Discover whether Alabama's controversial spot was a fluke or fate as we tackle the hottest debates in college football. This week's episode is a gridiron blitz of analysis, from Michigan's heart-stopping OT win to the intricate defensive plays that could tip the scales in the Washington showdown. Our special guest, K-Mac from the Made on Ridgeway Sports podcast, drops by, adding depth to our quarterback dissection and offering a fresh take on past performances shaping future glories.
The conversation isn't confined to the college field; we're also unpacking the electric buzz of the UFC and the referee blunders tripping up the NFL. Will Conor McGregor's comeback fight live up to the hype? And how are NFL officiating errors reshaping playoff dreams? Pull up a seat as we scrutinize the Detroit fiasco, and lay out the intricate web of playoff scenarios each game weaves.
Your playbook for smart NFL betting gets an upgrade as we tackle the strategic nuances of the Bengals, Browns, Cowboys, and Commanders. Unpredictable as a Hail Mary pass, we're forecasting the impacts of injuries, player rests, and defensive strategies. Closing out with a hard look at the Eagles' defensive cracks and their critical face-off with the Giants, we're not just predicting games—we're sizing up the very heart of football rivalries and playoff aspirations.
Discover whether Alabama's controversial spot was a fluke or fate as we tackle the hottest debates in college football. This week's episode is a gridiron blitz of analysis, from Michigan's heart-stopping OT win to the intricate defensive plays that could tip the scales in the Washington showdown. Our special guest, K-Mac from the Made on Ridgeway Sports podcast, drops by, adding depth to our quarterback dissection and offering a fresh take on past performances shaping future glories.
The conversation isn't confined to the college field; we're also unpacking the electric buzz of the UFC and the referee blunders tripping up the NFL. Will Conor McGregor's comeback fight live up to the hype? And how are NFL officiating errors reshaping playoff dreams? Pull up a seat as we scrutinize the Detroit fiasco, and lay out the intricate web of playoff scenarios each game weaves.
Your playbook for smart NFL betting gets an upgrade as we tackle the strategic nuances of the Bengals, Browns, Cowboys, and Commanders. Unpredictable as a Hail Mary pass, we're forecasting the impacts of injuries, player rests, and defensive strategies. Closing out with a hard look at the Eagles' defensive cracks and their critical face-off with the Giants, we're not just predicting games—we're sizing up the very heart of football rivalries and playoff aspirations.
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Speaker 2:Hello everyone and welcome to the Shackaloo podcast, a podcast where we are not like nationwide and the referee is always on the cowboy side. Because that is exactly what happened and apparently people are bumping uglies at one of our houses because it sounds like a springboard bed hopping up and down. Go in on a little bit.
Speaker 3:That's exactly what that was. I could hear it too, in the background.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm one of the hosts for today, anthony.
Speaker 4:K-Mac back here from the Made on Ridgeway Sports podcast. Let's go.
Speaker 3:Let's go Hunter Acuster back here. Half my voice is back, so only half. I think I should be good to get this done, but yeah, we're still. We're still getting it all the way back.
Speaker 2:All right, so let's get into some of the topics. I guess, because really for the area, especially in this area, there was a big game on and in the big game I told you guys you got it by at least a touchdown I said Alabama didn't belong. I still don't think they belonged. I still think that Georgia, georgia probably I don't know could have won that game. It's tough to really decide what happens, but you know Michigan pulls it out in overtime, so a little closer than you guys would have liked. But we cover the points. Read that's all that matters. That's all that matters on this podcast. Covering the points. Read Yep, we guys think about that game. What do you guys see? Give me your reviews on a Michigan fans.
Speaker 3:Oh man, incredible game. Honestly, from a perspective, just a perspective of a college football fan, one of the best games in college football that I've seen in a long time. I had a couple Ohio State fans even called to me when I was at work yesterday and tell me it was one of the best games that they'd seen ever in recent memory. And so and I really think that I think that, especially from not if I'm just looking at it from a casual perspective it was a great game. It was filled with a whole lot of twists and turns and over time. So you can't really beat that, especially when I come into playoff football and you know each team had a chance to to go and score and then it ends with the goal line stand. I think you really can't, you can't make that up when it comes to just a really great football game. And then you get to Texas and Washington and it's almost completely different. There's not a whole lot of mistakes, it's just two offenses that can put up points.
Speaker 2:Yeah, look at you jumping the gun. I asked you about one game. I asked you about one game, no.
Speaker 3:I was making the comparison of those games.
Speaker 2:That's not what happens. That's not how this works, honey. So before Hunter jumps the gun, kurt, what are your thoughts on the Michigan and Alabama game?
Speaker 4:This was about the most Michigan game ever. Multiple mistakes, probably played a C plus game at best, but the fact that we won still shocks me. But shot out to the defense, they played a fantastic, really limited to the Alabama offense and they came up big, big, big. I can't stress the word big enough. They came up big time. So yeah, it was just a game of the ups and flows. First half good show on from Michigan. Second half couldn't do Jack squat till the end and just kept in it and finished that bitch. So what a game, what a game.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So the way I saw it was is obviously, with Alabama, they're still going to have a tough defense, so running is going to be still tough with you know, the personnel that they have and stuff like that, because they've always been a pretty stout team. I think when we talked about it a little bit it boiled down to the quarterback and even a couple times in that that last drive for Alabama and even I don't know why they put that they they they must have took a play out of the Eagles playbook and said you know what, let's run the guy up the middle and let's make it look like we're about to run the guy up the middle. I mean they pretty much broadcasted that to the entire country for their last play in that overtime.
Speaker 4:Yeah and Saban.
Speaker 3:Saban went into wide he did that man, he was no getting getting because I've seen I've seen so many different ones with when I saw the play, especially with the running back going out in the flats. I've heard there was supposed to be a swing pass. Did he say anything about that?
Speaker 4:No, they were expecting Michigan to send an all-out blitz and expecting there to be a gap once you get past that first line of blitzers. Nobody was going to be back there.
Speaker 3:So it really was a quarter-bent run.
Speaker 4:It was that muff snap that literally screwed everything up.
Speaker 3:Messed it up, yeah, Wow, just like a couple of dollars.
