A Numbers Game | January 5, 2026 | Hour 1

0:00The numbers told the story and always do swandles idiots who believe in analytics. This is a numbers game with kill I like Xander gone decent good Monday morning to you. There's a numbers game with decent these sports betting that was decent calm game plus I hard radio YouTube TV series XM channel 158. However, you're taking a sin. I Appreciate it. So does Kelly. Yeah skill Alexander that right there's my little buddy Kelly Bidley everybody you on this Monday pre-wild card weekend post regular season I just want to say I want to relish every every second every minute of the next two weeks because after that once it gets to You know what college football then clears is down to the final four in the NFL. It kind of feels overrish already at that point. So these next two weeks. I mean if October is the greatest month of sports and sports betting with baseball play Offs and NFL going on the college football if March madness has the best two Four days two or two to four days to begin first weekend Maybe this is the best five game stretch coming up five day stretch coming up Thursday Friday night college football semis

1:07Saturday Sunday Monday NFL playoffs. I mean look I get the greatest. I get crap for every year But like this is my favorite betting time. Yeah right now because we are all about to start back up tennis is already started back up And two dogs last night. Yeah, let's go. Let's go from a betting standpoint I like this more than even October from a sports standpoint October's better Both ways. Yeah on that. Let us begin before we get it So just again the parameters. This is still under the guessing lines umbrella But I don't during the season. I don't allow myself to look at the lines And then I don't bet them until we actually do the show Monday morning Here I do my guesses, but then I actually look to see it I'll tell you what my guesses were because I don't want to I've gone a whole regular season without making bets overnight I figure I'm not going to do that for the playoffs. I don't do it every year. So I'll make bets the previous night Um, but I will tell you what the guesses are and Some surprises to me in this wild car. Yeah, man, you can tell you can tell me where they've moved since yesterday We'll get into that first we we always start this show on Mondays updating survivor survivor now of course comes to a conclusion

2:13Circus survivor six Five entries make it to the end we had six going into this last week Five got there one person had Cincinnati. I hope that person hedged Mm-hmm. I hope they they monetized in other words. I hope they made money on it But that survivor entry survived Kelly 19 quote-unquote weeks 59 minutes and 57 seconds. Yeah brutal Just can't even you can't even make there it is. So that's the six year if you're watching on the screen right here at visa.com Game plus wherever you're watching That's the six year history of circus survivor the first year 35 of 1390 make it made it that year will always be the anomaly At least till now it's been because then from there Five out of four thousand eighty two out of six thousand one hundred thirty three four out of nine thousand two hundred sixty seven eight out of fourteen thousand two hundred sixty six and this year Five out of eighteen thousand seven hundred eighteen

3:16So after the thirty five five two four eight and five Actual value of all of each of those five Kelly in the end three million seven hundred forty three thousand six hundred dollars More than double the entire pool in the first year Whew Good money if you can get a kill. Yeah, good money if you could get you know Kelly what I always say three million seven hundred forty three thousand here three million seven hundred forty Oh the sun you got some real money and there they are Dylan Dylan W 10 Gary A 10 juicy Gucci seven He wins for best uh Winning title winning name kick your knees up a real bro good for y'all Way to go Yeah, no lot. We're in the house here at circuit yesterday So if you're anybody who follows circuit on Twitter or visa and you were seeing all kinds of videos of The parties and celebrations going on and the sweats the sweats that come with this the sweats Yeah, can I just say can I say this? Can I be the guy to say this Does it sully? I'll use that word does it sully the contest at all and no one loves the contest more than I do And I'm gonna say it again. We've talked about it on this show longer than anybody

4:20Is it sully at all that now you have like the uh Folks coming in and having 30 40 entries at a time And they're the ones that end up getting them not all not all people who end up with 30 40 entries get there obviously But mathematically the odds are that one or two will and that's what ends up happening Unfortunately, yes, I think it's a little bit right? It's tough for me to answer no Yes, like I think it does Especially when we're everybody so open about it these days too, right? It's like hey, it's me and this is my entry But here's my whole team that's in the braggadocio of the people who would not their original entry to they invest in it and then act like that you know What they did is a little more in first world great accomplishment great invest in or what great investing, but maybe It's you know what it is. It's the the poker culture of the of the of the where the sports better sort of like pipe it down Right, there's a little bit of a cultural difference there, I think that rubs us a little anyway still the greatest contest in the world

5:21I think it's worth asking the question. Yeah, it's awesome. Um, I think it does. I think it does unfortunately And I know I know those guys. I don't want to say they feel that way But they ideally you would rather have one person and you know one good five individuals that you could honor Listen, the counter to that is hey people who get 30 40 entries Oh, they're they're growing the pool. Mm-hmm And look all these things though. I like we talk about them as their issues or problems or something It's just these type of things happen when you got a contest that because it is so great become so popular and expands year after year You get more more strategy more thought behind how to attack it and that's That's I mean, I think a major compliment to what's done with circa And there's Stevens everything done here with these contests like anything in life, right? We used to say slow and sports analytics conference back in its early days. Oh my god I could talk to Mark Cuban for 30 minutes one on one by year four could you can't get near him Right, it's just flooded with humanity, right? So it's like anything like by way, but let's give a shout out to our buddy

