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The Packers and Cardinals are the only two teams in the NFC I truly trust right now

I think the Packers are probably ... the only team in the NFC. Well maybe the Cardinals, the Packers and the Cardinals are the two teams. The NFC that I would say, I, I really trust right now.

Sean McVay has fallen too much in love with Matthew Stafford's arm

Sean McVay, first four years, he was first and play action this year. He's 23rd and play action. ... maybe Sean McVay has fallen too much in love with Matthew Stafford.

Gonzaga talent-wise might be the best NCAA basketball team in 30 years

Talent wise, they might be the best NCAA basketball team that I've seen in the last 30 years.

You should quit your job if you have to work on the Friday after Thanksgiving

The only job that you should work on this Friday would be if you're selling Christmas trees. Or a first responder... Besides that, just quit. Quit. Quit. Or just say you're sick. Blanket statement. If you work at a big box retailer and you have to go in on Thanksgiving... you will never regret quitting that job.

Peyton Manning got Jason Garrett fired because the ManningCast predicted his play calls

I actually think that Peyton Manning got Jason Garrett fired today because when Peyton Manning predicted that call on fourth and short... Peyton Manning just buried his head in his hands... I guarantee you Gettleman watched that and was like, 'fuck, I can't have Peyton Manning predicting my calls.'

Cincinnati will be left out of the CFP if Oklahoma State wins out and Alabama beats Georgia

I still do not think that's going to happen, if a Power 5 one-loss team gets jumped by Cincinnati... I think if Oklahoma State wins out and Ohio State wins out and Bama beats Georgia, Cincinnati will be fucked.

Texas fans regret firing Mack Brown for the first time in years

If you're Texas, you regret for the first time in probably like eight years firing Mack Brown. You wish that Mack Brown had stuck around.

Texas made a mistake by firing Tom Herman given their current dumpster fire

I'll go one further. If you're Texas, you regret firing Tom Herman... Sarkeesian is still like... they've lost seven in a row and lost to Kansas? Like, I think that's how bad it's gotten at Texas, that there's definitely Texas fans are like, wait, did we make a mistake here by firing Tom Herman?

I am betting on Nebraska to beat Iowa in honor of a fan's obituary

Milton Andrew Munson Jr., who passed away a couple days ago... in lieu of flowers, please place an irresponsibly large wager on Nebraska beating Iowa. So I will be placing a wager on Nebraska. You have to. For a dead guy, you have to.

Tim Boyle should not be in the NFL

What the fuck is Tim Boyle? Why is Tim Boyle in the NFL? ... He wasn't even good at UConn. He actually sucked at UConn. And then he transferred to Eastern Kentucky and had a breakout season his senior year where he threw for 11 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. After sucking at UConn, he sucked at Eastern Kentucky, and now we've just agreed that he's going to be an NFL quarterback?

I am betting on the Lions moneyline because Tim Boyle is so bad it's funny

After all that shit that I talked about Tim Boyle, I'm going to bet on the Lions' money line. I'm betting on Tim Boyle, the worst quarterback maybe ever to play in the NFL.

I am betting on the Bills -5.5 against the Saints on Thanksgiving

I'm going to go with the Buffalo Bills. Minus five and a half. ... The Bills have to win this game. ... Trevor Siemian is just not good. ... I still think this is their get right game. If they're going to make a run, they have to win this game. And they have to dominate.

I am betting the over 41.5 in the Bears-Lions Thanksgiving game

I'm also going to take Tim Boyle. I'm going to take the over 41 and a half in that game. It's the dumbest pick I've ever made... Wouldn't it be cool if it was a Tim Boyle-Andy Dalton shootout?

I am betting on the Cowboys -7.5 against the Raiders on Thanksgiving

I'm going to bet on the Cowboys, I think, which makes me feel like kind of a sucker because 7.5 is a lot of points. ... So even bigger sucker energy, the fact that we are both going to do it.

LeBron James got off easy with a one-game suspension for punching Isaiah Stewart

LeBron James basically owns the NBA, which we already knew, but the fact that he got suspended one game for assault is fucking ridiculous... He looked him dead in the eye and then punched him in the face. ... if it was reversed... the other guy would be suspended for like seven, eight games.

Jim Harbaugh will not work with you if he thinks you are a pussy

Coach Harbaugh was a badass, man... If you're a pussy, he's not fucking with you. You got to be good at sports. If you're not good at sports, he don't want to hear nothing from you.