Speaker 2:He had a tough time and we talked about him being the weakest link. I know some of it's on the center, but not all of it's on the center. I mean it's really not that quarter-backs got to be able to handle that, you know, and unfortunately, well, I mean if he's at the end of the ball at his feet.
Speaker 2:Well, here's the thing if it's happened all year which there have been cases, and it has been reported that it's been happening all year at some point you have to yes, you have to be right. If you're not going to replace the center, then you have to be ready for it. That's just the bottom line. I mean, it's like you know then. If not, then you put it on save and replace in the center, right?
Speaker 4:Why not do that? But I know you don't like a mobile quarterback under the center, but if he can't snap it efficiently, why would you even have him in shotgun or pistol then Right why don't you put him under center, like even not even just for that QB draw, but just in general throughout the game when you've been having issues?
Speaker 2:I don't know that just comes down to. It's not what the system that they run and everybody's married to their system nowadays and refuses to change or evolve at all. So you know that's. You know, especially Sabin, he's an old, stubborn bastard. So if you know they got a, they got the shotgun and pistol going on, then that's probably what they're going to stay in. And that's what I say. Like if you had, you've had a tendency all year of muffing the snaps and if that's the case, then your quarterback has to adjust. I mean, so it's like I said and even on Herbstree even reported, like some of those aren't even on the center. Some of them were good snaps and the dude muffed them anyway. So now it's not like a hundred percent of their snaps were awful at the beat every every time you snapped it.
Speaker 2:Right, so you know. I mean it's a national championship game. You got to get your shit together if you're that good. But yeah, no, hunter brought it up a little bit, so most of us had Texas winning the second game. I guess this goes to the narrative, and a lot of even Texas fans will say it, that Texas likes to play down to their competition, and they did. I mean Washington. Good, they can score and Texas try to score with them, but there's no reason for that. Some of them plays. How do you just, how do you let Washington that's all Washington does, that's what the Pac-12 does is they go deep? So how are you not prepared to to stop the deep ball at all? And I put that loss on coaching pressure.
Speaker 2:They got no pressure, even even if that I mean that has you have to know that the strength in the Washington offense is the deep ball it has been all year. So you got to find, even if you can't get pressure, there's a. I mean you better drop seven, then you know. I just I don't know what their deal was, but they, you know you were kept trying to go tap for tap with them and keep the score up and they almost make that comeback. But you know Texas chokes that game away. I still think Texas is the better team and we're going to see a good, a good Washington team go up against a great Michigan team. And speaking of which, if you know, would you guys think about the Washington and Texas game? What did you see?
Speaker 3:I thought that I saw a quarterback that could make really good throws but faced no pressure. Go ahead, give me one second, wait. I think it's okay. I think it's good. Okay, I saw a quarterback that could make the throws with no pressure in his face, with standing in, complete another piece, and I think that Michigan's game plan has to be rushing that, because Washington receivers are really good and, like you said, the Pac-12 is just known for wanting to air the ball out and puts the ball down the field and then, especially with the enforcement injury to the running back Washington's running back at the end of that game. That kind of puts his status in question.
Speaker 3:He didn't look very good, so I'll be shocked if he plays, but I haven't really heard anything either way just yet. But I think that Panix played great. Like you said, you was trying to answer him and I just thought it would have been terrible to see Texas win the game like that. With Washington they should have been able to run all the clock out, but on a third down play, their own player gets injured and the clock stops with 45 seconds and that gives Texas a whole another drive with no timeouts.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, it's almost wild, kurt. What do you think?
Speaker 4:Um, that game went about how I thought it would go. I knew Washington was gonna score on him. I don't know, panix, was this good though? I mean this. I mean the throws he was making that night were next level. Arguably should have been the Heisman, in my opinion. I mean 400 plus yards. Wow, some of those throws were just crazy.
Speaker 3:Playing like it right now.
Speaker 4:Yeah, the second catch kept the ball and Texas did only have the ball much and they just maintained it. They got a field goal there to put up to nine and they're still almost choked. I mean, I don't know why that guy interfered with the punt returner. That's an extra ten yards. You allow a couple deep passes and now it's already. You got one play to go to the end zone to win the game and honestly, that wasn't even a good throw by Ewers. I don't know why he lobbed it up. I don't know why he didn't throw up more with more zip. I don't know it. I don't. I don't know, but Very surprised man nerves.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I'm very surprised Washington won, but they stayed with the four and a half and they move on and they've now won 20 plus straight games in a row. So you know, everyone doubted them against Oregon, everyone doubted them against Texas. So then you just got to give them credit, man. They just played a good enough game defensively to hang in there, and offensively they just kept the heat on.
Speaker 3:So, um, can't say they don't deserve to be there.
Speaker 4:They definitely. I was just definitely two. Two phenomenal games Monday night. What else could you ask for so?
Speaker 2:it's pretty cool. I could ask for them to be on fucking New Year's Eve next time, all right, not your day.
Speaker 3:How about not Usually were, they are Even were New Year's Eve.
Speaker 2:They usually are even serious, Like why are they on today? I'm like, if I know I was like because you know, then everybody's off, they can, everybody can watch them, you know, have their beer or whatever.
Speaker 4:Because NFL was on New Year's Eve. That's why.
Speaker 2:Oh well, I mean, I guess, but you were competing with, like those slop games, is? I think college football would have been a little bit better to watch on some on Sunday evening, late afternoon ish, than it would have been on a will. Give me one game, right? Give me. Give me like an eight to give me the the Texas and and Washington game at eight o'clock right up until midnight. Not not then give me the afternoon.
Speaker 4:My gosh.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Again I gave it over till 1 am.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know, that's why I didn't watch it and I was tired. I went to bed I was like I got no. I got no besides money, I got no stake in this. So so Washington moves on, michigan moves on and I said Michigan would move on. I had faith in, I had faith in your boys. I feel like I was a little more on Michigan than you guys were. You guys are like, oh, saban, saban one month, saban, one month. And I'm like, nah they got it.
Speaker 4:It wasn't really that. It was because Michigan still showed Michigan like treats, even though we won. I mean, just first play of the game was almost an interception. Next part, return, was a muff. Punt out of it, gets it, scores it Nerves. It's just.