6:24Let's go to millions for a second. Can we shout out our buddy Steve Fessick? Yes Steve Fessick, I believe on the graphic right there. I believe yes. I'm correct He ties for ninth place That is a what seven-way tie for ninth am I looking at six-way tie for no seven seven-way tie for ninth place He ends up 5631 and three. What is that that so he's three games ish behind the winner The is it oh, we had a tie we had a tie a top right coin hop and bison sports cards to Tie for the top of million is that right wow You're looking at me like I'm crazy. Isn't that what that's right? You're right? No, no I was trying to figure out we were discussing off air and no Andy Molotor was in the mix and had flown in town for this our good buddy Andy, we gotta get in. I don't know what his dang team name is so I'm sitting over here trying to figure out if I could If he don't even you can read between the lights wine and cheese is that one of the names? You know what I apologize to Andy well on public because we we have a relationship with Drew and so Andy gets the shaft for us

7:27Which we don't mean to do at all. We love Andy, right? Yeah It also know where you're where you're going with this their Friday pod all year Has been drew with his wine recommendations, and then it's Andy and Minnesota being like wow I'm gonna make a stew this weekend Like they're so different when it comes to that side, but Steve fesick shadow Steve fesick finishes night So when you break that down I thought it was I thought it was a five-way tie There's a five-way tie it ends up in 90,000 exactly, but it's a little more than that's like seven So it's a few thousand below that yeah get it get it together Steve Steve fesick does it again And so let the hateration just wash over from everybody look we're no one no one busses You know what's more than I do sure on a weekly basis, but give the man credit for this he can play a contest. Yeah, yep Yep, potato commission was up there on the screen. We get tweets from him all the time What happened to our boy money gun guzz did he have a bad what last week? Sorry Okay, well there you go I mean, I know we've made yeah, we've questioned Steve on plenty of things this year is

8:31Bed actual betting his come up on this show wait The feast an NBA contest last year. I thought he really flexed his muscles as a contest guy then and once again Circa Millions he's up there. So yeah, all right, so we're gonna go game by game right after after the the breaker But just let me just say at the at the beginning of this How'd first of all had your week 18 go? It was good. I had a few bets. I don't know Yeah, I did a lot of three team 10 lakers. So I had three I did one. I did one. It was it was pretty big though. That got home thankfully. Let me just say it correctly Three team 10 pointers. I don't know why I couldn't say it correctly Uh, I got dead for dead for the chargers under home That was easy and that I was on Ravens last night. So that was exciting that game was off the chains So we uh, I know we're gonna go to the breakdown I heard best game of the year. I think it was up there It's up there. I don't think it's the best game there. If you want to sell me on most most entertaining quarter

9:32Best quarter something like that like that last quarter was ridiculous out of nowhere by the way out of nowhere Out of nowhere, so just macro this before we get into game by game here after great macro this how many of the 14 playoff teams do you legit think can win the Super Bowl How many of the 14 playoff teams you think it'll legit win the Super Bowl can get through the gauntlet of the playoffs All the way to the promised land man. Okay Ready for it. Gil. Let's toss out Steelers in the AFC and I think that's the only team in the AFC. I can toss out and I'll toss out the panthers and the NFC And I think that's really the only two teams I can throw out so 12 of 14. Yeah I think I'm with you. I think it's a boring answer And I think a lot of people would share our answer too I think a lot of people would also add the Niners and the Chargers and maybe there's some that still don't believe in The Jaguars and stuff like that But I think just out of at a respect. I'll say it's 14. I think as well. I mean the the AFC

10:34I don't I don't know how you can add anybody more than than the Steelers agree It's too. I don't agree. It's a lot of good to pretty good teams in there, right? Nobody's great I think the correct answers 14. I really do And I don't think there's ever been another year where we could say that Excuse me 12 out of 14. Why don't keep going to 60 12 out of 14 because we did the 16 last week so much 12 out of 14 I think is the correct answer to that question We've had two coach firings also as well Rahim Morris last night For the Atlanta Falcons the Falcons didn't waste any time. He's out in Atlanta as is the GM font-no gone That didn't work out well and that of course font-nose sort of imprint is the The whole Michael Pennick strafting and then this morning case you missed it kevin's defansky out in Cleveland But as Adam Schefter points out after moving on from Cleveland's defansky now expected to be one of the top candidates in this hiring cycle So we'll see about that but two coaches gone already

