Lock It In: Nick and Jonathan predict the Browns season

0:00It's the six o'clock out. Come on step on a duck on afternoon drop. One hour to go. Nick Wilson, Jonathan Peter, and with you, we do have in case you missed it coming up at, uh, carry the two 645 today. And if you did miss a moment in our show, user rewind feature on the Odyssey app powered by integrated restoration, your local experts in water, fire and storm disaster restoration. The Todd Munkins show, the coaches show coming up in one hour's time. I can admit, um, just in thinking about, for some reason, this kind of jog my memory, the idea that Sunday is going to be Todd Munkins head coaching debut. Yeah. I got kind of excited for the, for, for the trust in Todd man himself. Okay. Yeah. I'm happy you're excited for his debut. Yeah. Like that's, that's a really cool thing from a guy that came from a family of coaches, from a guy who, I'm sure there were doubts that he had about ever being an NFL head coach. Yeah. Who's taken this kind of discursive path to being a head coach and the NFL? I, I say it's a really cool story.

1:00And it's funny. I think there's a lot of cynical ways that some people look at, uh, the hiring of Todd Munkin and the Browns coaching process and the Browns. But I still, despite my disagreement with coach Munkin about, to Sean Watson, not cynical about Todd. I'm excited to see what we can do. Yeah. You know, it's interesting. I heard Todd talking about like, is he going to take in a reflective time during the day and then trying to really let the feeling soak in and kind of hang out with the idea that he did achieve a lifelong dream, you know, and I, I do think there's an aspect of that that's just always going to be cool. Anytime you've at your 60 years old, your 40 years old, your 20 years old, watching people achieve what they strive and work hard for something that's such as always fun. Uh, but he didn't seem like he was going to take that big of a moment. And I, I didn't know how honest he was being in that insane that because I think it's just being incredibly hard, not, uh, I don't know, kind of take inventory of all the people to help you along the way. I think you just got a power down until after the game. And then just not, and I focus on it and then just, yeah, and after the game, you go ahead and let all the emotions go. If the game goes poorly, just we pissed about the game. Yeah. I think if the game goes poorly, then you're not even going to be thinking about the idea

2:04that it was your first NFL game as a head coach. You're repissed about the 75 ways that it went wrong. I think I'll have time to go ahead and get, uh, get any of those feelings out. But we're going to try something new here. I want to, uh, I don't know if I've played a little game. We're going to do something called lock it in. And so Mark got you at the music. So what we're going to do is we're going to have Mark got you because I, we, we have a different opinion of the Browns in their final record this year. You've got them being a six win team. I've got them as an eight win team. So I have Mark coach, tell us the, uh, each of the games starting in week one, and this gave us the spread. And then we're going to see if we can agree on whether that's a Browns win or a Browns loss. If we both lock it in, I want to see how many at the end of this, we both lock it. Okay. But hold on, but the rules on this though, the spread, we're not playing against the spread. We're playing against the straight up. Okay. And also have you already chosen your eight wins? No, I have not. That's a problem. Yeah. I think we'll find a maybe with more. That's a problem. Yeah. Wait, I thought we were, we're trying to hit what our season prediction is, right? Like it's not, I don't think so.

3:04Now this is a thought exercise to see yourself. I already chose my six wins. They surprised myself. I chose my, I chose my six wins. I thought you were choosing your eight wins. And then maybe we're doing some bartering. Maybe there's like, should I change this one here? Should I not change this one here? Listen, bum slayer. You can do how you want to do. I'm not the bum slayer. Julian Sian is potential with a bum slayer. If you want to slice some bum, you can slice some bum. Oh, I really drank May's the bum slayer. Kirk Cousins was the bum slayer. Drake May is now the bum slayer. Thoughts to Mrs. May. Yeah. We get started. And let's go and get started there, Mark. I'll, all right. Well, I pushy for your first time running a bit on the show. What if you pick like 11 wins for this team though? Looks like I'm a better fan than you. Which is why I did just find out. No, the point is, the point is not the point is when you and I talk. About it. Yeah, whether there's overlap. All right. Well, I got my six. OK. I wish you would have had your eight. I would maybe I do. Maybe I'm lying. Never know. All right. Let's go. All right. Let's go, Mark. All right. Obviously, you all know week one we've talked about it at length this week. It is Brown's at the Jaguars.