Speaker 2:It's just it's just every time.
Speaker 3:And then they put it, and then they muck another point in a critical part of the game at near the end. That's two.
Speaker 4:It's not like a point after miss field goal that makes it a four point, three point game.
Speaker 3:Just so many spells.
Speaker 2:It's just.
Speaker 3:Michigan mistakes, michigan mistakes that you just can't have, and that's why we were so sure flicker with a home and JJ that losses eight.
Speaker 4:and then the horrible throw by Edwards across the field Luckily JJ saved them, but that's just getting too cute. That's what I mean.
Speaker 2:That's a little on the coach.
Speaker 4:And I'm trying to get. That's just getting too cute. We didn't play our game to exactly what I said in lifetime.
Speaker 3:I said we're getting too cute right now.
Speaker 2:But. But so let's just talk about the game a little bit from now. You've seen both teams play and Michigan is a four point favor, which is good for you guys. I mean you got to feel a little good about getting four points, especially against Washington. Yeah, michigan's got this in the bag. I'm sorry, michigan can.
Speaker 2:Michigan has the team to stop the long ball. They had a very good back end of that defense and their front is decent. I mean I didn't see them really blitz Alabama all that often, which is probably why they did a lot of QB runs. So I mean I think I think you can stop the long ball. I mean it's going to happen, there's going to be some points scored, but I just I think I don't know, I guess the Pac 12 bias with me like I'm not. I mean obviously I hate the Pac 12 and I just don't see them beating out Michigan. I think this is your guys' game to lose. As long as you don't get too cute, if you guys can run the ball, you can run the ball. Now I know you can run the ball on Washington. I mean you start using that run game, pounding them a little bit and then start throwing the ball deep. Yeah, you really can get on top of Washington, especially with that defense that allows 30 plus points. So, yeah, what do you guys think about this game coming up?
Speaker 3:I love this matchup. Honestly I wanted Texas but honestly I like the draw either way. From Michigan I thought that no disrespect to Washington in their path to getting to this game, but I thought beating Alabama was our national championship game in terms of just like a tougher opponent. I think that Alabama's defense is always no joke and Washington proved to have holes. Texas is good but I think that, like I said and when you first asked me, panix did all that and he had a hell of a game, but he made most of those throws with absolutely no one even close to him. He's in a force field and I just, if I'm putting my money anywhere, it's on the Michigan defense that's been one of the best in the country all season. That had five sacks on Jalen Millrow in the first half and if they're able to have that kind of success, I don't see them making Sabin like adjustments going into halftime.
Speaker 3:If Michigan is all over them defensively and they're not able to throw the ball on us at will, I think that our other outside corner, outside of Will Johnson, could be suspect and Washington has a couple really good receivers. So, like you said, I think there could be a couple deep balls got on us, but as long as we could bend on break and hold them to field goals. If they do get anything like that and like you said, I do believe Michigan's four and a half point favorites it's their game to lose. That's the best team they've had since I've been alive and I think a lot of people would agree. You know they're number one for a reason and you know I think, like you said, it's our game to lose.
Speaker 3:But Panic is a dog and I, like Kurt said, that I've been, that, I've been snub. I think he's kind of feeling it and I think these last couple games he's trying to show. He's trying to show what he's made of and you know. But another thing that people are looking at is Panic's time in Indiana. You know these Michigan team. This Michigan team has seen Panic's, maybe a different form from now at Washington, but at least they have them familiar. It's a familiar guy.
Speaker 3:So right, that's a little tip of information going into it, but I do like Michigan's chances a lot and as long as they clean up their play and don't don't make the Michigan as mistakes, they should absolutely have a great chance to come out of this game, you know, and win.
Speaker 4:Yeah, when I look at Washington versus Alabama, I see obviously way two different teams. I don't think Washington's really that good in the trenches. I really don't. I know they've gotten this far, but if Michigan actually plays their game, I don't see why we can't win this. I really don't. Obviously, panics is a far better quarterback than Millrow. I mean, millrow is more of a scrambling type. That's why he ran it 20 plus times. But we're talking about what do you guys? Are you guys going minus four Michigan?
Speaker 2:Yeah, after the breakdown I was going to ask you guys to pick. If you can go there now, if I have to pick, I'll go in Michigan minus four it's going to be because it's going to be a lot of touchdowns, so it's going to be somebody up by a touchdown. There's not, I don't think there's going to be many field goals kicked this game, so it's going to be they're going to lose by four. They're going to win by, you know, over four.
Speaker 4:So, yeah, you know, I see this is tough. I am going to take Washington plus four and a half. I saw it was four and a half this morning and I think that is pretty fair. I don't think they'll win, but, you know, I kind of like the fact that we have seen him before, even though he was at Indiana, and we are used to playing a lot of good respect Thanks to the plan of how it stayed, the many times we have we.
Speaker 4:There's a lot of familiarity there with playing against multiple good receivers, so I think we have the secondary to handle that and the past, and if the past rush is there, I think they'll get to Pentax. A couple of times, though, washington's offensive line beat us out for the best offensive line in the country, so they have a good pass blocking group. They does not really run the ball a whole lot, and so I think that's the key just make them one dimensional and Hopefully we get some pressure and get a couple turnovers and actually do some with it this time. But I Think we win it. But I think I think this would be a rule I'm not going to sleep, I'm not gonna tread lightly with anyone, because We've done in the past.
Speaker 3:Oh, no To there, for my chickens.
Speaker 4:Even though on paper it may look like it, anything can happen. So I like, I like.
Speaker 3:I like Michigan To win it, but especially with Michigan playing the game, especially with missing in the game they stowed it against Alabama. You know, I truly feel like that game could have been a whole lot better and a whole lot more One-sided if Michigan isn't shooting them themselves in the foot as much as they did and Having the worst third quarter. I mean they were a really one of the. We were statistically the best team in the country in the third quarter.
Speaker 4:They were we had 40 yards of offense until that last drive in the fourth quarter to tie it up 40 yards.
Speaker 3:And then the second half. Yeah, we just we definitely can't play like that. So it's like but this missing team, I'm gonna say that that was just, you know, a bad luck team that played really well, and you know we got a catch the ball and and then yeah, and then we had a couple drops and just multiple third downs. The players are there to be made.