11:36And we haven't even been 24 hours gone from the NFL regular season. That's how it starts. We'll get into it game by game on the other side It's a numbers game at visa these sports betting networks You're here because you want an edge that's what separates listeners from winners But let's be real mindset alone doesn't get bets home pros win because they've got the tools the data and the discipline And now so can you visa programs you access to the same real time insights the sharps use no secrets no fluff Just actionable info that moves markets tap the link and see why serious bettors are turning knowledge into profit with visa and pro You Numbers game on visa these sports betting network head into the new year with a smarter betting strategy powered by visa and pro Join visa and pro get instant access to everything you need to make informed bets every day

12:38Son of now get daily best bets from visa and hosting guests real-time draft kings and circuit betting splits AI powered prop tools and matchup analysis 24-7 video and full show replays on the visa and watch app Plus expert picks and prop data throughout the NFL and college football playoffs get started today for just 999 or say 50% with an annual plan Start betting smarter today at visa.com slash subscribe. That's vsin.com slash subscribe gill alleys and are killing building alongside Man, oh man. What a time of year What a great time we get tweets of beating the book Mike Armstrong incredible The entry parts one Went 19 and one was the only entry to lose yesterday week 18 when the browns one with a last-second heartbreaking feel goal last year He went 19 and one under the entry named tarz and was eliminated in week 18 when the Falcons lost in over time to the panthers Now Mike we saw this in the visa new newsletter, which are which are buddy bill a d writes lovingly every single day And the way that it was phrased in the newsletter it no we it was 19 and one we weren't sure if that just meant oh, I would have gone 19 and one

13:45Versus that he actually lost in the last week as well But what you're telling us is this is two years in a row where my man has lost the last week Because ten entries lost last week a last year in the final week Good god. That's wild. Yeah, that's that's rough. He tweeted about it too Yeah, we started getting this yesterday a little bit. We're trying to confirm was trying to confirm. So yeah, Pete Tarsuit Tarza wits. I'm gonna go with but that Pete Tars that Pete Tars on Twitter T.A. O. R. Z Yeah, yeah, I couldn't really couldn't really figure it out from his tweet either But man, if that is that is wild and you're right If you have Pete Tars on air, what do you say to me like? Oh, so how much of that suck? You know, like how much did it suck last time much money did you lose? Uh, Robert sorry, you know, I'm sorry Pete. Hopefully you hopefully you hopefully you were smart and got something out of it two years in a row So yeah, you're probably now I don't want to say able to laugh about it But hopefully five years from now you'll be a laugh about it. Hope you made out both times five years

14:45Square Bob 2022 is it possible survivor 2020 is the anomaly because 2020 is also the last year that only had 16 games happy new year Yeah, it was um It was I guess 17 weeks of survivor The first year because there was also a thanksgiving right yeah, I mean that's part of it But it was also the fact that you could just you could just pick against the Jets and the Jaguars every single week until you couldn't I Went all the guy I got all the way to week 14 lost on the Rams as a 17 boy favorite against uh the Jets But that was kind of the strategy that year is very simplistic that year Judo Connor I took the 90 to one ticket on the Panthers to win the NFC a few weeks back Look at a hedge out. I don't really see a route unless I take an NFC winner Do I just wait and hope MVP Matt has a repeat performance in Charlotte? Well, wait, I think we can answer this The same way We discussed the wow actually, hopefully those people didn't cash those out. Remember we were talking about the Panthers What was that oh, yeah, the Panthers to win the division right and actually got oh and we were like cash

15:47101 right was 101 and we were like cash out like the next day was that even this year Am I thinking it two years ago? I hope I hope you're right and I'm wrong and that was two years ago because you're right otherwise we gave terrible advice But uh, yeah, I can't get these years. Whatever that ticket is. I'm gonna give the same advice probably cash out some of that Money down bets. I feel like Stofanski should have been gone a long time ago. Why was he given such a long leash? I don't know other than the Dishon Watson thing was such a mess that maybe it prolonged things For him to be honest with you. I mean, I'll throw you in an early are we sure this week? Are we sure Kevin Stofanski's a good coach a bad coach? I have no idea me but apparently Adam Shephard thinks he's going to be highly coveted And John Massey congratulations on finishing the season with as many interception as the Jets this year performance bonus It's incredible the New York Jettropolitans did the impossible zero interceptions in a 17 game schedule First times in 1933 any team has gone through the season without a pick Again, the previous record was the Niners went 14 games in a row without a pick last year

