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Aug 19, 2026
A Numbers Game | August 19, 2026 | Hour 3
A Numbers Game | August 19, 2026 | Hour 3
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[upbeat music] The numbers tell the story. They always do. You're one of those idiots who believe in analytics. This is the Numbers Game with Gil Alexander on VSiN.
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Hour number three of a Numbers Game at VSiN, the sports betting network, vsin.com, Game+, iHeartRadio, YouTube TV, SiriusXM channel 158. Any which way, we appreciate you taking us in. It's Gil Alexander.
1:22
That right there is Matt Brown. Matt Brown. Uh, radio's Matt Brown. Only one more hour, haters. That's it. I'm out of here. [laughs] It's, you know, come on. Only one more hour, haters. Don't worry about it.
1:33
Matt's gotta go and clear his inbox after the show. [laughs] So he's g- gotta, he's gotta bounce out of here. You follow Matt on Twitter @MattBrownM2. I'm pretty sure, by the way, Todd Wishnev coming up this hour.
1:44
Wishnev Wednesdays. I'm pretty sure that after I mentioned that thing to Nick about- Oh... Kelly feeling blown off, it kind of threw him for the rest of his segment. Yeah. It, it's- Yeah... you know. He felt it.
1:54
I'm sorry. It was one... And, and you know what, Kelly's probably getting a text right now. [laughs] He probably is. I- Kelly, Kelly's probably getting a text right now... I did not expect- Yeah...
2:00
that kind of reaction, so I apologize for it. You know, as you were recapping that game from last season, for whatever reason, how, you can't, when our brains just go in weird dir- Yes...
2:09
then you, you named the kicker- Tyler Lube... for, for, for, for the Ravens, and I go, "Was there ever kind of just a low-key giant fall, unexpected fall from grace than Justin Tucker?" Okay.
2:20
Like, like, like, dude was like, they would show him singing opera left and right. Like, he was like this, like, star of the, you know, whatever and all these. Oh. Like, first ballot Hall of Fame kicker. Yes.
2:29
You know, the whole nine yards. And it's just like, dude was just not ever talked about again. Okay, so two things. One, as I'm going through, I...
2:36
This has everything to do with guessing lines, where we recap every game. Mm-hmm.
2:39
Because it's, you know, double-digit amount of games every week over 18 weeks of the NFL season, the way that the brain processes, like, I didn't remember any of those details. Mm.
2:48
And then as I read them, I'm like, "Oh, right," from my guessing lines notes. Mm. I'm like, "I remember that." Um, and you realize just how awesome football is, right? Yeah.
2:57
With all the drama and all the swings and all the, all the chicanery. So, but y- but the other thing is Danny Higgins, producer number 10. Mm.
3:03
Danny Higgins and I were going up the escalator after the show, I believe it was yesterday or the day before, I can't remember. We were going up, and Justin Tucker, the subject of Justin Tucker came up.
3:11
'Cause Justin Tucker, for a while, longest field goal, uh, record holder- Yeah... till it was broken, uh, 66 yards at the time when he kicked it at Detroit.
3:21
But Justin Tucker, by anyone's measure, the best kicker in the National Football League, the best field goal kicker in the National Football League for a stretch of many years. And mentioned as best of all time.
3:33
Like, that, like, in that- And mentioned as best of all time... discussion. Yeah, like, in that discussion.
3:36
And I, before the playoffs start, some people give me pushback on this on Twitter, but before the playoffs start, when, when the p- playoff field is set, I always go through the kicker stats for every team. Mm.
3:45
Because we never talk about kickers, and they, they determine the outcomes of so many of these games. Mm. But Tucker was the best of the best of the best. He has not been charged with anything. Right.
3:57
Danny was, was saying, are we at the point where an NFL team picks up the phone, talking about you, Washington Commandos- [laughs]... or anybody, where any team picks up the phone and is like, "Hey, uh, Justin."
4:11
You been kicking? Or you been singing? In other words, in other words, 'cause, like, we, we...