Speaker 4:You just got to make them. But.
Speaker 3:Right, I take I had a couple misses. He had a great game but he had a couple misses that you know Stalled some drives out, drives out.
Speaker 4:So I think this would be a good next championship. I I don't think this will be easy, by no means.
Speaker 2:I think it'll be a better one than most people anticipated. Um, but, like I said, I mean it just depends on if washington just blew their load, like you said was pennies trying to to prove that he belongs in the heisman. I mean, like, and like hunter said, we seen him play in indiana. Um, if you know anything about indiana in the last few years when he would have played, they weren't any good. So you know. Just, he's got a good team around him.
Speaker 3:So I mean you could tell he was a star on that team, but he definitely wasn't showing the flashes like this at washington correct, um.
Speaker 2:So you know Well, we'll see what happens. It'll be exciting, like you guys said. So you know, hopefully, hopefully, we'll get our money's worth with all that.
Speaker 3:Hey, we got the music back. Let's go Time for some hockey. We're gonna look a little north of the border action over the weekend. I'm gonna look at Edmonton Oilers Ottawa senators on saturday. I like the Edmonton Oilers to win this matchup from home. Uh, ottawa's just not very good. They have a four and nine record on the road. Corpusallo, their star goalie is seven and twelve and he's off to a rough start in this early season. Uh, stuart scanner, the goalie for the Oilers 15, nine and one. I like the Edmonton Oilers to get a big win over their canadian rival on saturday.
Speaker 2:Sweet, and that's your hunter's hockey hits. I haven't seen any big news in hockey yet. I and you know the season's just kicking off just kind of like NBA really yeah, oh, winter, classic winter.
Speaker 3:I wanted to bring that up to you guys on this one and just kind of talk to you guys about that, because if you haven't seen anything about, if you haven't seen it, look up highlights. The jerseys were sick. Seattle cracking lost biggest golden nights. They played Uh, I think that wasn't on new york day as well, and it was in, uh, it was at the mariners field, but it was an outside hockey rink and them jerseys were just sick and it's a, it's a really cool Just to see. You see a hockey rink on a baseball field. It's just a really cool thing to see. So look up highlights if you guys haven't seen that, because that was a pretty cool thing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we'll check that out. Hey, so big news in the UFC connor McGregor is coming back. Your boy, your bullet, connor. Oh, you missed a full cue. You know what I'm saying? Like, where's he at?
Speaker 3:Not yet.
Speaker 2:It's smoke, it's smoke, but where there's smoke, there's fire. It's all I'm saying. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Now, it's probably not gonna be till what? Next year, like close to the end of this year, maybe next year? I mean, because he's got a training on that for that fight, don't I?
Speaker 4:believe he said the date was july 29th or june 29th during international week, uh, in los vegas. Yeah, so this year this summer, okay. Uh but all right.
Speaker 2:Well, that'll be, that'll be good.
Speaker 4:I told haunter he was trolling. I don't believe it.
Speaker 2:I really don't no, oh no, I mean, it's the money's right 25 before he said 185.
Speaker 3:Uh, when the ultimate fighter. So when the trailer came out, the first episode, and they were talking Uh, when it first began, connor said 185. And now who? You say 185. So Could be a, could be a troll thing, who knows?
Speaker 4:I hope he's right. I don't know, I won't, I won't, uh, I won't get it.
Speaker 3:I think that'd be awesome to see connor fight at 185. I think that'd be crazy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, do you? It was, and with that guy calling him out too, uh, the guy that he want, that, that he's supposedly gonna fight, I mean. Michael Chandler can't be getting called out and then not respond, right? I mean, gotta be a bitch move at that point. It would be it would be. I hope so what are you guys? Is there any? Is there anything going on in the us Ufc for the people this week that they can put some money on anything? Exciting cards, good.
Speaker 4:I actually there's not. There's not any cards until uh next weekend, but um, nothing isn't next year.
Speaker 3:I was in january 13th, yep, yep, looks like it's next weekend for us, okay.
Speaker 2:All right. Well, hell, you know that's uh. You know I guess we'll have to. The people have to wait, uh.
Speaker 3:Yeah, unfortunately, I know we've been, we've been in for some ufc.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so we got our ufc bets.
Speaker 2:Well, we got a touch on it because it's a big issue. Um, the referees have been a big issue All year, you know, and I was blowing like, oh, it evens out, it evens out. But this detroit in dallas thing, which had high implicate, especially since the eagles lost it, has it had major implications here because the lions can get the two seed, even the one seed, if they beat dallas. Um, somebody needs to lose their job. Then, if I need to come out, make that saw both of them.
Speaker 3:I want to, I want to. I want to take the picture. We all know the picture. I'm talking about the ref that saw the two of them walk over to to them and Saw him in the face.
Speaker 4:I want that referee right now touch his name.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I and I'll never ask anybody to lose their job, but this guy, he needs to lose his job because there.
Speaker 3:You can't.
Speaker 2:How do you mess that?
Speaker 3:up. Detroit don't deserve that.
Speaker 3:No they've been too successful, they waited too long, they've been asked for too long and now they're good and they don't deserve that. And I think it just shows the people of Detroit New years. Near the. The first bar I walk into I didn't know this was, I didn't know was Brad Allen. I've seen these shirts. The first bar I walk into, I look to my right and it's two guys with f Brad Allen search on and I'm like, hey, who's Brad Allen? They're like did you watch the Dallas in Detroit game? I'm like, yeah, he's like lead referee. I said hell, yeah, f Brad Allen. So they can, they can feel it especially. They can feel it especially. Man, like you said, somebody deserves their job because these guys can't be getting paid, whatever they're getting paid to make that crucial of a mistake.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the, and I would even check his underwear to see if he had the little Dallas Cowboy star on it. And some of these Dallas weasels are even like not justifying it, but they're like, oh well, the Lions were lined up in an illegal formation anyway, so they would have gotten flagged on that. And yada, yada, yada. I'm like are you really trying to justify you getting beat and literally, literally, the ref stripping points from you and they go. Well, dax still had 40 seconds, even if they did score. And I'm like Listen to say what you want. He wasn't, you guys were handed.