16:49It's just incredible. It's it's almost impossible and then there were some stats suggesting that the Jets defenders were so close to receivers That it was even more impossible than you think it is that they weren't it wasn't like they they didn't have good coverage Let's do it. Let's go to the game guessing lines wild card week No intro All right Saturday afternoon here on the west coast 130 to 70 time for 30 Eastern the Houston Oh wait, it's not the Houston Texas LA Ramsett Carolina Panthers Ramsett Carolina Houston gets spared the five seed Rams the four seed Panthers at Carolina because they won the NFC South With a three-way tie-tie breaker eight and nine as the record Rams get in there at 12 and five Rams case you missed it yesterday Ah real quick six six game Rams go 18 plays 74 yards fourth and goal of the two Stafford to Puka jump ball one-handed snag

17:5613 to six Rams Yeah, and then Arizona second play of the next drive first and Ted the Rams 31 percent picked by a kettle with her spoon Rams from their own 31 with 49 seconds left how many times will we see in the Rams do it this year? We've virtually no time on the clock. They're like no problem. Beavis field goal 16 to six of the half Arizona though would get two consecutive touchdowns on their first two drives of the second half to get it to 16 to 13 and then to take the lead 20 to 16, but then it was all Rams 6 play 70 yard Stafford to Parkinson from 21 out 23 20 Rams late third quarter next time the Rams had the ball six play 66 yards Stafford to Higby from 22 out 30 to 20 Rams And then the next time the Rams had the ball 12 plays 81 yard Stafford to Parkinson from 1 out 37 20 That's how it would end. Nakuwa's final Peace for the offensive player of the year 10 catches 76 yards and touchdown We'll get into that coming up awards little later on the show four Tuddies for Stafford Four Tuddies for Stafford your new and your new favorite in the MVP market once again as he should be as he should be

19:01And then there's the Carolina Panthers Panthers on Saturday Tampa Bay came out 9 play 74 yards Baker to Otten from 18 out 7 and nothing bucks Next time Tampa Bay had the ball after Baker missed a wide open pain Durham on 1st and 10th the Carolina 13 of Glockland 29 yard field goal 10 to nothing late first quarter next time Tampa Bay had the ball This Tampa Bay third and seventh their own 23 Baker picked by Christian Roseboom Carolina set up at the Tampa Bay 19 three plays Bryce to tremble from 8 out 10 to 7 bucks 10 50 left in the second quarter And here's where the shenanigans began Tampa Bay ensuing kickoff fumbled looks like Carolina recovered on the field They ruled Tampa Bay maintains possession Kellyanne never saw a replay telling me that was very strange Was the was the Panther not down by contact nobody said a word Uh, then they punt After Tucker runs into Baker and the ball slips out of Baker's hands on consecutive plays Anyway, still 10 to 7 then Carolina 3rd and 6 of the Tampa Bay 49 Bryce picked by Jacob Parrish that led to a McLaughlin field goal 13 to 7 bucks and a half

20:05Third quarter. Oh my god Carolina fourth and one of their own 44 Hubbard does get for three yards on this drive, but that was after officials Blow blue the whistle love the whistle. Oh whistle. Blue the whistle and ruled an incomplete pass on a first and 10 of the 10 Bay 34 The call was then changed to a backwards pass to doubt all that went out of bounds. They said And Carolina loses seven yards on the play the Panthers by rule Should have had the option to redo the play instead With that drive there were forced to settle for a Fitzgerald 54-yard field goal, which missed wide left Balls by the way was told to put the challenge flag back in his pocket On this sequence. This was insane. You can't do that to a team. It completely destroyed that drive You blew the whistle and then you acted like you can't then take away seven yards from them You got to let them replay it Carolina next time they had the ball after a huge third down pickup to Mcmillan OPI called on him

21:07It looked like hand fighting within five yards play before that Bucks linebacker Sirvache Dennis ripped off the helmet of Tommy Trembl Should have been an unsmortem like conduct penalty and an automatic first down for the Panthers nothing called Anyway, Tampa Bay after a PI called on Carolina then when Otton's feet got tangled with Nick Scott End up with a McLaughlin field low 16 to seven bucks early fourth quarter Carolina first 10 to 10 Bay 20 Dattles slips on attempted pitch back to Bryce What were they doing trying to like a flee flicker at the 20 fumbles recovered by LeBonte David McLaughlin then the 38-yard field low tried blocked after Carolina successfully challenged and Otton would be catch Carolina 4th and 8 to 10 Bay 48 with 3 10 left Bryce Mcmillan for 40 behind the defense down to the 8 Two plays later Bryce the Jalen Coker what a catch 16 14 bucks Panthers within the number But Tampa Bay from their own 29 with 223 left Panthers have all three timeouts two minute warning can't get them off the field in time Tampa bands up with the ball with 18 seconds left but from their own three ballgame Tampa Bay wins by two