4:14
And for those of us who, for those who are listening to this who are like, "Ah, you can't do that," the backlash, hey, this has happened before in the NFL. Like Kareem Hunt got another job, right? Mm-hmm.
4:22
There's guys who have run afoul of things, different things, if you know what I mean. Yeah. Um, but, like, second chances are given left and right. Are we not at the point where Justin Tucker gets one? It's...
4:38
I mean, again, we, we serve out punishments and stuff for people to do their punishments, and then you serve them, and supposedly that is your punishment, and then you should be able to, to do whatever after that, right?
4:48
And in essence, he has served a punishment. Right. Yeah. Right? He had a 10-game suspension. Yeah. And that is obviously long gone now, and so, yeah. I, I mean... It's pretty... I mean, he's just kinda,
5:01
he's just kinda sitting out there. Anyway, Danny, big Ravens fan, brought this up. You know who could use Jus- Justin Tucker? Baltimore Ravens could use him as well.
5:10
Um, no, Justin Tucker has not been charged with any criminal offenses. Yeah.
5:14
Uh, the accusations, uh, by the way, were that multiple massage therapists accused him of inappropriate behavior and sexual misconduct stemming from incidents between 2012 and 2016.
5:23
So we're not trying to make light of any of that. No. I'm just pointing out that the NFL will, after some time, has a history of looking the other way on some stuff, or if a punishment
5:37
levied by the league has been served- Mm... if not criminally, here levied by the league, that oftentimes they rethink things. So I'm wondering if that timeline by NFL timeline standards, not by society's- Yes...
5:50
standards or by my own, has evolved. I don't know. Right. It's pretty interesting. Well, I mean, it's the deal for me too, where I'm like, I don't think we should...
5:59
We don't, we don't power rate crimes as like, "Oh, this one's way worse than this or this," and whatever and all that. Right. But all I will say is that- The NFL historically, like you said- Yes...
6:07
it's, it's your, you are charged with something or you're not- Yeah... or you're whatever, and then you do your suspension, and then you... I mean, Ray Lewis killed somebody.
6:14
No, I'm kid- but, but I mean, but, but you know what I mean? [laughs] Yeah. But you notice, I mean, like- No, exactly... you, you- Well, we just talked about it on Tennis. Nick Kyrgios positive for cocaine. Yeah.
6:20
That's gonna be less of a suspension than- Yeah... poor Marketa Vondrousova- Yeah... saying to the, uh, to, to the doper, "Yeah, I'm not here." Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's so...
6:28
A- again, the, the whole thing is, is you, you, you do your suspension and that is your punishment. Like- Not the doper, but the person testing for the doper. Yeah... yeah, yeah. Yes.
6:35
Like, your, that's your punishment, right? Yeah. And like, so, like yeah, I don't, I, I, it's- Very interesting. He just, but he's out there immediately- He's out there...
6:42
with, without, without being, without being charged with anything. Tyler Lutz missed a 44-yard last year. That was the end of the Ravens. All right. Season longs, Matt. Mm-hmm. Bet or no bet.
6:51
Most regular season passing yards. This on the cusp of our NFL Futures draft here at VSIN where this is one category, right? Yeah. You can bet on these kinds of things.
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Uh, most passing yards: Joe Burrow, Jared Goff, Dak Prescott, three-headed monster, all short shots.
7:07
Burrow, Goff, Prescott, all plus 750, closely followed by Matthew Stafford at 9/1, and then Patrick Mahomes leads the double digit parade at 12/1. Is there a bet here for you, sir?
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So I look at this one, and you have to kinda handicap multiple different things, right? It's like you look at this and you say, "Okay, I need someone that's definitely gonna play all season long.
7:29
I need a team that is not good enough to be getting giant leads to where you can just, like, ice the clock and stuff." So, like, you're, the top three all make perfect sense.
7:39
Though I think the Cowboys defense might be a little bit better this year, but, like, you know. Then you see Stafford. That's the one where I'd almost cross...
7:45
I think the Rams are so good that I don't know if Stafford's just throwing the ball crazy all over the place.
