WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.400 I'm for Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on Sports 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:14.720 Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:19.879 All right, let's get it started. 4 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:23.320 Our number two here on a Friday afternoon Coffee and 5 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:26.879 Company fueled by Thornton's. That's Snick Coffee, Austin Montgomery taking 6 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:29.000 you up until six o'clock. Don't forget you could take 7 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:31.239 us with you wherever you go. Listen live on the 8 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:35.000 iHeartRadio app. Also listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot Com. 9 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:40.000 I checked DraftKings and I'm not seeing any lines. Actually 10 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:43.399 I lied, there is one here at DraftKings. As far 11 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:46.880 as a line for tomorrow's college basketball games, Kentucky and 12 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:49.840 Florida playing at eleven am, which is just weird and 13 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:54.560 I don't really understand why they would play at eleven am. Usually, 14 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:59.119 if that's the case, it's because of a certain scheduling thing. 15 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:03.520 But they would choose to start their their slate of 16 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:05.239 games at eleven. 17 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:06.480 And not noon is kind of a head scratcher. 18 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:08.719 But that kind of game is usually reserved, especially at 19 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:11.239 rut for like night or maybe even just later on 20 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:11.680 in the day. 21 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:14.280 Noone basketball games on the weekend are not that uncommon 22 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:15.920 by any means, but they're kind of I mean, I 23 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.040 feel like though they're just a weird feeling. So eleven 24 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.480 am an hour earlier is going to be even more weird. 25 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:25.000 But currently Kentucky is They opened up at two and 26 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:28.079 a half point favorites there, so I would imagine, you know, 27 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:30.319 somebody asked this on the text line and I haven't 28 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:32.920 even really thought about it because I doesn't really matter 29 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:34.760 to me and and I probably won't wager on it, 30 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:36.799 but somebody asked me if I think Louisville will be 31 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:43.680 favored against Virginia, and I'm gonna guess know, just because 32 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:46.280 they're on the road, But I wouldn't be shocked in 33 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:49.480 any way if they are favored, because you know, they 34 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:51.439 are coming off of a good win against Carolina and 35 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:54.920 right now, really by every metric, they're they're they're they're 36 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:57.359 a better team than than Virginia is, but not by 37 00:01:57.400 --> 00:01:59.400 a huge margin. And again, Louisvill's not in a position 38 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:02.680 to where they're a team. You know, Louisville can lose anybody. 39 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:05.640 I mean, I know, technically anybody can lose anybody when 40 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:07.959 you get down to it, but with their injuries, and 41 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:10.280 just because you know, we've seen it right, the the 42 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:12.919 EKU close call, the UTEP close call. And I'm not 43 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:16.000 overly critical about the way those games. I mean, it 44 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:17.639 was in a good situation to be in to nearly 45 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.719 lose both of those. However, I think you know, context 46 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:22.840 is is pretty obvious as far as how you end 47 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:24.680 up in those situations. It's not saying you should, but 48 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:28.520 I get it. So here I am scrambling trying to 49 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:31.800 see if we yeah, here we go. So tomorrow looks 50 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:35.120 like we do have some spreads here from Fandel and 51 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:38.039 Louisville and Virginia. Louisville is is favored. 52 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.280 Did you know that yet? Austin? Any guesses Louisville favored? 53 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:43.719 Any guess on the number? I'm gonna say four close, 54 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:45.960 three and a half. Oh, that's not bad, I'll like, Yeah, 55 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:48.560 all those numbers, Louisville minus three and a half. Yeah, 56 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:49.960 that's uh. 57 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:53.560 I'm a little surprised, but again I probably shouldn't, because again, 58 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:57.000 Louisville right now is a better team than Virginia, and 59 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.560 hopefully they go and show that and beat them tomorrow, 60 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:04.280 and then they'll have Clemson on Tuesday at home and 61 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.759 that's again, it doesn't it doesn't feel like it would 62 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:10.199 be a big game for you in acc play typically, 63 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:13.159 