22:09But what did I just say four different things that went against the Panthers I am so glad the Falcons won yesterday because that is just deserved Getting the Panthers in the playoffs That was that was Miami versus Jets You remember that Monday Monday night game earlier this year the Dolphins versus the Jets Where every call went against the Jets and for the Dolphins Egregiously so this was the comp to that Where it's like what are what are we doing? Yeah Yeah, I was bad there were a couple games bad officiating this weekend Teteroma Mcmillan four catches for 85 yards In this ballgame for the Panthers his final resume point for the Might have been an offensive rookie of the year there. He's a massive favorite in that anyway I guessed Rams minus eight and a half at Carolina and it is it is ten ten and a half Yeah, I was low on that that was probably the worst guess of the bunch keep keeping that one at a teaser range for us That was the one where I had a bad guess and I was and instead of wanting to bet it I'm like oh yeah, they're probably right

23:11Although remember Carolina beat the Rams earlier this year 31 to 28 week 13. We'll talk about that next game as well next on a numbers game I Numbers game on fee said these sports betting network profit x the number one sports prediction market has some of the best future pricing You'll find on college football national championship and super ball odds with a huge holiday slate shaping playoff seating Now's the perfect time to get in take advantage of profit x is 20% purchase match Download profit x today and experience the future of winning use promo code v sin To get started. We uh mentioned earlier and I'm sure you've heard right he morris out as head coach of the falcons uh Terry font no out as the gm as well and In addition this morning kevin's defansky out is the coach of the Cleveland Browns. We have a couple uh Couple confirmations of guys staying Zach Taylor is staying with the Cincinnati Bengals

24:12Uh the Bengals organization which notoriously does not like to make changes Are on brand once again adam chef to reporting continuity and Cincinnati uh Bengals are Bringing back head coach zack Taylor and director of player personnel duke toban for the 2026 season Perteen president Mike Brown Mike Brown always just stands pat. That's his thing And then uh, I'm gonna go with cleared by a quarterback joe burrow I'm gonna go do you hear him yesterday burrow a little feisty. Uh, I saw it. Do you see that video? Is that video real the one that I was looking at where he's fixing his hair for 30 seconds? I don't know um But the other the other sort of announcement of this is not a coach is a gm the new york giants Are keeping joe shane uh joe shane this is from a jordan renan on twitter joe shane being retained by the giants according to sources Is already been informed of the decision by ownership who believe he's built a good young core um Giants would fort and 13 this season and are uh

25:1722 55 and one with a playoff appearance four seasons in charge. I had to do the oh my god Mike stand Yeah, you're gonna get that other tv on joe shane is i this guy is teflon joe shane of course was featured prominently in the giants preseason hard knocks a couple years ago when they Boxed the entire sequan barkly thing. It's just it's amazing. He's still the gm. I I wonder how giants fans feel about that boy Oh boy. Uh, okay, we get tweets of beating the book. This is from Let's see Tim bowers on twitter. Oh, there's plenty of these Tim bowers I got your schedule focused bounce back team for 2026 fourth place nine and eight lions get the honor of playing the Titans Giants cardinals in the NFC South next year plus the jets. Oh and goff through for 4400 yards in a year with a bad Uh, oh line. Oh, and he won in the cold. Yeah, Tim I think you're right, but I think I think the market will not be surprised by that right. It's going to be built in I mean don't get me wrong. It's it's it's great great tweet. It's something I have written down and in the back of my mind as well

26:20But like Gil said, I think a lot of people do I think the books will be ready for that Bob Sakamoto lost brown season wind total Under four and a half Steelers wind total under eight and a half On those last second field those both were picks. I got from a numbers game heartbreaking. Thanks for the fun ride though Did we give out browns under four and a half? Oh, maybe a guest did Yeah, I don't know. I didn't I wasn't on that and I in I damn sure wasn't on the Steelers under this I can tell you that you definitely were and uh, there's so many tweets. Let me just read one more because we got to get into the game Sean Abbott. I have a 350 to one ticket on Miami to win the national title from the night before the final rankings And she says question mark Well, Sean you bet it for a reason Well, what was the question? He's got a 350 to one ticket on Miami to win the title from the night before the final rankings Because remember nobody thought they're gonna be here It's a big number. It's a big number. I mean, I guess I could work with it I was gonna say too early, but at that big a number. It's not too early That big of a number. It's not too early to do with the week before I mean, it also depends right if you did you bet it because you believe in Miami or do you bet it because you wanted to grab a number that

27:24You didn't think was gonna be there and if that was the whole point and start start banking money now fine Yeah, but if you have some belief core belief that hasn't changed that's a different story All right, just let me just say this Carolina did play the Rams this year again week 13 for those who Need to remind her 31 to 28 Panthers Remember that was the game or Staffordy through a touchdown pass early and set the record for the most consecutive touchdown passes without a pick 28 touchdowns without an interception And it was a seven to seven game and then he proceeded to throw a pick on two consecutive possessions Yeah, one one when it was third and six of the Panthers eight which prevented a a ramp score Nick Scott in the end zone and then the next possession it was Mike Jackson with a pick six That was also the game where was 28 24 braced a 10 aerobic million for 43 yards on fourth and two to put the Panthers up 31 28 and the game ended when Stafford was sacked By Derek Browney fumbled it and was picked up by DJ Wannabe of the Panthers So they did play once Panthers did win it those were the circumstances

