing as far as the playoff picture. 371 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,080 I mean, the Eagles lose. 372 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:27,280 Well, the Eagles lose, they almost forfeit the right of the one seed because there's 373 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:31,440 three teams, 12 and two. 374 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,760 Lions are in 12 and two. 375 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,040 Phillies 12 and two. 376 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,000 Minnesota's 12 and two. 377 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,840 Tampa will end up being the three seed. 378 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:46,360 Los Angeles more than likely ends up, well, no Los Angeles and Seattle have the same exact 379 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:47,920 eight and six. 380 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:53,400 And then Arizona's at seven and seven. 381 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,520 But more than likely either the Rams or the Seahawks get the division, which means Packers 382 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,520 and commanders. 383 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,560 Packers, commanders and that's it. 384 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:08,840 Packers and commanders end up as your wild card teams. 385 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,520 So Phillies in the fight for one seed. 386 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:15,560 Commanders in the fight to get in because if the commanders lose, they're still supposed 387 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,320 to get in, but it gets a lot closer. 388 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:23,720 Then they share a record with the Seahawks because the Seahawks win their game against 389 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,280 the Vikings, unlikely, but they win their game against the Vikings and they turn around 390 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:28,280 the commanders lose. 391 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:29,280 That could be a huge thing. 392 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,440 That's why the tie breaking this playoff picture looks totally different in a few days. 393 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,600 But I do think the commanders get it done. 394 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,880 Again, I'm driving that James Daniels bandwagon one more time. 395 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:44,960 I think the commanders get it done and really make the NFC all topsy turvy. 396 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:45,960 Vikings at Seahawks. 397 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,320 Oh man, five for five. 398 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,800 No Jax Pactic games. 399 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,920 Vikings at Seahawks, a game that we just spoke about. 400 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:58,400 It's a one seed versus a make the playoffs type of game. 401 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,320 Vikings have to go outside on the road to the 12th man in Seattle. 402 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:05,840 Gino Smith is expected to play, but he's supposed to be a little less mobile, a little 403 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,200 less mobile against Brian Flores. 404 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,360 It's probably a disaster. 405 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:12,840 But ultimately the Seahawks defense has to go against Sam Donahue, who's been pretty 406 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:13,840 hot. 407 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:18,160 So we're going to go with the Vikings here to all but end the Seattle Seahawks season 408 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,160 and to continue their march to the one seed because the Vikings went out. 409 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:28,000 They owned all the tiebreakers regardless of what happens and they'll be the one seed. 410 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Quick hitters. 411 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,960 Clyde Ewa Zillair was waived by the Kansas City Chiefs and quickly signed by his hometown 412 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,920 or home state team, the New Orleans Saints. 413 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:43,120 The Catholic High and LSU alum quickly signed with his home team of the New Orleans Saints. 414 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:47,120 This is coming off the heels of an injury to Alvin Kamara that may or may not affect 415 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:49,600 his availability for this week. 416 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,560 Trevor Lawrence and Evan Ingram both have undergone their respective surgeries for the 417 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:58,040 Jacksonville Jaguars and are expected to make full recoveries. 418 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:03,120 And his NFL drive is supposed to be one of those NFL drives that are very QB led, sans 419 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:07,000 the fact that there is two tacos that must go early and of course the Heisman winner 420 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Travis Hunter. 421 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,360 But look for a lot of Ken Moore, a lot of Jalen Milro, a lot of Dylan Gabriel, a lot 422 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:14,760 of Shadoura Sanders, especially those top 10 to 15 picks. 423 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:24,160 Financially, quarterbacks are right now the best bargain in sports and so they will be 424 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:32,920 continuing to pick early especially with Vegas, especially with New York, both New York potentially, 425 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:39,560 especially with other teams out there that are in need of quarterbacks. 426 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:48,960 Cleveland made draft, Tennessee made draft, Raiders will, Giants will, Carolina probably 427 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,560 won't, New Orleans made draft of one falls. 428 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,680 So you have so many different options for the position. 429 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:59,400 There's going to be a lot of different guys going early. 430 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:26,160 What up next, we're going to shift to our NFL betting segment, Jax Pack. 431 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:34,800 Welcome back to the show and now we're going to jump into our NFL betting segment, Jax 432 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,240 Pack, off a winning week, off a three and two week. 433 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,360 We hadn't had a winning week in a couple of weeks. 434 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,200 So off a winning week, three and two. 435 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,960 Of course you guys know my total record, 39, 33 and three. 