7:51
I think they're gonna have leads in the fourth quarter where it's just, like, ice this thing out and get to the- Right... you know. And so, like, that's the first one.
7:58
I don't like Mahomes' talent around him, and I use that, the talent thing very lightly. I'm looking more at the bigger ones if I would be looking at this.
8:05
I mean, I know people are gonna roll their eyes, but, like, Trevor Lawrence at 18/1, if you look at that receiver corps that he's gonna have and the different weapons that he's going to have there, and if we, if he actually is anywhere close to as good as we thought he possibly could be coming out of college, I mean, this should be it.
8:21
You got Brian Thomas. You got Parker Washington. You got Travis Hunter coming back, and however many snaps he ends up playing, what, we shall see. Isn't there only one obvious bet here? What do you like?
8:30
You, you haven't gotten to it yet. Caleb? Caleb Williams. Because they've screamed that they wanna have the highest scoring offense in, in the league?
8:35
Well, not only that, their defense, by many measures, is going to stink. And so if that's the case, not only are the Bears gonna have their first 4,000-yard passer ever. Amazing.
8:47
The long, illustrious history of that franchise, they've never had a 4,000-yard passer. Caleb Williams came close last year. This is the year, and I think that offense is gonna be on the field a lot. As you said- Mm...
8:58
Ben Johnson is already outwardly, openly- [laughs]... predicting big things. Caleb Williams 20/1 to me is the best bet on the board.
9:04
So, so amazing though that, like, uh, coming out and saying, "I want to have the highest scoring offense in the league."
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Which is a, which I pointed out is a, is a distinction that doesn't change over very quickly in the NFL. Went from the 1983 Skins to the 1999 Vikings most points ever. Mm-hmm.
9:23
And then it was the 2013 Broncos, I believe, is the current record holder. So that's how long it takes for that to be eclipsed. How about most regular season rushing yards?
9:32
We also have co-leaders here, Jonathan Taylor of the Colts, Derrick Henry of the Ravens are both at 6/1, followed closely, and I do mean closely, by James Cook of the Bills at +650, and both number one and number two fantasy picks, Jahmyr Gibbs and Bijan Robinson, both at 7/1.
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Saquon's 10/1, by the way. Yeah. I think the one, I think this is the market here where you, where you take a shot if you can, mainly because of the volatility of the running back position. But you need to do it.
9:57
It has to be al- it almost has to be someone on this page because this is almost where we end the whole bell cow back thing. And, like, you do need someone that's not splitting carries left and right, right?
10:06
So you gotta have these guys that are gonna get nearly everything. And, like, I don't think it's crazy to go into those double digit ranges and say, " Javante, what if this Cowboys offense does hum?" Right?
10:16
I mean, like, he could, he could be one of those guys. Kyron Williams could be one of those guys for sure. I'm not doing McCaffrey for sure. But I think the double digit guys is somewhere I would look.
10:26
If you wanna look at the projection systems, kind of if you take a average of everything, Jonathan Taylor actually has, like, kind of a higher projection as a consensus than does Derrick Henry, James Cook, or Jahmyr Gibbs or Bijan Robinson, all the other short shots.
10:38
So if you did wanna go short shot type of deal, Jonathan Taylor actually kind of eclipses those guys by, you know- Hmm... as, as much as 100 yards, actually, if you're talking, like, Bijan Robinson. Interesting. Mm-hmm.
10:50
I don't have one that I love as much as I love Caleb for passing yards here. Yeah. But that's interesting what you said. Let's do receiving yards. Most receiving yards, season long, National Football League.
10:59
Remember, injuries, of course, are the kryptonite to all of these. Puka Nacua is your short shot, +550 for most receiving yards. Jahmyr Chase, 6/1 right behind him.
11:11
Reigning Offensive Player of the Year, JSN, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, +650. And then how about Amon S- uh, Amon-Ra St.
11:17
Brown at +950 right after that, CeeDee Lamb and Justin Jefferson finishing out the first column there at 11/1 and 12/1 respectively.