28:28Obviously rams still one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl I understand why they're a double digit favorite second game on Saturday is Saturday nights eight Eastern Packers at Bears no need to talk too much about the Packers yesterday because Clayton Tune was playing quarterback and just for giggles Clayton Tune was six of 11 for 34 yard Geez, he's like Max Brosmer hold my beer watch this The only the only thing by the way the Minnesota won that game 16 to three. There's just no correlation about anything we saw yesterday to the actual Packers But I do want to say the one play that just summarized everything for the fight for that game was Minnesota had a first and gold the Packers five they were up 13 nothing You see this play where Brosmer thought he was down by contact and he nonchalantly got up He just sort of stood there and the ball got knocked out of his hands Recover by parents around oh my god, and then the other part of that game the only other noteworthy part is it was it was 16 to nothing There's you know a few seconds left in the game

29:28And they roll out McManus to kick a field goal to make it 16 to three to get within the fun was Just to not get shut out. So of course the the its fixed crowd went crazy on that I will say this though the its fixed ground got everything they needed for that Carolina Tampa Bay game Yeah, yeah, I am very glad that McCarthy started that game I'll tell you that much kill because I mean I said it in the last week I was prepared to fire on green Bay if Brosmer was gonna get the full the full game You know what is hilarious to to washing in fans and everybody immediately wants to say oh Jay Daniels I might not be able to stay on the field blah blah blah. Are you kidding me? Oh Jay Jay McCarthy it's bad. I mean what do it no one says this about him Like oh people say this okay. It's a major concern. It's a point. This guy has played nothing I mean that was a concern early in the season. It was hey you're in a year or two You don't even know what the guy is yet because you can't get on the field Yeah, it's great And then remember there's the big questions of we don't know if he's ready or not

30:31But he's got to play if he's gonna get used to you used to the NFL level at all Jordan love will be back of course for green Bay at Chicago. There's a seven seed Packers against the two seed bears Bears lost to the Alliance yesterday bears Ben Johnson he played everybody they went the distance In case you missed it was six to nothing Detroit then Detroit when nine plays 76 yards including a fourth and one encroachment At their own 33 where the bears gave him a first down six plays later golf to Gibbs from 15 out 13 nothing lions Bates would miss a 53 yard field goal try wide left To keep the score at 13 and nothing at the half Chicago Second for the Detroit 37 to start the second half Caleb picked in the Enzo by a Vante Maddox And then Detroit got a Bates chip shop field will to make it 16 and nothing late third quarter and then the bears did what the bears do This game was like completely the bears brand for the season down 16 and nothing Bears seven play 65 yards Caleb to jade Walker from 25 out my nun guy in from two cuts lead naft 16 to eight early fourth quarter

31:32Next time Chicago had the ball 13 plays 88 yards with third play of the drive A snap getting by Caleb to the goal line and him calmly throwing it down feeling complete thought that was Awesome because I'm like good for you Caleb keep your head about you Then he goes to commit for 19 to leveling for 27 on the drive eventually Caleb to leveling from one out Touchdown to commit who gets popped but holds on for the two-point conversion. We're tied at 16 with five 25 left And then Detroit third and 20th the Chicago 35 golf picked off of the flexion by Kevin Byard Chicago with the ball tie game from their own 26 with 211 left all their timeouts But a three-and-out with an intentional grounding setting them back Detroit from their own 37 with 141 left two timeouts They get the Bates field goal to win at 19 16 but because the Eagles lost the bears maintain the two seed So it's the Packers at the bears for the second game after the Carolina Rams game on Saturday I said bears minus one and a half that was my guess and it is

32:36That's where we were at open pretty much everywhere This line is moving around you can shop right now one and a half On the bears at draft Kings right now one and a half on the Packers at Fandall slash boy right now See what I looked at I thought the Packers were the favorite last night when I guessed bears. I thought Packers were favorites Um They were the smarting so standing okay. Yeah, I saw Packers as the favorite Now Packers at draft Kings. Yeah, we're one and a half. Yeah, so it's been jumping around pick them at Circa Circa behind us now of course these two teams played twice this year They are division opponents after all week 14 Green Bay Beach Chicago 28 21 remember that was a game where Caleb rolled out left Down a touchdown and then sort of off balance through it weekly into the end zone Kishon Nixon picked it off To seal the game for green Bay and then what most people will remember is two weeks after that week 16 On a Saturday night That was the game where Chicago take Chicago recover the onside kick late