436 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,120 Those ties don't count against me, don't count for me. 437 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,960 It's like they don't exist because on single unit bets, as long as it's not a parlay, 438 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,000 I just get that money back. 439 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,000 No one wins. 440 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,160 And so it doesn't count against me. 441 00:28:58,160 --> 00:28:59,640 So we're still sitting at 54%. 442 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:05,360 Again, the goal is to get to a 56% and above. 443 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,780 That is our goal, but we are winning. 444 00:29:07,780 --> 00:29:11,480 We are positive, but let's jump right into these numbers. 445 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,520 So Rams minus three at the Jets, take the Rams. 446 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,280 This is just a lot of confidence in the Rams. 447 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:17,840 I get it's a cross country trip. 448 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,040 I get it's on the road. 449 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,520 I get it's in our conference. 450 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,120 I understand it's Aaron Rodgers and Devon Seahawks. 451 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,680 I don't look like they figured it out. 452 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,080 They just don't have enough good players for the Rams. 453 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:32,480 The Rams played in an absolute monsoon of wetness against the San Francisco 49ers. 454 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:37,560 To me, you have a better roster than Jets and they still won by more than three points. 455 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:42,720 So because of which I'm taking the Rams minus three at the Jets. 456 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:46,940 Number number two, Giants plus eight and a half at the Falcons. 457 00:29:46,940 --> 00:29:48,120 Take the Giants. 458 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,560 This is a complete fade of a rookie quarterback. 459 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,360 I totally understand that Michael Pena is probably going to play well. 460 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:58,760 I totally understand it is a road game for the Giants of all people. 461 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:03,680 However, I think eight and a half is a large number for a rookie quarterback because I 462 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,040 don't think he scores more than 20. 463 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,520 So that means that the Giants just couldn't get to 12. 464 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,760 Drew Lockilux in for a touchdown, a couple of field goals, 13. 465 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:18,720 Nice, you got to get a more than 21 for a rookie in his first start. 466 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:19,720 Gets dicey. 467 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:23,280 So I'm going to go with the Giants here plus eight and a half over the Falcons. 468 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,000 Bengals minus seven and a half over the Browns. 469 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,000 Take the Bengals. 470 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,120 Complete and total fade of Dorian Thompson Robinson. 471 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,840 I mean without a shadow without love J.M.Winston. 472 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:33,840 He's my guy. 473 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:34,840 Probably J.M.Winston. 474 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:36,920 I probably still take the minus seven and a half. 475 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:42,400 But this is a complete and total fade of Dorian Thompson Robinson as a NFL quarterback 476 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,560 at all, let alone a starter in this league. 477 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,040 Take the Bengals minus seven and a half. 478 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,000 Lions minus six and a half at the Bears. 479 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,000 Take the Lions. 480 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,720 Complete and total fade of the city of Chicago in football. 481 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,280 Not necessarily one specific person. 482 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,720 A fade of the entire city when it comes to football. 483 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:07,360 Honestly, the entire city when it comes to sports stands about seven years of Michael 484 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,360 Jordan's career. 485 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:18,360 It is preposterous that the Lions won't beat the Bears by a touchdown or more. 486 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:19,360 Not even more than a touchdown. 487 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:20,960 It's not seven and a half. 488 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:21,960 It's just a touchdown. 489 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,640 That they have to win by. 490 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,120 It is preposterous the Lions won't get that done. 491 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,360 And then lastly, Raiders minus one and a half over the Jags. 492 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,360 Take the Raiders. 493 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,720 Complete and total fade of Mac Jones. 494 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:35,720 He's awful. 495 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,520 I think this is going to be a game where Brock Bauer gets to eat. 496 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,480 The Raiders put up 21, 22 points. 497 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:45,000 Jaguars never crossed 13. 498 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,960 And the Raiders win the game. 499 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:50,000 Again, complete and total fade of Mac Jones. 500 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,440 I have no faith in that guy whatsoever. 501 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,040 I'm a Patriots fan. 502 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,720 Maybe I'm a little scorned. 503 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,520 No faith in that guy whatsoever. 504 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,080 Not even a little bit. 505 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:03,200 Complete and total fade of Mac Jones. 506 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,240 So again, let's run through these numbers really quickly. 507 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,520 Rams minus three over the Jets. 508 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,120 Giants plus eight and a half over the Falcons. 509 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,080 Bengals minus seven and a half over the Browns. 510 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,520 Lions minus six and a half over the Bears. 511 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:20,920 And Raiders minus one and a half over the Jaguars. 512 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,000 But up next, we're going to talk about college football. 513 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:52,000 Welcome back into the show. 514 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,720 And now we're going to talk about the college football 515 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:55,240 playoff. 