4:05Jaguars favored by eight and a half points. I have this as a win. All right. I have this one as a loss. All right. We don't really need to relitigate this because we talked about what is all that we'll do. So we're just not going to lock that one in. So let's move to week two. All right. Break two Browns at the Buckingeers. That is a six and a half points bread in favor of Tampa. I have this as a loss. I also have this as a loss. Our first lock it in. Come on. All right. We're walking in for a while. Mostly because I don't think there's a chance that the Browns are going to start two and oh on the road. I also think I think Baker may feel at home early in the season with a healthy Tampa Bay team is something we should all fear. And so yeah, yeah, I think I think this is going to be a tough game. I think it should be a close game, by the way. What's the line on it, by the way? Six and a half. Baker, right. Baker at some point will get fat and happy on this contract. It won't be week two. And that man lives with revenge on the mind always. And so I think he's going to have an awesome game. And I'm worried about it. And I don't think we'll be able to match it. I know quarterback.

5:05So we say things like, you know, you know, it's hey, lesson, love you. But you know, it's not me versus the other quarterback. I guarantee him to you in Baker's mind. It is Baker versus the other. Now, if you told Browns fans, which one would they, if they're going to get one win out of the two, it's Tampa Bay not even close. I'd rather a week one win. I just just know what you're saying. I get there's enough for me. A Baker detractors or they just don't want to lose to Baker. I don't want to lose to Baker. And it's all it's rubbing it in if Baker's the one that wins. And they'd much rather choose a week two win against Tampa than a week one winning against. Next up, Mark Koch. Hey, week three, the home opener, Browns hosting the Carolina Panthers. Panthers are favored in this one. It's slim though, only one and a half. Uh, Browns win this one. Yeah, I went back and forth on this one. This is one that I really wanted to give the Browns a win. I didn't want the season to start. Oh, and three. I still think to Sean, it'll be the quarterback at this point though. Carolina is not the greatest team in the world, but they're good enough. And I think Carolina gets the win. Okay. I wish we had the set, Trombone for everything in life.

6:07I was really sad. Like if every time a life would be so much bearable, every time you had some sort of a failure, there was just an audible. No, it'd make me want to turn around and hit whoever was doing the wall. No, just be a sound effect. There wouldn't be a guy following you around with a Trombone. Oh, because the sound effect makes more sense. If I had believed you, my sound effect coming from the air makes more sense. If I had believed you money, yeah, I would pay somebody to be somebody sad Trombone. Did you do the Peter Griffin? Yeah. Oh my God. That'd be a good bit. All right. Next up week four Thursday night football Browns Lone Primetime game of the year. They host the Pittsburgh Steelers Steelers favored by two and a half on the road. I wanted this one for the Browns real bad. I really did. I said to myself, if you're playing eight teams that I consider to be awful, you got to win half of those. You're going to win with something in the division as well. I wanted this to be the one Thursday night football. And do it. So you know what I don't trust and do it. I don't trust the short week.

7:08I think that's more what I'm concerned about. Especially for a team that's still working through an injury at right guard. I'm assuming Kevin Jenkins is just permit injured and in a team that'll be two and one. I I'm feeling that the Steelers might struggle out of the gate because I think they're old and mid. So this might be a game they need more than you too. I have no belief in the Steelers. I really don't, but I think Aaron Rogers is going to be better than maybe what some expect. And I just you've got to know and I can't do it. I do. I'm starting to own for I don't love it. Well, I listen, I got to get to my six wins somehow, but it's not going to be in the first four weeks. You're both taking a loss. Yeah. No, no, no. By the way, I also, we are. We are. And I also have to show on lots of being the quarterback in this entire stretch too. So that also is weighing pretty heavily in some of this. Now maybe after week four is maybe where he gets benched. All right. So I don't know in this hypothetical. I don't know. Yeah, you don't know. I'm not going to see a trend here. The pump's very quickly. Don't know what we're getting to six. We're not kidding. It's 12. All right, Michael. All right. Week five on the road, Browns at the Jets Jets two and a half point favorites.

8:08Give me the Browns. Lock it in. Yeah, let's take it. We'll take the Browns. The Jets are booty cheeks. And it is under. I think it's, I don't think we're talking enough about how I think the Jets are going to have a top three pick this next year. Isn't that what everyone is talking about? No, I, I mean, it's it's Jets Dolphins Cardinals us. Jeremy Fowler in his very, very thoughtful idea about how the Browns could surprise people. Also said the Jets and it made me a rage. Yeah, I did. He was going crazy for the Jets. Now she's doing the Jets game week one. So there's got to be something attached to that. But people leave strongly in the Jets and people sleeping on the idea that it's a Gino. It's Garrett Wilson. It's Breeze Hall. You can understand why at least there's pieces to like. I don't necessarily think because they add Demario Davis. Love Demario Davis. But I, an old Demario Davis, the defense is going to be anything to write home about. They should be one of the worst teams in the NFL. That's where the Browns get on the board from your first six game. Week six Baltimore comes to town playing the Browns. Obviously Baltimore favored by six and a half on the road. We're going to agree on this one, right?