Speaker 2:You guys were handed a game. You guys, literally on a silver plaque by the referees, handed a game. They can you know it is what it is. I it's the lion should be at least the two seed. Unfortunately, unless the Cowboys lose, they're gonna, they're gonna get the two seed because the Eagles go and they choke away. So you know, the Eagles still choke against the Cardinals and the Lions win. Then San Francisco has to play a meaningful LA Rams game this week. Unfortunately it's not meaningful. Well, they like, they lock up the seat with the Lions loss and the Eagles loss. So I mean it's just really frustrating because you know you want to see the right team win and, being so close to Detroit, you really want to see them. At least they're doing the best that they can. They deserve to win that right.
Speaker 2:They came all the way down the field and they made that two-point conversion and even with, even with these talking stupid like heads in the National media saying, well, dan Campbell should have kicked the field goal. He literally didn't have to.
Speaker 2:He didn't have to, like you're trying to just, you're trying to justify the bad call by saying, oh well, the next play, he should have kicked it and sent it in overtime, and maybe would one. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. He fucking won that game already by going for two. And that which makes you the national talking head looks stupid, makes you look stupid because he literally won that game and you're saying and trying to justify the fact oh well, he should have kicked it to send it into overtime, since it was a flag. No, at that point I'm gonna keep going at the throat. It's like. It's kind of like, at this point I'd even, I would even ran the same play, I would have ran it all over again, I, you know, all over again and then threw it to somebody else instead of the tackle, because everybody would have been all over that tackle. But it's just sad to see, man and it's a shame that now, now Pat Mahomes has a point here to see a call like that affect the game, especially being the Absolutely wrong call. There needs to be something done where a call like that, a call like that after the play was completed, because they didn't throw the flag right away, no, they did it after it was caught and then they talked about it for 30 seconds, 30 seconds after the flag was thrown. At what point does New York try me to say, hey, what's this about? Oh, it's about this.
Speaker 2:No, we saw it. There's, there's tape of him going up to you. You didn't see that? Okay, well, he did. You can see this. This is gonna look very. This is gonna look very bad For all of us, if you just like, because it looks like he checked in and you probably did check in. Whether he did or did not check In, it looks like he checked in and he's gonna say that he checked in. So, um, yeah, but besides that, detroit covers. So there you go, people from all you betting.
Speaker 4:Yeah, the only only thing they did was banned that crew from the fishing and he playoff game. So that was. That was their slap on the wrist.
Speaker 2:No, the the crew. I get that man needs to be fired, like my ref that made the call. Like the crew cool, like it's not the crew's fault that he threw the flag. I know they made the decision together after they talked about it, but he needs.
Speaker 3:Want a referral, like when he wait, when he like what are you?
Speaker 4:gonna do. You know it and not into the guy that checked in as an eligible receiver in front of his face.
Speaker 3:I saw the. I saw the meme. They were like what it? What do you think they were talking about? You think they were talking about their New Year's, their new year's Eve plans, and why I would they be in there? Honestly?
Speaker 4:really sad it's come to this point because the fish in it has been so bad all year and it continues to be a problem. Yet when is enough gonna be it? When is it? When is it actually ever gonna?
Speaker 4:stop. I it's hard to ever say when it's Now you're crossing teams games. It's crazy and Detroit has. And what sad is, detroit has been on the receiving end of this shit for so Long. I YouTube video last night Ten minutes of footage of the referees just giving them the bluebird, like it's it's shameful. It's like I Can't. It's honestly really sad, it's it's really sad.
Speaker 2:Well, let's get into it, cuz Minnesota is at Detroit. I don't think this game has too many implications on it, except for Minnesota actually going to the playoffs, if they're not already. And I can't I don't quite remember what the standings are at the top of my head, except for the main ones, which is San Francisco, dallas. The Lions and Buccaneers can win it if they win this week, right.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think it's, I think it's box one, it with the win, they lose and the winner of the Saints and Falcon game gets the division.
Speaker 2:So the little bit there that that's gonna play out. Hmm. So Minnesota plus three is what I'm taking for this game. Detroit's probably gonna rest some starters, I think, at half um At least get some rest in there before their first. You know, division playoff Happens at home. So yeah, give me Minnesota plus three. What do you guys think about that game?
Speaker 4:Um, I'm on the opposite end of this one. Minnesota played like trash last Sunday night. I'm everywhere at the bar now. I just so honored the stream and we were just weak, like just weak. I don't know why.
Speaker 3:I saw a little bit of it at lucky.
Speaker 4:They look at it, at the bar when we went out and it was just a lot, I was like the best, the guy that had them one throw away from beating Detroit for a rookie and then benched the rookie to go back To the guy they just benched. So it's kind of a crap show there right now. So I'll probably go with Detroit minus three. I mean, I don't know, with a weird week like this, I don't know how confident you're gonna be embedding with just who's playing who's not. But I think Dan Campbell could still at least rally the troops for a three-point win. I don't see why he can't do it. So I like I like Detroit to sweep Minnesota and Finish strong towards the playoffs.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, I get it, but I'd rather rest the players, yeah, especially like I'm on Saint Brown and stuff like that that are having a hard time Not hard time, but they've been kind of dinged up a little bit throughout the year.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I think that's not king, or.
Speaker 2:Montgomery's been a little dinged up.
Speaker 4:Yeah, absolutely. It's just one of those all right weird weeks. You know what do you do? Are you damned if you do, if you don't?
Speaker 2:What do you? What do you think, hunter? Do you think of? What? Who's? Who do you got in this game?
Speaker 3:Yeah, no, I Would pretty much was gonna say Minnesota's terrible. I have no faith in them. I think they're just a middle of the pack team and, honestly, regardless of who plays, I think every lion in you know every line on that team right now is out for events. After that terrible Call against them, I think they're gonna take this game Just a little bit extra and it's still a division game that they want to win, so I'll ride with the Lions in this one.
Speaker 2:Hey, hey. Well, lone, lone wolf, lone wolf over here. Um, kurt, there are some smoke About your boy, kenny. Kenny, pick it. Not wanting to back up Rudolph, is this true? No, it's true, because that is quite devious. You know Of my man who has the smallest hands in the NFL.