11:24
The only one I don't like is JSN, um, mainly because I think JSN kinda snuck up on people last year, and I don't think that's gonna happen this year. I expect defenses to absolutely roll coverage in his direction.
11:36
I mean, you're talking Cooper Kupp and Rahid, Rashid Shaheed are your other two receivers that are gonna be starting at 11 personnel for this squad. So you can't do that with Jahmyr Chase. You have Tee Higgins.
11:44
You can't do that with Puka Nacua. You have Davante Adams. You can't do that with Amon, Amon-Ra St. Brown. You have Williams there. So, like, I, I, I think that those guys all make...
11:51
Can't do that with CeeDee Lamb even, right? With what they have with Pickens. So I think he's the only one I would cross off. I don't love Love.
11:58
I think Jefferson at 12/1 is the most intriguing, just 'cause I, I, I fall with Nick a little. I think that there's probably at least a little bit left in the tank for Kyler Murray.
12:06
What's the worst bet on that board, specifically on the right side? Rashid Rice. [laughs] That's what I think so. Rashid Rice for sure. Yeah, at 30/1. Yeah. Just 'cause you don't know- Yeah... injury-wise. Right.
12:17
AJ Brown, do you buy into that at all with the Patriots? For most receiving yards, I do not. I, n- not for most receiving yards. Yeah. I, I think he'll be... I think he will help a ton at the goal line. I do too.
12:27
At the goal line, where they didn't have an option, I think he'll help a ton at the goal line. But not for this category. Yeah.
12:31
Well, we'll look at, uh, another category, and we'll talk some NFC East on the other side as well, and then Todd Wishnev will join us.
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Uh, tomorrow, don't forget, Crack on the show, and Warren Sharp will join us, plus Paul Carr, season-long Premier League stuff. Whole bunch more to get to before that, though.
12:48
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Beating The Book, Jason Stark, "Finally, someone on a Numbers Game that realizes all the Steelers bashers always end up with egg on their faces. Thank you, Nick Whalen."
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[laughs] Uh, I, I mean- Jason's always good for that tweet... it is a different, it a, it's a different situation this year- It is... I, I, I will say. It is.
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You have an aging quarterback who was again just thinking about retirement. Yep. One foot out the door. Coach that was a laughing stock whenever he got run out of the league. Yep. Just saying. Just saying.
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TheRGB, the social beacon. He says, "Gil, I just wanted to give Toddy," Toddy Wishnev coming up, "a big shout-out and say thanks. It's hard to beat the book here in Georgia.
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Uh, but following Todd along with the Numbers Game has given me a leg up, and another thanks to Todd for motivating this diabetic to get my numbers down 100-plus points, average 181." Good for you, RGB.
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[clapping] Good for you. Dia- diabetes is, is no laughing matter. Good on you. Diabetes. You remember Wilford Brimley? Wilford Brimley. Yeah, diabetes. Your wife has diabetes. Diabetes.
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[laughs] That's so funny you remember that. [laughs] Diabetes. Well, I guess in, in this case, I guess it is a laughing matter. It... Oh, no. That, that- Yeah. [laughs]...
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it wa- That was good because he just, he clearly did not say diabetes. This is, this is- He said diabetes... so funny. Yeah. This is such an obscure reference.
15:17
Wilford Brimley, who I don't know if he's still signing autographs. [laughs] I don't know. I have no idea. Yeah. I don't know if he's still signing.
15:22
Uh, Wilford Brimley, who I guess was an actor, I think he was in The Firm among other movies- [laughs]... uh, used to do diabetes medication infomercials. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he pronounced it diabetes. Yeah.
15:35
[laughs] Diabetes. If your wi- [laughs] If your wife has diabetes. That's right. It just like, it was so good. Oh, so good. Oh, man. Spence, "Guys, we've got another job, Deshaun Watson." Yeah.
15:47
Yes, I was thinking of him the whole time. I'm glad you guys mentioned this today, as I have often thought about the same thing Matt brought up. Yeah. Did you bring it up, or did I bring it up? I don't know.