33:40scored the tying touchdown in regulation Then Malik Willis fumbled the ball in plus territory and over time and the bears came down Caleb did his thing and the bears wanted it over time So they split I think it's a little disrespectful to the bears for the Packers to be favorite I get it based on the circumstances of what I just described but I thought it was gonna be bearers small favorite too I did I teased up Packers Packers and the 620s for me Okay, what so what is it right now? You can find anywhere one half of you decide a lot of pick them out there I think I like the bears. I think the magic carpet ride continues for one more week coming back You Numbers game on fee said these sports betting network back on the numbers game live from the circle resort casino downtown Las Vegas Gill Island standard Kelly Fiddlin on this beautiful Monday morning. Hope you're

34:42Haven't a happy New Year. Say it and say happy New Year. I said hope you're having a happy year Well done as the well done the statute of limitations comes this is your last day at least to say it to me. That's right last at least at least that Which I would I would hope most people would feel that way. I'm giving today because a lot of people are returning from vacations, right So you're gonna see people as happy New Year and after today Shut your pile now Throughout the show in addition to going through the wild car weekend games, of course Um Also going to talk about the coaching moves or non moves already again Kevin Stavansky out in Cleveland um We already know Rahim Morris is out in Atlanta as his Font know their GM or their former GM now We already know that Joe Shane is staying as GM with the giants Zack Taylor staying as head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals Tom Pellicero now reporting that only coaches who have a first round buy or aren't in the playoffs are permitted to interview this week Talking about the Titans here

35:43they are asking to uh Or looking to interview for their head coaching vacancy because remember McCoy was a interim coach Looking to interview Luanna rumo who is the uh the defensive coordinator of the Colts Vance Joseph the DC of the Broncos Matt naggy The offensive coordinator of the chiefs and Steve Spagnolo the defensive coordinator of the chiefs And all four didn't all four and we're not four in Tennessee at some point. I'm mistaken about that. I believe so But Danny tells us Vance Joseph who okay of those four who's most likely to get a head coaching job Well, Vance Joseph naggy and Spagnolo have already had one. Mm-hmm. Didn't go so well um I know I know that's a pretty that's a that's a toss up Vance has had a heck of a couple seasons in Denver. I think he gets another shot at one Do you think Spags wants it? I don't know It's a very comfortable position you're in right now. You know what I mean like what a beautiful thing to be for a guy That's been around yeah NFL and knows how this business works. He had his taste of being a head coach

36:48You Patrick Mahomes is coming back Andy reads got the offense. You've got the defense doesn't get much better than that. Yeah We're we're saving a kind of field that way. I don't really know how much the one the one I'm most interested in is In a room on my one. I want a shot at one. So I'd say him. Oh, yeah, yeah, good point He will uh if he wants one or where he does what he will definitely want one of other people on that list right Everybody else could in theory want to stay the the one I'm most interested in I would say is the report from Mike Floreo about Tom Brady tried to get a Brian Flores to the Raiders That's the most inspired Choice to me Brian Flores got to be the defensive coordinator of the year. Oh, I I would say so I will even say is sister coach of the area of at least a body of work even beyond this past year, right Whatever happened in Miami happened Should get another truck so I mean it's bizarre because the man's clear currently in a lawsuit involving the NFL and multiple NFL teams This is part of the reason why he hasn't gotten more of these opportunities, but man I

37:51I think I think he's but would be one of the best 32 coaches of the NFL on Twitter Jonathan Sears Yo met you guys last year when I was in Vegas for the pizza expo good stuff black dog pizza opening in three weeks He says I'm in the circuit playoff survivor the only playoff team I've taken this so far to the Bears first look I like you said in Green Bay the most this week. What say you Jonathan? I am not gonna chime in I didn't even know there was a circuit playoff survivor Did you know no idea good for you? Is it another state? I like your strategy though Jonathan And by the way, why do pizza's pizza shops get to be called parlors, but nothing else does Like if I sold bagels. I couldn't call it a bagel parlour. It's only reserved the ice cream parlour, too That's true spent CC. But you're right. There's not many parlors What was weird about that Carolina backwards pass? Oh, I mentioned this fence He says why did the officials say it went out of bounds when it didn't actually go out of bounds at all We're not supposed to believe what everyone's I saw that was the most bizarre part of it Not only was the whistleblown and Carolina couldn't advance the football But they changed the incomplete pass on the field to ball went out of bounds. Uh, no it didn't

38:53But by the way, I want to bring up when we're going over the Bears game Because I think Caleb was one of the three at least three that I saw this weekend The grounding of let me throw it so clearly out of bounds and there's not you can not tell me there's a receiver in the area And they just don't call intentional grounding Try this means saying money down bets if you guys were to construct an NFL staff out of eastern host and analyst including yourselves How would you do it head coach offensive coordinator defensive coordinator GM of course, phesic would be the clock management guy I want to be the clock manager with guy forget phesic Almost had something else Um Danny Higgins is my head coach slash offensive coordinator wow There you go man has played man has played football As a quarterback and professionally in Europe he gets the job You're welcome Danny Danny said thank you me All right, we got a lot of tweets, but we'll get to a minute coming up uh Next let's go to sunday sunday early window bills at jaguars bills at the jaguars