but Clemson will be one of the other rare opportunities 64 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:16.240 you have for forgetting wins against, you know, teams that 65 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:18.039 are going to be in the tournament at Quad one 66 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:18.639 Quad two. 67 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:19.560 Not sure. 68 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:21.520 I mean, I would imagine Clemson will remain in the 69 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.560 Quad one Quad two tier throughout the season, but I 70 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:30.120 could be wrong. However, you know, you get to Clemson 71 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:34.319 next week, So Virginia, Clemson, and Pitt are your next 72 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:39.000 three games. Clemson and Pitt are two of the better 73 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:41.520 teams in the league. You've already beat Carolina and the 74 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:43.360 only time you're gonna play them, you only play Duke 75 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:45.400 once and of course lost that game. You know, I 76 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:47.039 know you can lose to just about anybody, but I 77 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:48.599 kind of feel like if you're able to get through 78 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:52.080 these next few games, you know, I'm not gonna say 79 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:54.080 that you're gonna go undefeated and run the table, but 80 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:57.280 you would be in a position to where you you 81 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.560 know that you should be able to if you well, 82 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:04.319 beat anybody left. Easier said than done, though, because I 83 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:05.680 think it's going to be a really tough matchup, and 84 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:10.520 I think they're actually pretty damn good. Their resume doesn't well, 85 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:12.439 the resume is pretty solid, but I actually think when 86 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:14.599 it comes to just a talent standpoint, I think they're 87 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:16.839 pretty good and I wouldn't be shocked if they end 88 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:20.079 up being top three in the ACC when it's all 89 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:24.120 said and done. So there's your early lines. Kentucky minus 90 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:26.399 two and a half against Florida and Louisville minus three 91 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:29.839 and a half on the road against Virginia. Or if 92 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:31.000 you guys want to join us on the show, you 93 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.160 can five O two five seven one seventy nine hundred 94 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:34.319 is the number. 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So a lot of different ways 117 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:29.279 you can be a part of the show. 118 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:30.560 All right. 119 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.759 So when it comes to these NFL games this weekend, 120 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:37.360 I mean, again, there's no doubt the Vikings Lions game, 121 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.920 it's on paper. Who knows what it's going to look 122 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:43.319 like if it actually delivers and gives us a great 123 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:46.079 entertaining performance. But you got two teams that are fourteen 124 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:47.680 and two, two of the best teams in the NFL. 125 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:51.439 And this is for everything in the NFC. I mean, 126 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:53.839 I'm reading here at CBS Sports and I don't think 127 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.680 they're wrong that this is perhaps the best regular season 128 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:58.680 finale the league has ever had. The winner of this game, 129 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:01.800 Wow takes the NFC, and we'll have home field advantage 130 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.279 for the for the playoffs along with that first round 131 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:09.199 by the loser is ending up dropping to the number 132 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:12.959 five seed despite being a fourteen win team. That's crazy, 133 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.560 and it'll be the first thirteen plus win wild card 134 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:17.800 team in NFL history. So a lot is on the 135 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:22.040 line here. Minnesota at Detroit Austin is a big time 136 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:27.120 Vikings fan. No, I mean, what a world not only 137 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:29.199 you know, to have this kind of a matchup, but 138 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:32.199 like the Lions, more than anything, I want, I want 139 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:35.120 insult your Vikings. They've not been like elite, right, but 140 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:38.120 like the Lions have for the majority of my lifetime, 141 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:40.399 the Lions were one of the bigger jokes in the NFL. 142 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:43.040 And now they got Dan Campbell and they love football 143 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:45.319 and they're I mean, he's the ultimate football guy, right. 144 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:47.639 Yeah, yeah, I can't stand them, but yes, of course, yeah, 145 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:50.079 he's he's doing what he can and obviously he's made 146 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.600 the Lions more relevant than they ever have been. But 147 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.000 I will say it's a lot of lot of chatter. 