516 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,400 Now we touched on the last episode. 517 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,000 I gave some quick insights, but now I 518 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,760 want to really get into each individual game. 519 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,880 And I really am excited for this. 520 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,360 The playoff has an opportunity. 521 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,720 And I think they kind of need to redo how it's done, 522 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,160 because of how it played out. 523 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,200 So in the game, you didn't get Boise State, 524 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,320 because they happened to be highly ranked, 525 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,440 because someone stole it. 526 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:17,720 That didn't happen too often. 527 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,000 The seed kind of made sense. 528 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,640 I think because of that conference champion, 529 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,120 I think it should be the power four champions plus the highest 530 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,360 ranked non-power four gets the bid. 531 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,560 Didn't guarantee you the home game or the buy. 532 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,000 I think it just gets you in. 533 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,440 And then the seven at largest. 534 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,920 And then once you get to 12, you receive from there, 535 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:40,240 one through 12. 536 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,200 I think that's a lot better than buy weeks and this out of 30, 537 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,080 because Boise State's on a buy. 538 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,080 Arizona State's on a buy, because Clemson won instead 539 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:48,680 of SMU. 540 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,080 And it's like, nah. 541 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,240 But you're looking at it, you're like, yeah. 542 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:57,960 But wouldn't logically Notre Dame and Texas 543 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,120 should have that buy? 544 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:01,040 Just look at that. 545 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:01,880 You know what I'm saying? 546 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,280 Notre Dame and Penn State, not either one of you two. 547 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,920 But it is what it is, right? 548 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,640 Indiana goes on the road at Notre Dame. 549 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:13,160 Notre Dame was a touchdown favorite. 550 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:14,360 That feels about right. 551 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:15,960 Maybe it feels a little low. 552 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,120 I think Notre Dame wins this game. 553 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:18,480 I'm thinking Notre Dame wins it comfortably. 554 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,280 I just don't think Indiana has the athletes. 555 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,040 And it's not necessarily saying Notre Dame 556 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,560 is the world's most athletic place. 557 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,600 But Indiana was a crap show for years for a reason. 558 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,720 It's a hard place to recruit. 559 00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:32,400 You're in the middle of a Big Ten country. 560 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:33,720 You're staring at Ohio State. 561 00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:35,920 You're staring at Michigan. 562 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:36,680 It's hard. 563 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:37,800 You're staring at Minnesota. 564 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:42,320 It's hard to recruit there at times at a high level. 565 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,040 And they just really started doing 566 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:45,200 your last recruiting cycle. 567 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,760 So it's going to be hard for them to get with Notre Dame. 568 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,960 Marcus Freeman's been recruiting his tail off 569 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,960 since he got there as a defensive coordinator. 570 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,120 And I think that trend will continue. 571 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,080 Not only in the recruiting trail, but in this game, 572 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,680 I think Notre Dame wins by more than a touchdown. 573 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,400 Clemson at Texas, Texas minus 12, 574 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,120 another number that feels low. 575 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:14,360 The only reason why this number isn't 15 to 18, 576 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,040 in my opinion, is when yourself. 577 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,600 When yours was healthy, they're just bigger fashion, 578 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:20,640 stronger than Clemson. 579 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:24,080 Coaches always talk about X and O's. 580 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:24,920 They can scheme. 581 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:25,760 They can scheme. 582 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:26,960 When you go to that field, 583 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:32,920 and both sides basically have thrown their best shot, 584 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,800 it gets to be Jimmy's and Joe's of X and O's. 585 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,760 X and O's on the board hasn't won a football game yet. 586 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,720 Jimmy's and Joe's on the field did. 587 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:45,280 There's a lot better Jimmy's and Joe's 588 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,200 that play for Texas than play for Clemson. 589 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:51,480 Plain and simple. 590 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,480 It's not even a question athletically. 591 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:59,480 Texas is considerably better than Clemson to a man. 592 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:04,840 And because of which, 593 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,240 I think they handle Clemson. 594 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:11,680 12 points is a lot. 595 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,480 That 12 points to me depends on the health of Quinn Ubers. 