15:54
I think he brought it up. David Shalamor, "Yo. Hey, you guys ever consider doing a show together at night, you two?" [laughs] I also- Yeah. I also think the new Kelly Biland is ready for another field goal attempt.
16:03
Famously- Oof... Primetime Action. I know. The great- the greatest show to ever be canceled. All right. Matt, Kelly, and I. RIP. We, uh- But, uh, I'm, I've- You guys- You, you've only been part of one cancellation.
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I've been a part of like five or six here. We, how many- So like, so-... how many side bets did we have on that show?
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I do have to power rank my cancellations as to where, like you just have one cancellation, so you're just like, "Yeah, that one's a..." Oh, you have several cancellations. Yeah, yeah. Yes, yes. Yeah, yeah.
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I was just, uh- I'm, you know, five, five or six different times here. Well, the, the thing about Primetime Action is we had any number of side bets going at all times. Yeah, it was fun.
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And, and Matt, and you will, you will correct me if this characterization offends you in any way, Matt is very detailed with his bets.
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In other words, if he doesn't get the exact terms he wants on bets, these bets don't happen. So finally, we ended up with a field goal bet. Yes. What was the bet? Yes. It was, [laughs]
16:47
it was because remember there was- We watched so much bad kicking... there was, there was a, there was a- College game... there was a college game- Yes...
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in which the kicker went down, and the team decided to just go for two every single time. They ended up losing the game- That's right... in whatever, where like, we're like- And, and-...
17:03
"Can the punter not just make a f- extra point?" Does he not have that skill set? Yeah. Like, can the punter literally not go m- c- Right... make an extra... This is, this is college extra point.
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We're talking like chip shot. Like wh- you know, this is not like NFL extra point. So then you said- So I said, "I can make one left, left-footed," and then we just get flooded with people, "You cannot."
17:19
And then we, we just destroy Matt, right? They're like, "No, you cannot. No, you cannot. No, you cannot." Yeah. And whatever. It goes on and on and on. And finally, a year and a half later- We finally get out there. Yes.
17:28
We- We get out there. The video's online. You can go, go look at it. Yeah, it's still out there. It's, it's over on the... I think it's... Is it on our YouTube? Who knows. I don't know. Who knows.
17:34
But then, but the, but the upshot is that K- Yeah... Kell- Kelly got a- That was so great... destructive calf injury. So we're, we're leaving. We're leaving- Oh, we have the... Here it is. This is a bigger K- Oh.
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Oh, whoa. Look at Kelly. Wow, has he lost- That is-... a lot of weight. That is unbelievable. Wow. All right. So this is... That's Kelly- No, uh, h- that he couldn't move. That's Matt kicking field goals.
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Matt, of course, dressed for the part. Kelly could not move. You're right. That's the big thing of this video. Yeah. Wow, has he lost... A- and that's Matt. Wide right. Yeah.
18:04
So I also said I could make a 40-yarder right-footed. Yeah. I was wide every time. And then, of course, whenever the bet didn't count anymore, I stepped right up, made the left-footer, and made the f- it's just- Yeah...
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'cause that's just the way betting works. You don't deal with pressure very well, Matt. I know, I know, I know. Yeah. I was... You know what? I'm, I'm not Kyle Tucker. I mean, uh, I'm not- Justin Tucker...
18:20
I'm not Justin Tucker. You aren't. Yes. Thank God you're not Kyle Tucker. Nor, nor Kyle Tucker. There. I was gonna say Kyle Tucker. Yeah. Nor, nor, nor Kyle Tucker. Wow, you're right.
18:25
The biggest thing of that video was Kelly. Woo, woo. Wow Good for him And that explains why. Yeah. So we were leaving, and I punted one, and he went to field it, and then just came up lame.
18:34
And then we kinda laughed at it for a second- Oh, I was worried... and then we were like, and then we were like- I th- I thought he pulled a, I thought he had- Well, because you had been-... I had Achilles...