9:09Yeah. Yeah, we don't agree. Okay, let's go to seven. I want to talk about it. Hit the wrong sound. It doesn't matter. Week seven. That's the wrong answer. Okay. That was when you guys disagree. Week seven Browns on the road. They're at Tennessee Titans opening at two and a half point favorites. K.P. Give me the Browns. Look at that. I also have the Browns. Yeah. Yeah, I think Cam Ward's going to be booty cheeks again to use your phrase. I think he's going to absolutely stink up the joint. I love a Lava. I love, there's things I like about Tennessee. I actually, it's funny because I, I like Robert Salah and, and Dave, well, I think that connection's actually got a chance to be decent. It's, Cam Ward's going to sink or swim this thing and I think he's going to sink it. I think Robert Salah should not have gotten a second job as a head coach. I think this is a laughable decision. Dave will actually does give Cam Ward a chance. I think people forgotten. They really lack a lot of talent. They are, they are like, I don't even know their year two of a rebuild around Cam Ward. They got the quarterback first and I think they're another year at least away from, from

10:10being where they need to be. Yeah, I just don't think they're a particularly good team and, and they Cam Ward part of this, it just, it just kind of, it just kind of, it scares me a little bit. I think I said a lot of it. I meant Carnell Tate, obviously. I think I said a lot. You did. I don't know why. I'm not going to correct you. I know why. I know why. I know why. I know why. You did the first episode of The Crank Tour. You did the first part of You did the second time this year. Browns and the Steelers, this time in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh's six point favorites at home. I hate this because it means you're going to go oh in two, but I have an Al. I also have an Al. We've really locked it in on the same games by the way since, I know I mean, we are. I bet Oord Lockettins, they're not. Well, I started O-in-4. But we agreed on the two losses. We agreed we agree on the, on an agreed on every game in that the second quadrant of the season. Yeah. We know how they love these quadrants a bit quadrant guys. I want to football people are we each nine browns back on the road They're in New Orleans against the Saints New Orleans three and a half my favorite Give me the bronze

11:11This is very tick I took the browns for this one too I've the browns losing this game. This just feels like the random middle of the season. What are we doing game and? I don't know why I feel like it. I just as soon as I saw the game. I thought to myself you're gonna lose Yeah, I had to give them one game That was they're not expected to win and there's not gonna ever really be a line that happens where they are expected to win I think New Orleans is a better team, but you can you can beat a team that you're not supposed to be better than a Couple times a year. I think this is one of those games. All right Michael Turbill mode All right, we each ten they're at home against the Texan Texans for and a half Yes, this is now that's a no yes, no All right week 11 after a by week Browns hosting the Raiders Browns are favored in this one by a point and a half Give me the bros. That's a big win. This is a big big big boon. Yeah, give me the bros all right all right next Browns Still at home. They play the bangles for the first time bangles favored by four and a half JP it's now That's a that's a now better not being the bangles once this year. So are they stay tuned?

12:13Stay tuned I'm getting by I don't know we actually agree this is an L Because it is on the road in like this December right this is the first December game. Yeah, don't love that don't love that one at all Okay, all right They're still at home the last of four straight out home. They play Kevin Stafansky in the Falcons Browns once again favored by a point and a half Yeah, give me the browns Yeah, yeah, kind of like Hulk Hogan got on the cocaine and they got it. Yeah, we're adding more to it too as we get All right next up Browns back to the road. They play the Giants Giants favored by four and a half Give me the browns. I think that I think the Giants are by this time the Giants will be tanking for the next quarterback I don't think that's a good team I mean maybe Jackson darks injured by that point scatabo definitely injured by that point But I'm taking Harball. I'm taking the Giants. I think they'll be competitive this year. All right All right Browns on the road again over Christmas this time there in Baltimore against the Ravens biggest spread of the year for the Browns Ravens favored by 10 points at home. That's it. It's an out. It's an out

13:16All right last home game of the year Colts and the Browns Browns are underdogs two and a half to the Colts Hmm JP it's gonna be now The Colts will be playing I guess technically they won't be playing for they don't have the first run pick. Give me the dub All right, and then finally we get teen Browns at the Bengals Cincinnati opening minus seven and a half Give me the Browns That's all we got They lose this one. It's gonna be the I mean, it's the the Bengals will be resting everybody the very the they'll be resting everybody This will not be a very competitive game, but it'll matter for the Browns And the Browns will win the Bengals will be playing for the division and playing for playoff seating and The Browns will be playing for like eighth place We actually did have I was shocked. I thought this I thought we would actually have let one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven Eleven games we agreed upon Now the question is did the bit work two one six four seven four double o nine two that was lock it in when we come back

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