148 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.399 They're they're they're puffing out their chests a little bit. 149 00:06:57.399 --> 00:06:59.720 These Lions fans just kind of coming out of nowhere 150 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:02.480 and having one or two good seasons for the first 151 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:06.240 time in their incredibly crummy history. But you know, they 152 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:08.480 they've got the guys to do it, and they got 153 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.160 the biggest thing that that's happened to them is Ben Johnson, 154 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:13.959 their offensive coordinator. Yeah, decided not to go anywhere else 155 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:17.000 last year and come back and he's definitely gonna get scooped. 156 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:19.600 Up by some team next year. And so they're riding 157 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:19.920 it out. 158 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:21.600 Of course, the Vikings are riding it out, but the 159 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:23.680 Vikings are doing this with and my god, who would 160 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:27.199 have thought with Sam freaking Darnold, right, And he's actually 161 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:29.360 proved in my point, you know, I'll just put my 162 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:30.160 purple shades on. 163 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:30.759 He's elite. 164 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.519 He's been absolutely elite this year. But once again, it 165 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:35.560 helps with all of his surrounding cast. And I think 166 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.800 any quarterback mostly if you're living, breathing and you could 167 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:40.759 throw the ball, is gonna thrive in that system. But 168 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:43.560 it's gonna be good, dude, the it's gonna be a 169 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.360 good game. I had nothing, Girsles. That's a huge notorious 170 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:49.160 Vikings fan club here in Louisville. Oh yeah, so it's 171 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:51.399 it's gonna be. It's gonna be really, really really. 172 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:53.160 Uh. 173 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:55.439 I used to play the old Madden games way back 174 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:57.639 in the day, and I was never good at them, 175 00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:00.160 but the I always would tune in to watch, like don. 176 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:02.959 Take hold papers, Okay, I remember calling that Moss like on. 177 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:05.399 ESPN, and that's all you saw was I'm just throwing 178 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.480 bombs at Randy Moss and I'm like, well, maybe if 179 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.560 I play with them, I'll start winning. And that's what 180 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:11.759 I did in the video games, and that just slowly 181 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:14.000 turned into My dad would come back from uh from 182 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:16.199 watching the games on Sunday, and I always ask did 183 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.319 the Vikings win? Did the Vikings win? And then I 184 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:21.120 always get in my first Randy Moss jersey and then after. 185 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.160 That it's it. It's been on. It's been heartbreak ever since. 186 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:26.439 I mean, these two teams, of course are in the 187 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.000 same division and are close to each other, but is 188 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:31.759 it are they rivals? Because one, I feel like the 189 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:33.639 NFL doesn't really have rivalries. 190 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:34.200 I mean, you do. 191 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:36.720 You have a lot of matt you have a lot 192 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:38.559 of duos that have a lot of history and tradition together. 193 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:40.840 But I just don't get a feel for like rivalries 194 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:43.120 and pro sports quite as much as more because it's 195 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:47.399 more personal individual rivalries. But also, like you, they've always stunk, 196 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:48.639 you know what I mean, Like it's it's hard to 197 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.000 rival with somebody whenever, like you, you know, you're not 198 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:53.240 really you're usually not worried about losing to them, even 199 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:54.000 when you're not good. 200 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:56.080 You're and we're now we're starting to reach that point 201 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:58.440 where there are rivals because they're now actually good. But 202 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:01.559 I hate the pack So the Packers have always been 203 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:05.080 my go to, Like I hate them, So the Vikings 204 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:07.840 and Packers have always been like the rivalry of the North. 