Sean Taylor was the best all-around football player I have ever been around

Sean probably one of the best football players I've ever been around, man. I'm being real, bro. Like, Sean could play any position on the football field. Like running back, receiver, linebacker, safety, corner. Anything you put him, he going to be fucking real good at it.

I am betting the Patriots -6.5 against the Titans

I'm taking the Pats minus six and a half. ... I think that the Titans without Derrick Henry are a big time problem. ... I think the Titans are in big-time trouble without Derrick Henry. ... They're pretty banged up offensively.

The Falcons will beat the Jaguars because bird teams are due to move ahead of cat teams all-time

My favorite is going to be the Atlanta Falcons. ... All time in the NFL, bird teams against cat teams are exactly 500. I think it's 209 to 209 and one. They've tied one game. This is going to be the week that it swings in favor of the bird teams.

I am done with the Seahawks; they are a miserable team of has-beens and losers

I think that the Seahawks are just a miserable football team filled with has-beens and losers. ... I hate watching the Seahawks on television. It's probably way worse in person.

I am betting the Vikings-49ers over 48

I'm going to take Vikings 49ers over 48. ... I feel like there's going to be a lot of points in that game. ... reward excellence.

I am betting the Browns-Ravens under 45.5

I'm going to take the Browns Ravens under 45 and a half. It's in Baltimore. It's going to be at night. ... Most importantly, this is a uniform game. The Browns playing against the Ravens at night is an under game. ... It's like a 13-10 game. ... My simulated numbers have it at 37.

The Buffalo Bills are fraudulent right now

The bills have a issue, a fundamental issue that I'm worried about for bills fans. I'm trying very, very hard not to say the F word, but they seem fraudulent right now because they got, we talked about tough teams and man football teams. The culture that the bills are not right now.

The Colts are the team that nobody wants to play right now

I would say the Colts are the team that nobody wants to play right out officially. Like they're number one. If I'm looking at my rankings of teams that you don't want to play, I put, it's usually a team like the Colts.

Justin Jefferson is a top five wide receiver in the NFL

Kirk cousins played well, Justin Jefferson, I don't know where you want to rank him, but he, if you don't have him in your top five wide receivers, then you're just not watching football anymore because he's incredible.

Taylor Heinicke will be the Washington Football Team starter in Week 1 next year

I'm starting to talk myself into Taylor Heinicke being the guy again... I've got three straws now. And I feel like he's probably going to be the starting quarterback going into next year, regardless of what happens in the draft. Let's just say that we took Kenny Pickett or somebody like that in the draft. I still think that Taylor would be starting week one next year.

The Saints need to call Philip Rivers or start Taysom Hill because Trevor Siemian stinks

I don't know what Sean Payton's waiting for. Call Philip Rivers right now. Trevor Siemian is not the guy... at the very least get [Taysom] back there and do the Taysom Hill/Tebow duo... Siemian stinks.

The Bills vs. Saints Thanksgiving game is 'Loser Leaves Town' for their seasons

I'm declaring Thursday night, Thanksgiving night, loser leaves, town Saints, Bills. Loser if you lose that game and you're, if you're the bills and you lose that game to a hobbled saints team, it's over. And if you're the saints and you lose that game, it's probably over it.

Trevor Lawrence has 'bust smells' coming from him

This is just, it's becoming a situation where it's impossible to evaluate them. I'm going to need at least three years of tape on Trevor Lawrence before I make a definitive declaration. But he's, there's some bus smells coming from him.

Nick Bosa is officially back to being a full-on game-wrecker

Nick Bosa is officially a full-on game-wrecker. He's back-back. He's a game-wrecker. He had his 10th sack today... a quarter of his pass rushes today he got a QB pressure.

The Bears haven't won a game off the bye since 2013 because Matt Nagy overthinks everything

The bears haven't won a game off of the buy since 2013... Matt Nagy is 0-4 off the buy... I think he just overthinks things. You want Matt Nagy to be playing on as little rest as possible.

The Lions will get their first win of the season against the Bears on Thanksgiving

I have thought for the entire [season]... it's actually like disgusting that I keep saying it because it's an obsessive compulsive disorder that I think that the lions are going to get their first win against the bears on Thanksgiving day.

Baker Mayfield is severely injured and needs to sit down for his own good

At what point can, is anyone going to step in and be like, yo baker Mayfield is really injured... He's got a torn labrum, he's got a deep bruise on his knee and a heel injury... baker Mayfield, you gotta sit down and get healthy. Your money's at stake now.

The Dolphins will be .500 by Christmas

The dolphins are four and seven home Panthers, home giants by home jets. Whoa, seven and seven at Christmas. They could get, they could get it.