Speaker 4:I'll tell you the truth of that one. That one came out of a very Trolling, infamous Pittsburgh right reporter. Meet a guy named Mark Madden who came up with that bullshit. That is not true at all, I can tell you he they asked him himself, did you see?
Speaker 3:that yeah, I saw video today of Kenny Pickett Talking about that exactly and telling reporters how untrue was and that it was. He was either gonna be Fit to play and dress and start, or unfit to play, not dress and not start, and that's what it? Was Yep and that's what he said himself.
Speaker 4:So he definitely he denied that yeah, I Really wouldn't take much into that, though I bet he's probably a little salty right now. But you know what? There was your job to lose, so Gotta ride the hot hand.
Speaker 2:All right. Well, you got pit at Baltimore. Minus four, plus four. What you guys taking, I know, put pits been playing pretty hard. Do they really have anything to play for Except for pride Pittsburgh?
Speaker 4:Yeah, they can get into playoffs if they win.
Speaker 2:They just got a win.
Speaker 4:They don't have to know, they do need they do need One of three scenarios that happen, but yeah, they do need to win and get some help With this game. I took Baltimore plus four. They did just say to hardball now today that Lamar is gonna be resting. I don't agree with that decision. That any. No point do I agree with that decision. I would much rather see Lamar play. To be honest with you, um, I just I Think that's just too much time, man, with already having a bye week. I Don't know, I've seen it before, I've seen it before. But I took Baltimore plus four, did this? Rivalry game is always close, so as a one-score game, it's gonna be low scoring. The Ravens, obviously, are playing very well. We're trying to get into the playoffs. They want to play spoiler. We're in Baltimore. It's never easy to win there. So I bought more plus four and, yeah, it's gonna be a very interesting Saturday, don't? We've won.
Speaker 2:I think Baltimore we've took in.
Speaker 4:Don't we beaten them six out of the past seven times? I don't know, some teams just have teams numbers, but it's, it's gonna be close. I'll tell you that it's going to be close.
Speaker 2:What do you think, hunter? I Take Baltimore, I'm taking Baltimore as well. I think that's gonna be a little closer. I mean, that defense is still gonna be that defense.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I, just what. So what has to happen? Like is it a long shot for Pittsburgh, like it's?
Speaker 4:honestly nothing that crazy. So they need to win Saturday. Okay, so either if the Jags lose against Tennessee, they'll get in that way, or if they win Saturday and the Buffalo Bills lose the Dolphins on Sunday night, they'll get in.
Speaker 2:Okay so.
Speaker 4:It's not out the window.
Speaker 3:I think I'm still going. I think I'm still going plus four Baltimore Just too heavy. Those games, just those games just seem to be four point games max always. No matter how good the offense are, how good the teams are in general, that game in general is just a three or four point game. So I think, having that fourth point, just even if it was plus four Pittsburgh or plus four Baltimore, I think just having those plus four you're gonna want them. I don't think a team gets whooped in this one. I think it's especially with Huntley playing. I think you're gonna see probably a lot of Baltimore guys play and then come out as they just kind of want to get them probably a little bit of playing time and they're not playing too much. And then obviously you know Pittsburgh still has playoff hopes, so they're gonna be playing as hard, as hard as possible, and they're not playing too bad with Rudolph so far. So I'll take Baltimore plus four and what I think will be a close game.
Speaker 2:All right. So Cleveland clinches a playoff spot last week with a dominating, complete dominating performance by Joey flak. He ain't getting no slack, not for me, anyway, you know I'm saying that's uh man, my man is my man's lighting it up. I'm weak, I'm kind of mad because we had him as a backup, so I don't know so angry. But Cleveland is a seven point underdog as they are, have locked in a spot and nothing can really change. So they are staying put, probably resting some starters. You know my 40 year old man, joey out there, is probably gonna need some rest, even after the four or five games that he's playing.
Speaker 3:He's probably a little tired.
Speaker 2:But here's the thing Cincinnati sucks because they don't have Joe burrow or anything like that, and I got Cleveland plus seven. It's still a lot of points. Cleveland still got a decent defense. I know they're resting some starters, but hey, that's still a lot of points. Doesn't mean Cleveland's gonna win. But I like leaving plus seven if I'm putting my money on them.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I took Cleveland plus seven as well. Obviously they've already beaten the bangles, though that was a whole different world ago, week one. Um, I Even with them start benching players, I mean inside the bangles aren't down to back ups either, so it's just kind of a toss up to me as far as the who wins it. But I see, and I see no reason why Cleveland can't stay within seven. Obviously they can't move up with Baltimore already clinching the first box, so they'll be stuck at five and they will play the AFC South winner. So Give me Cleveland plus seven In a rivalry who knows what the hell happens, kind of game.
Speaker 3:With the line at seven, exactly, I think I would play Cleveland plus seven as well. I just think that at the very, very worst, somehow Cincinnati would win this game. It'd be by seven, by a touchdown at the very worst. So I think you get a push there. So I think that just for the money, especially at minus one ten, um, cleveland plus seven make sense. I think that, like you said, the browser gonna have a lot of back-ups playing, but since that is down to a lot of back-ups already, with Even guys like tomorrow chase question yeah, you know with them really not much to play for who knows how much they play their top-end guys as you just kind of want to make sure they don't get injured at this point. I mean the bangles don't have, they're not gonna make it.
Speaker 4:They have no shot. Yeah, okay.
Speaker 3:So yeah, even, and then with that, I think that even Cleveland's second team or third team and some spots, probably better than what this is, a team is Putting out right now. So, uh, yeah, I guess we'll go consensive Cleveland plus seven.
Speaker 2:All right. So you know it's. We had Brandon on last week and we talked a lot of stuff and talking about Dallas and Philly and what they can do. And you know Dallas, they, what did that's who? They have the. We are there.
Speaker 2:So we talked about the Detroit game and whatnot, and now they got Washington. They are a plus, let's see 13 and a half point favorite against the Washington Redskins. Dallas is. And what do we know about Dallas? Just a little bit, and I'm not saying they're gonna win this game, but we do know at some point they had lose one they probably shouldn't to Washington. This is actually in Washington.