205 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:10.080 A lot of people want to say it's Chicago and 206 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:12.919 Green Bay because I guess Chicago had at least technically 207 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:15.320 Chicago has a championship and they're one little pop up 208 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:18.480 season with that eighty five defense. But it's it's been 209 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.840 more in terms of like relevance over the last twenty 210 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:22.960 years and the Vikings of I think I saw a 211 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:26.559 stat the other day they're the most winningest program to 212 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:28.320 not have a championship in the NFL. 213 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:30.440 I would totally I would never have guessed that, but 214 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:31.759 hearing that, I would believe it. 215 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:33.279 It makes sense when you talk about like the most 216 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:36.120 wins in NFL history, like they're like right behind, like 217 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:39.600 the Patriots, Cowboys and Steelers haven't broke through and they yeah, 218 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:42.679 they just haven't broke through. Just just one before I die, dude, 219 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:45.159 just one. Just just get to the dang thing, dude. 220 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:48.480 Yeah, there are clearly rivalries in the NFL, but it's just, 221 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:50.080 you know, it's different than what you see in college. 222 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:51.679 But I think the one that I would compare the 223 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:54.799 most as far as just to feel for, you know, 224 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:58.000 similar to the college rivalries is the Packers and the Bears, 225 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:00.159 just because I feel like a lot of their fans 226 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:01.679 are up there in that same region together and I 227 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:03.360 don't know, maybe I just feel like there's a lot 228 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:05.960 of history there. But there also is with with the Vikings. 229 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.080 I mean that whole division. Anybody that's in a division, 230 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:09.639 there's gonna be some history because you play them more 231 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:10.919 than you play anybody else. 232 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:12.720 It's a black and blue division up there in the 233 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:14.000 North YEP. 234 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:16.440 So it should be a phenomenal game between the Vikings 235 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:19.120 and the Lions. And as of right now, let me 236 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:21.840 see if there's any been any movement here on this spread. 237 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:24.240 Still at two I think for the Lions, right yep, 238 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:25.759 two and a half, two and a half, two and 239 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:26.879 a half for the Lions. 240 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:29.559 I'll take the over in that game, because what's the 241 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:30.320 over at right now? 242 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:32.639 Let me let me guess fifty five fifty six, fifty 243 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:33.240 six and a half. 244 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:36.039 I'll probably say I take I'll probably take the over 245 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:37.679 in that because I don't I don't think either team 246 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.279 is going to stop each other. I think both teams 247 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:42.679 have good defense, but the Lions are absolutely depleted. And 248 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:44.720 once again, to go back to the Ben Johnson thing, 249 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:47.720 Ben Johnson is he's figured out Brian floor Is. If 250 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:50.399 there's anybody that's figured out the mad scientists of Brian 251 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.480 flores Is, it's been Ben Johnson. 252 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.600 So it's it's. 253 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:55.320 Gonna have to become a shootout unless they want to 254 00:10:55.360 --> 00:10:57.879 try to change up everything and just try to pummel 255 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:00.200 the Vikings on the ground with Jamiir Gibbs because he 256 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:02.480 can do that. Then I'm looking for I'm looking for 257 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:03.120 a shootout. 258 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.759 Yeah, I would lean the over there as well. Another 259 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:08.679 big game this weekend with a lot on the line, 260 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:11.159 I mean, not as much as the one we just 261 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:13.120 mentioned there between the Vikings and the Lions. But the 262 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.240 stakes are pretty high with this Bengals Steelers game. Cincinnati 263 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:18.759 needs to win if they're going to keep their playoff 264 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:23.200 hopes alive, and because their game is on Saturday, what 265 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:25.519 they can do is if they win, they can put 266 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:27.879 a little pressure on the Broncos and the Dolphins to 267 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:31.360 win on Sunday. Now, the Steelers, they need the Ravens 268 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.960 to lose to have a chance at getting the AFC 269 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:38.120 North title playoff seating still in play. As the Steelers 270 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:40.279 look they can they can clinch I guess at least 271 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.120 the number five seed if they do beat the Bengals, 272 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.039 and they'll also knock the Bengals out of the playoffs. 