18:40
yeah, 'cause you had been there... yeah, I was, I was r- I was, I was worried about it He hits the deck, and we're like, we're like, "Oh, we're gonna show him." Oh, here it is. Here's the injury. Danny, good job.
18:46
That's Kelly. Oh, there it is. And like- That's Kelly getting hurt. I- And by the way, that's not, yeah, that was not for the camera... so I, I thought he was... I really, I was like, "No."
18:53
And then I saw, I was like, uh, "Can you do this? Can you do this?" Then I was comforted that he did not- Yeah... pop his Achilles. Anyway, there it is. But for, but, but for the record- Thank you, Danny...
19:02
that was not for the camera. That was a legitimate injury. He went in- Oh... and like the calf was like- It was purple... was trashed. Yeah, yeah. It was purple. The calf was trashed. Anyway, there you go.
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Prime time action. There we go. So if you want us to get back together for a night show, that's what you get, that kind of entertainment. I think it's, I think it's @bill80- [laughs]...
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or whatever, something on the- That's right... on the Twitter machine. Uh, how about most regular season interceptions thrown? Oh, I always love this category. Yes. Geno Smith is your short shot. Sorry, Geno. Plus 950.
19:29
Brock Purdy at 10 to 1. Oh, that's rude. Trevor Lawrence is 11 to 1. C.J. Stroud 14 to 1. Baker is 14 to 1, Baker Mayfield.
19:36
And then Caleb, listen, he can throw for 4,000, but he can also throw the ball around the yard a little, uh, haphazardly too. He's at 16 to 1. This is for most interceptions thrown.
19:46
Malik Willis, Dak Prescott also at 16 to 1. You see everybody else there up to 22 to 1. Yeah. I actually really like two of these. You- I like both Cam Ward and Tyler Shuck. I was just gonna say Tyler Shuck. Yeah.
19:58
I like both of them. Yes. Both are 18 to 1. Because you have to also handicap guys that are not gonna get benched, and they're not getting benched. Nope. Like, like they're, they have the job for the season.
20:06
Now, the teams will assess at the end of the season whether they move on or not, but like these guys are not in jeopardy of getting benched. And so you need the dude to play the whole season.
20:15
You need the team to like have the faith to leave him out there for 17 games, and both of those guys have that. And, and at 18 to 1 for both guys, they're gonna, they're gonna throw some picks. We have.
20:26
And, and they've got the job. So I, I think that those numbers, just given the numbers alone, I think I love both of those. [laughs] Love- I love both of those... I'm still tripping over Diabetes. Diabetes. Uh, no.
20:37
I would, Tyler Shuck... Uh, by the way, I hope other NFL Futures draft competitors are not listening to this program right now- Mm... 'cause I, I love a couple of these.
20:43
But Tyler Shuck to me, 'cause I quoted these stats the other day when we were going through the NFC South. Tyler Shuck w- was, was... Here's the thing.
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He completed only 25.6% of his throws traveling at least 20 yards, 34th among 36 quarterbacks.
21:00
So I'm just saying like as soon as he needs to throw the ball downfield, all of a sudden his sh- pinpoint accuracy goes out the window. Mm-hmm. So I love that. And Cam Ward...
21:10
Have you seen Quarterbacks, by the way, on Netflix? I have not. I, I really found Cam Ward to be likable. Mm-hmm. Um,
21:17
but he's a guy who cares deeply about the success of his football team, maybe too deeply 'cause he doesn't handle it very well publicly.
21:24
He is a guy that I don't know if we can trust his accuracy at this point yet either. And then also you just look at the win total there, right?
21:30
So like i- if, if we go by that, and that's what we do as bettors, they're, they're expected to lose a lot of games. Like they're expected to... So you're gonna be trailing. And when you're trailing, you throw.
21:38
And when you throw more, there's more chances of things to, to go wrong, specifically because the defense knows you're throwing, and they can just rush you, uh, you know, with reckless abandon, and you put the ball up, and you put the ball up into danger.
21:49
So I, I, again, I, I like Cam Ward. I like Shuck a lot. I like both of those. I agree. Uh, real quick, NFC East, which we've done multiple times here on the show. Mm-hmm.