596 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,520 So I think Arch Manning could put up some points, yes. 597 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:22,040 But I do think it is very dependent on Quinn Ubers 598 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:23,320 to cover that 12. 599 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,880 Tennessee at Ohio State. 600 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,160 Ohio State minus seven and a half. 601 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,480 Now this one feels big, 602 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,080 especially because there's a rumor 603 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,160 that 40% of that crowd's gonna be Tennessee people. 604 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,120 Which if it is, shame on Ohio State. 605 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:41,160 For allowing your stadium, 606 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:44,160 especially the first ever college football playoff 607 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:49,160 in order to not secure 90% of the tickets. 608 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,200 I'm sure it was not a mandate 609 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:56,760 that you had to give up so many of your tickets 610 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:57,600 to the other school. 611 00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,360 I know bowl games, 612 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,280 they give so many tickets to each side 613 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:02,200 and so on and so forth. 614 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,160 It's not a bowl game. 615 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,880 I'm almost positive that there was no mandate 616 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,600 to give up 40% of your tickets to Tennessee. 617 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,600 So in the middle of the horseshoe, 618 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,280 trying to intimidate opponents, 619 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,720 there's a mass line of orange 620 00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:19,480 that's going to disrupt what Ohio State wants to do. 621 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,480 That could be a legitimate volume 622 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:25,840 when Ohio State's snapping the ball. 623 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,680 It could be a lot quieter than it's supposed to be 624 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,760 when Tennessee's hiking the ball. 625 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:31,640 I mean, that's huge. 626 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:32,880 If that number is true, 627 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,360 and there's 40,000 people coming from Tennessee, 628 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,400 that's going to be huge for the volunteers. 629 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,120 And then the last thing in the first round, 630 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,200 SMU at Penn State. 631 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:46,880 Penn State minus eight and a half. 632 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,440 I think the spread's a little low. 633 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,640 I think it should be 10 and a half, 11 and a half. 634 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,480 And that's because SMU, similar to Indiana, 635 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,120 you ain't got the horses yet. 636 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,800 And so you get down to a dog fight with Penn State, 637 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:00,800 and they're leaning on you, 638 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:01,640 and they're beating on you, 639 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:02,480 and they sweep around you, 640 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:03,320 and they're leaning on you, 641 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:04,480 and they're beating on you. 642 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,360 You just don't have the horses yet. 643 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,520 Good team, they don't have the horses yet. 644 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,520 And so I think that that's going to be a difference maker 645 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,840 between SMU and Penn State. 646 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:17,600 I think Penn State covers eight and a half. 647 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,840 So if I'm on the batting pool, 648 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,000 I go take the points in Notre Dame, 649 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,320 take the points on Texas. 650 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,240 Well, hold on, Texas, right now, wait on yours. 651 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:27,520 If yours is up, take the points. 652 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,360 If yours is down, don't take the points. 653 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,120 Ohio State, don't take the points. 654 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,120 Penn State, take the points. 655 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:34,760 The transfer portal is alive and well. 656 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,920 You see guys like a TJ Finley, who's on his fifth team. 657 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,600 You see some guys on their third. 658 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,760 Slaughter, who's the quarterback from Liberty. 659 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,560 He committed to Colorado. 660 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,720 So LSU's got like seven or eight guys 661 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:48,840 already committed for the portal. 662 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:50,880 So it's a fun time, 663 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:52,520 and you've got some older coaches complaining 664 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:53,960 about guardrails, and I'm like, 665 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:55,800 there was no guardrails to begin with. 666 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,560 Those guardrails didn't exist for those who didn't care. 667 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:03,240 You know, black bags on driveways and job offers 668 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:06,080 and magically this car, like, 669 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,200 it's been the case for those who don't care. 670 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:10,640 Now that everyone can do it, 671 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,320 the shady guys have lost employment 672 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,480 because they no longer need to be shady 673 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,920 because they can just give the money to the kid. 674 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:19,000 So that's interesting, 675 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:19,840 but the portal, I think, 676 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:21,560 had opened up a lot of possibilities 677 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,880 because now someone who was under recruited in high school 678 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,160 can go to a school, put up numbers, put up on tape, 679 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,120 and then come up to the school level 680 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,480 that they actually belong in. 681 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,520 But up next, we're gonna shift to the NBA 682 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,280 and talk about what's going down there 683 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:38,400 in our best flash. 