273 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:46.600 So there's there's a lot I guess there's more variables 274 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.240 here as far as what the result is going to 275 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:50.879 end up meeting for both of these teams. But it's 276 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:53.399 pretty simple for the Bengals. I mean, they they got 277 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:55.799 a gift from my Colts losing to the Giants, and 278 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:58.559 now if they go out there and they win at Pittsburgh, 279 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:02.440 they're in. And uh, they've got some momentum. I mean, 280 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:07.879 I think the Bengals this year have been it's hard 281 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:09.559 to I was gonna say something that I don't even 282 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:11.759 know if I believe, but I kind of believe it. 283 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:15.320 They're probably like the best team that's record doesn't match 284 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.480 how good they actually are. But that's not me telling 285 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:19.559 you that they're like elite. They've had results this year 286 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.600 that will remind you that they could lose to anybody 287 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:22.679 like Joe Burrow. 288 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:24.159 That's literally their whole time. 289 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:26.679 Joe Burrow now on that team, I think that they're 290 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:29.279 they're probably contending for a top five pick in the draft. 291 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:32.159 Their defense is atrocious. I think I think he also 292 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:33.960 is throwing it to the best receiver in the league. 293 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:36.759 In my I know, Zach Taylor is a complete duficit. 294 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:39.480 I don't disagree there. I mean I say this all 295 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:42.799 the time. Burrow is worthy of every bit of credit 296 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:45.240 that he gets. But he also, you know, like I 297 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:47.320 went and watched him play through three interceptions. I mean, 298 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:49.399 they beat the Titans and he did not have a 299 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:51.799 factor in that on Titans suck and they beat him bad. 300 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:54.960 But like, you know, he's great, But I think, you know, 301 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:59.200 the conversation about him being an MVP, it would really 302 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:02.399 only be because of the point you made that, Like, man, 303 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:04.720 he's kind of the reason that they have a pulse. 304 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:09.519 But what I don't understand is why there's not as much. Again, 305 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:12.120 I'm not saying take any credit away from Burrow at all, 306 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:14.279 but he's got Jamar Chase. 307 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:14.679 And T Higgins. 308 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:17.120 Okay, like T Higgins gonna be it's gonna be wide 309 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:19.759 receiver one for somebody else because the Bengals won't be 310 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:21.360 able to afford him and somebody else will. And he's 311 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:25.000 really good. And Jamar Chase, I mean, he's I think 312 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:27.799 you have in my opinion right now, it's one A, 313 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:29.679 one B the two best receivers in the league, justin 314 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.840 Jefferson and Jamar Chase. And they're different, you know what 315 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:34.679 I mean, Like they're both elite kind of in a 316 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:37.080 different way because they're just different styles. But both are 317 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:40.440 having phenomenal seasons. And I don't know, like, if you've 318 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:45.399 got an offense that's that's that's got this kind of electricity, Yeah, 319 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:48.120 your quarterback clearly is a factor, and like he deserves credit, 320 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:50.759 but I feel like a again, there's no way to 321 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:52.879 say without it sounding like I'm saying Burrow is not 322 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:55.679 or the Burrow is getting more credit than he deserves. 323 00:13:55.919 --> 00:14:00.960 But usually you see others discussing his play acknowledging that 324 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.559 he's got two weapons that like every quarterback in the 325 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.720 league would probably die to have. Not to say there 326 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:08.399 aren't other really good receivers in the NFL, but I 327 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:11.480 just feel like Jamar Chase has in the Super Bowl 328 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:12.799 season when they made it all the way to the 329 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:15.000 super Bowl, and even this year where they're still alive 330 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:19.559 in the playoffs, it's ninety nine percent about Burrow when 331 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:22.559 you hear the talk of the Bengals. Yes, and he's great, 332 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.080 but man, so is Jamar Chase. 333 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:24.360 Yeah. 334 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.039 I'm not a big Joe Burrow apologist or sometimes there's 335 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:30.159 you know, I get it, I understand with him. So, like, 336 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.240 you know, I don't mind hating Joe Burrow from the side, 337 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:34.200 but he's hard to hate on just because. 