21:56
But I'm, I'm curious your pecking order because Jeff Parlay was on the show yesterday at the end. Mm-hmm. Uh, Grover Cleveland, a producer here- Yes... on this show, uh, he loves the Cowboys every which way.
22:06
We have Dave Ross, of course, who's gonna pick so many Cowboys positive props on the show tomorrow, on the f- on the Futures draft, I should say. Where do you stand on the NFC East? I like...
22:16
I think the Cowboys are going to be better, but I still think the Eagles are by far the cream of the crop in this one. Uh, I think the Eagle...
22:22
I, specifically I do think the Cowboys defense is going to be better, and I know people are kinda rolling their eyes about them signing Von Miller. But you as a Washington Commander knows he led them in sacks last year.
22:31
He did. Like, I mean, you know, the guy's still got some juice. Nine, nine and a half I believe. Like dude's still got some juice. Yeah. You know?
22:37
And so you look at this, you, you look at that Cowboys team, and I think that look like a clear second for me, but I think it's clear second behind this Eagles team. I mean, this Eagles defense is legit.
22:47
Really good corners. Got a defensive line that can do some stuff. Linebacking corps is good. The defense is so good- Yeah... on the Eagles. That's the thing. The offense doesn't even have to be that great. Right.
22:58
As long... That defense is head and shoulders the, the best unit of all these eight units in the NFC East. And, and I'm not saying that Dontayvion Wicks is, is A.J.
23:07
Brown or anything, but I mean, Dontayvion Wicks can play in the NFL. And like so now it's just Smith has to be the one, and now you have Wicks that can be the two, and then they bring in Lemon.
23:16
I, I, I think that this is a, again, a very, very good offensive line, one of the top five offensive lines in all the NFL.
23:23
And i- it's, your r- your, your handicap here is that you just don't believe in, in Jalen Hurts, and I, that's at least a fair handicap. I think there's a discussion to be had with all of that.
23:31
But this team's gonna continue to extend drives. The tush push didn't go away. They're gonna continue to like get first downs and beat teams down and do all the things like that, you know? Oh, man. The tush push. Yeah.
23:42
I haven't spoken those words, the tuchus push- Yeah... in, in over a year. All right. And here it's coming. It's coming fast, buddy. It's coming. Eagles defense, just quick, quick glance. Mm.
23:51
Um, Malik Willis now in the fold. Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, Zach Baun, Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter. Come on, they're all back. Jahd Campbell, Andrew- Yeah... McCubbin. I mean, it's ridiculous.
24:03
Now, Sirianni's gotta figure out when to go for it on fourth down. That's a problem. [laughs] But that's a whole another story.
24:08
By the way, Texans wide receiver Jayden Higgins suffering a torn ACL yesterday during their joint practice with the Raiders. Not good for the Texans. Coming back with Todd Wisniew on A Numbers Game.
24:18
[upbeat music] A Numbers Game on VSiN, the sports betting network. This is something near and dear to your heart, Matt. It is the Circus Survivor documentary. It's heating up.
24:33
Episode five tonight Called The Collapse. Ooh. 900 survivors. Ooh. Then 49 in the span of a single week. Oh, is this the, uh- This is it... is this it? The Cardinals game?
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The, no, this is, uh- Oh, this is like- Thanksgiving... Thanksgiving later. Yeah. Yeah. Also, the Grandissimo reaches its explosive conclusion. Explosive, wow.
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Strategy fails, never, uh, nerves crack, and the picks that seemed safe suddenly aren't. $18.7 million on the line. Watch the next equisi- uh, next episode tonight, 9:00 PM Eastern on VSiN.
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If you need to catch up, all episodes are on YouTube right now. Just search VSiN Live, and Matt Brown prominently featured in this docuseries. You as well, you as well coming on, on some episodes here as well. Yeah.
25:13
Oh, really? Yeah, you as- What was I saying? You, you as well. Mm-hmm. Talking about some things. Some things. Things that was going on. We were talking about things. You know, just looked over our, our shoulder.