39:58This was the guest by the way for those again who just tuning in I make my guess, but I actually look for the playoffs after I make my guess But I'll tell you what my guess was I was the most surprised by this one me too Buffalo uh with mixture as a we we were right josh Allen handed the ball off to cook See uh, and he was like see yeah, there's my my starting streak continues He exits jubisky and jubisky was good um and good on the books. I could not I was I had him up the whole time He always like give me some josh Allen props and go under give I could I couldn't get anything and um No need to go through this buffalo game. They destroyed the jets um Your biscuit in nox from 17 out seven and nothing hi johnson in from six 14 and nothing jubisky to gabe davis for 18 to read you gillium for 22 three plays later jubisky to raid davis from two out 21 to nothing at that point in the game By the way 21 to nothing The total yards at one point was 197 to nine Yeah, pretty cook also really bad airing airing glen is still a coach

40:58Buffalo in the second half jubisky to gabe davis from two out So what a catch by davis statching it from the defender on for the Prater out so then they kept going for two 29 and nothing to comb and then I got 35 to nothing two point try no good 35 to eight was your final 470 to 122 in total yards The bills get the six seed and the jaguars with the three seed Tennessee did score first word to uh I am ainer from 39 the big chunk If you plays later warden from seven seven and nothing was there a moat there at seven nothing we were like oh boy Oh Yeah, yeah, I mean look it was early. Yeah, I was very aware it was early, but yeah It's the jack looks Tennessee does that it seems like Tennessee has done that nine times this year where they score first Uh, then it was all Jacksonville seven play 67 yards Trevor to park a Washington from 23 out Then ward went out of the game with an injury brand and Alan was in

41:59Little later jacksville 82 yards Trevor to to strange from seven out 14 to seven Then Alan got picked by Antonio Johnson 58 yards of the house 21 to seven next time jacksville had the ball Trevor to Quinn Morris from five out 28 to seven Turn over on down jacksville got the ball with three seconds left in the half and cam little sunk a 67 yard field goal It's awesome. There's a weapon for the for the playoffs 31 to seven at the half it would end 41 to seven They by the way the jaguars decided they only put Nick Mullins in for the last drive and a half of this game Like Trevor Lawrence was in there well beyond this game was settled. It was the I never really have a problem with it It's the whole NBA like thing to you're like up 20, but the game's important enough that you need to win it Well, it's we're not gonna. I'm not criticizing. I'm just saying it's always fascinating to see how coaches pay the final game Oh completely because I mean when we get to the Texans right like it's Every coach handles this differently. So this is the first game on Sunday of the triple header on Sunday

43:02It's the six seated bills and the third seated jaguars I guessed jaguars minus one and a half and my guess was I'm not gonna make it the full three because Josh Allen exists So I don't want to be I want to be cognizant of that but but the jag should be the favorite and then it came out But and let me just say this I was right when I guess Chicago last night it was green Bay that line has come towards me This one when I guess the jaguars minus one and a half I couldn't believe Buffalo's the favorite and they still the favorite Still the fake came down a little bit like later last night, but now man It's one and a half pretty much everywhere on the Buffalo side right now. This is this is the this is a disrespectful line to me. I'm with you I hate it. I kind of hate the idea Jags are the other leg of that teaser. I brought up so it's Jags and Packers and a teaser for me and I bet Jags Moneyline too I bet it's small I guess there's no reason to I mean, especially as we're seeing this this morning I don't think there's any reason to rush I played even even on the money line though a little bit I'm with you. I made it. I thought jags would be one and a half two point favorites

44:05You know how much I love Josh Allen, but it's Josh Allen and a bunch of nothing on that Buffalo side You got a defensive Trevor Lawrence should be able to carve up Um, and we'll see we'll see what this Jags D can do to do to slow down Buffalo I just want to say again the the Jaguars winning the AFC South and ending up with a three seed Is one of the more incredible things ever because The Jaguars again finish the season. Well, let's just put it this way Houston played Jacksonville And Houston won and it was the first of a nine game winning streak to close the season for the Texans So when the Texans beat the Jaguars that week They then got to within one game of the Jaguars and if you told the Texans guess what? That's the first of a nine game winning streak to the end of the year You're clearly going to win the division right to be able to of course Jacksonville wins their last eight and never lets them get the division since saying it's incredible Um, and we can talk about the competition all we want. It's still eight in a row. It's wild wrong team favored I bet the Jaguar yep me too agreed that simple as that Love you Josh Allen, but come on some respect on the Jaguars name. Let's go

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