338 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:37.080 He's Yeah, I mean, I think he's good, and I 339 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:40.159 think I'm a bigger I mean, I'm not a Bengals fan, 340 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:42.799 but I'm a fan of Burrow because of just you know, 341 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:45.840 how he cares. I think like he's he carries himself well. 342 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:47.559 And it's not like I'm saying he's a great dude. 343 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:49.519 But I just feel like you can tell he's a 344 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:53.919 real he's a gamer, he's he's mentally tough, he's got mocks, Yeah, exactly, 345 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.679 He's he's kind of a throwback a little bit in 346 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:58.120 that way. So you know, he's got a quiet confidence 347 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:01.039 about himself. And I really, you know, I got a 348 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.399 ton of respect for him. I just feel like maybe 349 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:06.200 because he has so much respect, that's why there's just 350 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.879 not as much thought of like he also has. I 351 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.879 mean you could make the case that, you know, if 352 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.519 who we're gonna consider receivers for MVPJ Mark Chase would 353 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.480 be candidate. I mean it's again, I don't think anybody 354 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:18.879 would say he's not good, but like, he's clearly another 355 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:20.639 reason why the Bengals have been able to have a 356 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:23.159 bad defense. They've been very vulnerable at times and have 357 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.519 some bad losses, but yet here they are A win 358 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:29.600 against Pittsburgh not necessarily probable, but they could do it, 359 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:31.960 and if they do, I don't think anybody's gonna be surprised. 360 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:34.679 Yeah, they have like the most losses of teams that 361 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:38.080 scored like over thirty points this year, so their defense 362 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:40.279 is not picking up there into the bargain. 363 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:42.879 Doesn't it feel like these two teams have the exact 364 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:46.080 opposite momentum right now? Yes, And I think that's telling 365 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:47.960 in the spread, as the Bengals are currently favored by 366 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:49.799 two and a half in the total there forty seven 367 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:51.960 and a half. I lean the over just because of 368 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.080 what I've seen from the Bengals, But I don't know. 369 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:58.440 Last time I trusted the over, Russell Wilson decided to 370 00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:59.799 throw the ball to the other team. 371 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.360 All lot ti right. 372 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.039 I mean he he reappeared as bad Russ against the 373 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:06.320 Chiefs and and that's gonna keep me from from having 374 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:09.320 the confidence to look. But this is also again, this 375 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:12.360 is what I love about the NFL. Like, clearly the 376 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:14.240 Bengals have the momentum, and I just mentioned if they win, 377 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:16.480 I don't think anybody's gonna be super shocked. But like 378 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:18.759 if Tomlin does what Tomlin does and they win an 379 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:21.919 ugly game tomorrow, nobody's gonna be shocked either because that's 380 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.480 Mike Tomlin. 381 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:24.440 Is that game in Pittsburgh or Cincinnati? 382 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:27.559 That game is I believe yeah's in Pittsburgh on the road, 383 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.080 So it's. 384 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:29.960 Going to be a good The AFC nor too that's 385 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:32.399 those a bunch of teams that absolutely hate each other. 386 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.879 I don't think any Browns fans like any Bengals fans. 387 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:39.200 I don't think any Steelers fans like any that they 388 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:42.279 hate it, like like the Ravens, like they they hate. 389 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:44.360 Everybody hates each other in that division. 390 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:47.759 I tell you what, I didn't realize the Chiefs Broncos 391 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:50.559 game had had as much at stake as it does. 392 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:53.360 So the Broncos, I mean they they're still alive. Yeah, 393 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:55.840 they pretty much control all the chaos in the final 394 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:57.399 day of the regular season. So all they got to 395 00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:59.960 do is win, and they're in as the seventh seed, 396 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:04.000 the final team. But if they lose, it opens the 397 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:06.160 door for Miami or Cincinnati to get in the playoffs. 398 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.279 So again, am I wrong here? Is that what somebody's 399 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:09.039 probably calling to tell me? 400 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:12.799 I'm wrong? So if the Bengals win, they are in. 401 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:15.319