I am a full-on Tua Tagovailoa believer now

I'm a full on to a believer now I've been gaslit to just being like this guy rules... I'm now to the two of fans. I don't know if we're going to build, finish this podcast. The two fans are, this is major issues.

I am officially done with the Seattle Seahawks

Cardinals, Seahawks. I am officially done with the Seahawks. I spent the majority of this game yelling at the TV, yelling at the Seahawks. Just do something, do something, do something, play football. Yeah. Get yards. Do something on offense. They do nothing on offense.

Tiger Woods is back

I was backs tiger woods. And so on. The golf club is deep. People went crazy... He swung a golf club. I've won one crazy.

I want to see Mac Jones face some adversity and struggle to see what kind of leader he is

I want to see him [Mac Jones] face some adversity, see how he does with that... I hope he doesn't [sprain his ankle], but you want to see the toughness of a guy. I want to see something go wrong. And I want to see the man he is in an adverse situation. That's when you see your best leaders.

Mac Jones plays 'on time' which is why he is a successful quarterback

He plays on time. Playing on time is like getting through your reads at the correct time... delivers a catchable football. His eyes are always in the right area. He's delivering the ball when he should deliver the ball... Those are 'playing on time' kind of moments.

Bill Belichick makes players change their glove color to match the opponent's jersey to hide holding penalties

[Bill Belichick] would always try to get me to change the color of my glove for blocking in the run game. Because if we were playing a team that had white and the referee, he said, 'the ref could see her goddamn glove on the backside of him. He's going to call holding every time.' So he would literally make like young players, like, 'Hey, you're wearing white today because we're playing against the white team.'

Players who wear black cleats and still look fast are the true 'burners' in the NFL

You always know a guy's a burner. If you see a guy wearing black cleats and he still looks fast. That's when those guys are like, they know they're fast. They wear black cleats. That's like a flex.

A truly tough football team can run the ball, stop the run, and cover kicks

This is what defines a tough football team. A physically tough football team, from what I was taught from some guy named Bill [Belichick], a tough football team can run the ball, can stop the run and can cover kicks. What teams do that the best? Baltimore, Patriots, Tennessee.

The Rams are a soft football team

My other side of the coin, I will make you say it, but I'll say it, the Rams are soft. The Rams are soft football team right now. And part of it, I think has to do with bringing a bunch of guys in. That's always gotta be hard, right? When you add guys mid season.

The Chiefs are getting better because they are taking care of the football and playing more opportunistic defense

I think the chiefs are getting better. They're playing smarter football... the last couple of weeks, what have they been doing? They've been taking care of the football. Their defense has been very opportunistic and playing situationally very well on the third down... they're finding their way.

I am riding with a Bills vs. Packers Super Bowl prediction

[Super Bowl prediction] I said, Bills and Green Bay. I'm going to ride with the Bills. I mean, I got seen some things I got to start to see the offense needs to start getting it going.

The Seahawks will win this week because you don't lose an 'end of an era' game

The big thing with this game is it feels like everyone is writing off, not just the Seahawks but an era. So when you have an era ending, the Pete Carroll, the Russell Wilson era, I feels like you got to take the Seahawks because you don't lose end of an era games.

I'm betting the Browns -11 over the Lions because Tim Boyle is starting at quarterback

I'm going to go with the system... I'm going to the Browns minus 11 over the [Lions]. Go ahead and, and, and stake my career on betting against Tim Boyle. If he is starting. Former Yukon, Husky, Tim Boyle... has 15 yards passing in his career. Yep. I'm going to go ahead and bet against Tim Boyle.

I'm betting on Lamar Jackson because he plays better with diarrhea

Another important thing to note is that Lamar Jackson has been out two days this week with diarrhea. Again, he's the most diarrhea quarterback in the NFL and he always plays great. He plays lighter when he's at diarrhea. So this is a big time intestinal bug issue for the Ravens and for Lamar Jackson. So I'm going to bet on Lamar Jackson.

If the Cowboys win in Kansas City, they are officially on 'Super Bowl Watch' times a billion

I'm just very excited for this week. Cause I feel like we're going to learn a lot from this week. Like the [Cowboys] go into Kansas City, they are on soupy. Soupy, watch times a billion.

The name change from Staples Center to Crypto.com Arena is disgusting

My system is the Los Angeles Lakers. Oh, they've destroyed their brand by changing their iconic name, the staple center to the crypto center. It's just a terrible idea. And I just think that staple center was such a great and original name. And the fact that they changed it to a corporation is disgusting.