Speaker 2:I don't know if that's actually gonna affect them. Washington is also kind of tanking. But the Washington Washington hung in with San Francisco for a whole half of football, yep, and then San Francisco barely pulled away. So Washington is still out here trying around a various coaching for his job. Literally there would be nothing that round of era would like more, or the Washington fan base to ruin Dallas's Second seat and make them the third seat, at which point I would love cuz you know Philly be, if Philly can even beat.
Speaker 2:At this point I can't even say they get. It's all walking at all for any game with Philly. They can beat bad their wild card game, they go. They go to Detroit. If Detroit gets a second one, it's actually more comfortable doing rather than go into Dallas. So I know that, um, what do you call it? What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna put my money on Washington plus 13 and a half, so Not saying they're gonna win, cuz I really don't know, but I think it's a little closer than 13 and a half, think they're gonna put. I miss last game of the season. I think round like I said, romero is probably gonna lose his job. Maybe he's coaching for his job and and Sam, I mean you know that quarterback is still gonna play hard. I don't think he's not gonna play hard at all. So you know, what do you guys think about that game?
Speaker 4:Um, yeah, I'm with you on the fence about 13 and a half. That's just a little bit too much to cover, especially being on the road. Dallas is three, five on the road. The only thing that kind of scares me is with Washington. Sam Hall leads the league interceptions and you know if you thought called picks early, dallas goes up early, they might cover. But They've been so up and down with games at home and on the road. Obviously they don't scored near what they scored home and With it being a rivalry game, dallas still has stuff to play for. It was seating and all and trying to win that division. Washington has nothing to play for. Then Ron Rivera's job. I think I would definitely ride with the Commanders to stay within two touchdowns. All that that's crazy to ask and what could be? I mean, with this season man, week to week, what you expect to happen doesn't happen, what you don't expect to happen happens. So I think I'd go with Washington on that one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, cuz Dallas. Like I said, they can't rest anyone.
Speaker 4:So no, they have to play. Yeah, especially with them playing at the same time, but it's an interesting Dynamic there. See, when's that division?
Speaker 2:Yes, sir Hunter. What do you think about your? What do you think about your in closet team?
Speaker 3:I Think that they are awful on the road and I think that they're gonna be cold. I think they're gonna be cold in Washington. I don't think they're gonna play very well. I think that this will be a competitive game that Dallas probably pulls away from, but 13 points it's still. I think that it could be. I feel like Dallas wins by like seven to ten and then 13th kind of pushing it. So I'm probably leaning towards commanders plus 13, but I still think Dallas wouldn't just came out right with all the implications and how important it is. So I would still play Dallas outright. But all them points, that's too many points.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So Next game, philadelphia at the New York Giants. Five and a half point favorite and I was looking pretty good when I said that Philadelphia was going to wax the Cardinals, because it was. I like to remind everyone on this podcast and that's listening that the Philadelphia Eagles were up 26 at halftime.
Speaker 3:Oh, my god, were they really?
Speaker 2:21 to 6 at halftime. I'm cruising, I'm ready, I'm ready to. I'm ready to bet the over on that next half, thinking that the Eagles gonna go up A little bit more and just shut it down. What if I told you that the Arizona Cardinals didn't punt once in that football game? No I want at the entire game, did not.
Speaker 3:It was 21 six. They still didn't point one time didn't put one time a half, how do they not? Or they only have a couple drives in the first half?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, just ran down the fields, take a field goal. Ran down a field, kick a field goal, pick six, that was a three, that was the drives at the Cardinals had. And then Touchdown, touch down, touch down, touchdown. Eagles, punt, punt, touch down, field goal. That that was the game. Oh, okay, so so Brian Johnson's out here playing madden again with his calls around. What getting to Brian Johnson At some point?
Speaker 3:That you don't like.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, cuz he did cuz 3, 3 and 16, punt hunter. You know you're almost, you're on your own, 30 kind of. You know you're talking about how aggressive you want to be and you run a quarterback draw, a quarterback draw to the left, it kind of works. And then you run a quarterback draw to the right. It doesn't work because you hit the madden flip button and then you go. You know what I'm gonna do now. I'm going to do a wide receiver screen to Julio Jones and have Devonte Smith as the lead blocker. That's the play that I'm calling. Oh yeah, on 3rd and 16, on 3rd and 16. I'm gonna have Julio Jones catch the ball and Devonte Smith block. That's the play. That that's, and as soon as the asset. If the Eagles kick a field goal here, they're gonna lose this game because they cannot stop the Cardinals and they're gonna give the Cardinals way too much fucking time. So what this? With this five and a half defensively.
Speaker 3:Well, what happened? Like was it just where they? Get sliced up with a getting ran on. What was it defensively?
Speaker 2:They they allowed over 200 yards and John was cooking.
Speaker 2:James Connor was cooking. They couldn't stop Kyler Murray From getting out of the pocket. They threw a couple times but it's not like, honestly, it wasn't like they were throwing the ball all over the place. They didn't need to. You know, I need those defense who prided themselves on stopping the run at the beginning of season, only allowing 66 yards a game. Think about this. They allow the Cardinals not the punt, but yet they're the same fucking team that allowed the dolphins to only score 10 points.
Speaker 3:I that's wild, like just think about them. Though they are, they are just a thorn, a thorn in the side of good teams, potential teams. Dallas. Philadelphia, pittsburgh. They're just a thorn in the side.
Speaker 2:In my view, that's the same defense that stopped Justin Jefferson. The the same the same defense that stopped the show. You know, stefan digs, and and and Josh Allen. The same defense has stopped Pat and Travis Kelsey and you let fucking James Connor and Kyler Murray Not.
Speaker 3:Punt would at 35 points.
Speaker 2:Yeah it was. Yeah it was a bad game. So, yeah, no, dallett, philly, I'm still riding with Philly this five and a half line. The last time they played the Giants they were cooking them a little bit and then the Giants did something a little different. They decided to bench DeVito and put in Tyra Taylor, who the Eagles were not ready for. They weren't expecting the Giants to just Switch quarterbacks and if you know anything about the NFL, it's hard to like game plan for a quarter back the entire week and then all of a sudden have to deal with a Tyra Taylor you know, running style quarterback. So they're gonna be a little bit ready for them. I think they're gonna close this game out. Whether or not they they end up winning division because Dallas Chokes, or whether or not, you know, seeing what happens here, I think they're gonna close the game out strong, hopefully maybe win this game by a touchdown.