684 00:39:38,400 --> 00:40:00,400 ["Bad Boyz II"] 685 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,120 Welcome to the show. 686 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,440 And now we're gonna jump right into the NBA. 687 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:09,160 We're gonna start off with a congratulations 688 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,760 to the Milwaukee Bucks on winning the end season tournament 689 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,280 or the Emirates NBA Cup. 690 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:18,640 Darvin Ham maintains his perfect record in the NBA Cup 691 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:20,800 as he won it as the head coach of the Lakers, 692 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,160 now he won it as the lead assistant for the Milwaukee Bucks, 693 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,960 and he has heavily influenced how the Bucks were celebrated. 694 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,400 Doc Rivers said that he leaned on Darvin Ham, 695 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:31,920 and Ham was like, hey, 696 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,240 the whole big giant celebration 697 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:37,640 probably negatively affected us the rest of the season. 698 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:41,080 And so Doc Rivers decided that, hey, we're gonna celebrate it, 699 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:42,760 but we're not gonna do the whole big giant thing 700 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,760 the Lakers did because we have a bigger goal in mind. 701 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,480 And Giannis continues his one-man band 702 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,800 of carrying the Milwaukee Bucks to greatness. 703 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,360 He has flown, in my opinion, to the top of the MVP race, 704 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,200 and he is going to continue to do so 705 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,440 as long as he keeps putting up these numbers. 706 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,240 And then some quick hitters as far as trade news. 707 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:05,520 The NBA trade deadline is a couple months away, 708 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:06,840 but the smoke has already started. 709 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,760 The New Orleans Pelicans, unless your name is Eve Meesey, 710 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,240 Herb Jones, or Trey Murphy, have made you available 711 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:14,080 reportedly. 712 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,960 Now, T.J. McCollum had to answer some questions about this, 713 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,440 which is not great, but when you're five and 22 714 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,560 and you're a team that's above that first apron, 715 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,360 it could cost a fairly cheap ownership group, 716 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,760 gonna be honest, as a fan, a fairly cheap ownership group, 717 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:30,720 $18 million in revenue share. 718 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:33,320 They're gonna start cutting salaries at some point. 719 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,880 I think Jose Alvarado is probably the person 720 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:39,000 that gets moved in a salary purpose, 721 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,320 and they hold everyone else because injuries 722 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,040 kind of rock this team. 723 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,400 Zach Levin, of course, is always in trade discussions, 724 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,360 but now Lonzo Ball has been added for the Chicago Bulls. 725 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,680 So both starting back up members, when healthy, 726 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:55,200 have been added to the trade smoke. 727 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,800 Giannis Valanchunas, his contract is pretty much 728 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,720 gonna be traded from the Wizards before the trade deadline. 729 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:02,560 He is probably gonna land on a contender, 730 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:03,920 which is huge for Valanchunas, 731 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,520 because he really hasn't played a lot of meaningful basketball 732 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,000 in his career. 733 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,920 And then D'Angelo Russell will be the Lakers' 734 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:10,920 ultimate trade piece. 735 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,200 He will be moved at some point for someone of value, 736 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,320 probably a wing, if they can get their hands on Levin, 737 00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:19,720 or maybe he's involved in the Valanchunas deal. 738 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:25,280 But that is all I have for the day. 739 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,200 Thank you guys for rocking out with me. 740 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,040 I hope you guys are rocking out with me on this Thursday, 741 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:30,640 by the time you guys hear this. 742 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:33,240 So I appreciate you guys listening in, 743 00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:36,600 making Justin Thomas Sports a part of your week. 744 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:37,840 As always, don't forget to like, 745 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:39,200 rate, and subscribe to the podcast, 746 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:40,560 wherever you get your podcasts. 747 00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:42,080 And also don't forget to follow 748 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:43,560 and turn on the post notifications 749 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,400 for the social media handle at Jtimestports 750 00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:48,160 on all your favorite social medias. 751 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,800 Now this is your host, Justin Jackson, signing out. 752 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:56,800 And I'll see you guys next time. 753 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:26,800 And I'll see you guys next time.