Speaker 2:It's in New York. It's the only problem I have. A play in New York is a very dangerous field to play on. That's where everybody's been tearing their shit up. I Mean the Giants lost three quarterbacks due to their field. That's terrible, that's terrible.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's like yeah, so what do you guys think about that? And the Eagles team and the epic collapse that is happening with that? I mean I don't think we there's a lot of shit going on, but I don't think. I think this is obviously the biggest collapse this year in the NFL. You go from 10 and one number one seed to 11 and five wild card team. Yeah, that's, that's easily the best Of the base board on the stretch.
Speaker 3:I think it's from the most surprising team. I Died. I just I don't. I don't think I would expect that from the Eagles, especially if I was to say what good team could you know, suffer a second half collapse or a setback or something like that? It wouldn't have been the Eagles. And then to look this bad is wild, especially defensively where they've been so strong. Um, and then you combine that with some what sounds like just some Crayola crayon drawing play, calling that you're getting over there with that guy. Oh man, tell him to maybe, uh, maybe, instead of flipping the play something to flip his receivers a little bit, flip his receivers around.
Speaker 3:Um, I will say I guess the Giants 5 and 11. They got nothing to play for, even if it is Ty ride or whoever it is. I think the Eagles they're mad about that, they're mad about the loss, they're mad about the second half of their season, they're mad about being as bad as they are right now, and the Giants, to me, just want to get Um, a better graphic and have nothing to play for. So a line only five. I think it's just kind of being the eagles struggles, but I would take that at minus five.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and before Kurt goes, I mean, even with all that the epic stuff happening, I think I think I saw something somewhere where the Eagles will end up with the best record out of any Super Bowl loser in the last Like 10 or 15 years or something like that. So I mean, that's I, if you think about it. That's, that's almost true. So, yeah if you think you know a lot. A lot of teams don't go back to the Super Bowl after they lose a Super Bowl. It's not not really done too often.
Speaker 4:So no, um, I'm probably going to ride with the Giants plus five and a half. Surprisingly, they played. They played the Rams pretty good last week, only losing by one point. Um, yeah, we're just how things have gone. The second half, the Philly, just whether it be close wins or just not playing a, a kind of ball I mean, you never know in divisional games. A lot of familiarity there. Tyrods, you know, he's playing that second half against Philly. He didn't look too bad last week, throwing for over 300 yards and Not much of a quan though. But uh, I'll probably go with the Giants plus five and a half on that one, I think. Philly, I would think they'd win it, but man, you got a. I don't know, man, this is surprising, very surprising. But, um, it's a new year so maybe some new shit happens. I don't know. Well, we'll see. Sunday, four o'clock four four thirties, trinton.
Speaker 2:Yes, we will. Do you guys have any random games for this week? Uh, I know I am probably going to do the Buffalo Miami game. It's going to be a big one. Miami is a three point underdog. I actually think that Miami's gonna gonna win this game, um, probably by three. Uh, it's a revenge game. Buffalo waxed them last time. This one it's in Miami. Um, they didn't. They didn't do too bad last week so I, like you know, like to see Miami keep, you know, stay hanging in there and taking this game from Buffalo and locking down that second seed right underneath the Ravens.
Speaker 4:Would you just say Miami didn't too bad, didn't too too bad last week.
Speaker 2:Well, they were missing, mossert and all that stuff, I mean, you know, for missing some of their players and Tyree Kobe and hurt.
Speaker 4:Uh, Tony, you know how bad they lost.
Speaker 2:I know, I know, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just trying to, I'm just trying to be positive. I need.
Speaker 4:Miami to win, but I already had this game written down because it is, it is the last sunday night game of the year. Uh, Buffalo's favorite.
Speaker 2:I feel like Miami hung in there better than san francisco did. That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, that's true. Yeah, um, yeah, uh, I took Buffalo minus three. I just Miami was what what? They played Dallas the week before, only scoring 22. I mean, if they can get closer to 30, I like them to win. But Buffalo, honestly, since that filly game, has been playing some pretty good ball and, um, obviously they played them way earlier in the season. So it's 1-0 Buffalo. But, uh, buffalo is also playing the game to play off. So this game is massive. I mean, winner takes the division and, um, like I said, a buffalo is they could be out. So, man, um, I think Buffalo pulls it off, though, and I think this will be a pretty solid game. So, in a random game, I picked the? Uh Raiders minus two and a half over Denver. Denver, I pretty sure, barely beat the Charters last week. No, russell Wilson and the Raiders, um lost a close game against the Colts and, honestly, I like their interim head coach, uh, a lot better than joshford daniel. So give me the Raiders Minus two and a half for a final home dub.
Speaker 2:Okay, hunter, what do you got?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think I I was leaning towards the Raiders, but I'm looking at Seattle versus Arizona. Uh, this line is just a little bit too small for me, even with some of the guys questionable. I just think that you know Arizona may want to play a spoiler, but their real main concern is getting a high draft choice in this year's draft. And, uh, seattle still had a little bit to play for, you know, with the records right in the right in the middle they're probably still somewhere near in the hunt for the NFC, you know the wild card and things like that. So, um, a line, small two and a half for Seattle could be a close game, but I think they still wouldn't at least buy three. So minus two and a half for Seattle for me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you would have thought the Cardinals would have played a little less harder last week, considering they just lost themselves. Marba Harris, you know.
Speaker 3:I, yes, I was. I. I was shocked, I was like this is crazy. Why are they not just like trying to roll over?
Speaker 2:But yeah, so Uh well, there's nothing we can do about it now, but if you enjoyed this episode of the Shekel Up podcast, please go like and subscribe and go review our episodes on apple Podcasts. We read them all and we really appreciate it. We are still in the last week of our Fantasy league football for the podcast. We got two going, two Titans going at it. So good luck to you guys. You know week 18 that'll be it for you and then we'll figure out who uh who the winners will announce that next week.
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