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They're halfway there in both of the contests out there. Oh. We got, uh, the Circus Survivor classic is, like, on pace for- A lot... good God. A lot. Yeah. They are over 10,000. Over 10,000. Um,
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all the tweets are about Wilford Brimley and diabetes. [laughs] Every tweet is about Wilford Brimley and diabetes. Hmm. Uh, let us save those. Todd Wishnev joins us now courtesy of the Progressive Guest Line.
25:46
He is the star of Wishnev Wednesdays. He comes to us from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. What's happening, Toddy? Who'd you beat in tennis this morning?
25:55
Oh, I crushed this guy who's a tennis pro down at the, the Oxford Club in the North Hills. I mean, he's not that good, but, you know, still. I'm just too talented. [laughs] What can I tell you? I'm just- 6-0, 6-2...
26:05
I'm just too talented [laughs] Yeah. That's what it comes down to. Todd, you're coming out to sign up for the contest. We're gonna play tennis out here, yes? Yes.
26:12
Uh, I believe the line has been installed as Gilly over/under per set at.5 games. [laughs].5 games. So if he goes 6-0, you lose if you take Gilly. Wait, what's the line? Plus what? How many games am I?
26:28
You, it's over/under.5 games per set. Oh,.5. And it's, you have to lay -140..5 games..5 games per set. That is- But you have to lay -140- That's insulting...
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because it's a little bit of a favorite that you get to 6-1, which you don't get to very often. Pfft, please. Very insulting. Wow. Um, this guy, he'll say anything. You let the, with the slander.
26:48
There's a statue of me built down- [laughs]... down towards the South Point where I beat him on the tennis court down there. It's amazing. Um- Yes.
26:53
There's a statue of you for your eating, uh, prowess at the, uh, MGM- Whoa... or one of those hotels. Hey- It shows you eating a ball of cheese and saying- [laughs]... "I don't know why I can't lose weight."
27:05
Anything else you wanna cover before you get into some- It, the shot's fired. Let's go. Jesus. You wanna, you throw some, some strays at me while we're at it?
27:11
Also, also the star of the Megapod, Todd Wishnev, should be pointed out. W- well, Megapod getting going here in a co- in just a few weeks. Can't wait. Uh, all right, Todd, let's ask you- I have nothing against Mr. Brown.
27:20
Nothing. You've, you've not aggrieved him in any way. Thank you, sir. Um, okay. Thank you. Let's do a couple sport, let's do a few sports here.
27:26
One, you were, uh, perusing, you were, uh, you were scouring bets yesterday, uh, among sports books. You went to Caesars, and you found this interesting baseball bet in the AL West. What is that? I made this bet.
27:39
I was looking at the season win totals because one Stevie Fezzik constantly is on there saying he is, "Oh, I've got the greatest one. Ah, it's impossible. It can't lose. It's impossible to lose."
27:50
[laughs] You know how he does that whole schtick, right? He, he, I do. I do. Yeah. Uh, so I was looking at them, and they have one for the AL West winner will, over/under wins is 83 and a half.
28:03
Currently you have the, um, Astros- 6- 63 and 63... at 63 and 63, so the, if the Astros were gonna do it, they have to go 84 wins, so 21 wins and 15 losses. Am I doing that right?
28:19
Uh, they would have to go, well, they have to be, yes, exactly right. To wi- well, yes, 21 wins- Tw-... and, and, yeah... 21 and 15. I looked at their schedule. It's not that hard, but it's also not that easy.
28:30
I'm gonna read you their starters. Javier, crap. Brown, not as good as he used to be. Wesneski, crap. Lambert, sorta crap. [laughs] Blanco. Sorta crap. Crap. There's a lot of crap. Uh-huh. Okay? Uh.
28:46
To win 21, to go 21 and 15, so I don't know if the Astros can make it. Uh, now, the only other team that could theoretically make it is the Texas Rangers, who happen to be 61 or 62 and 64.
28:59
They have to go 22 and 14, if I did my math correctly, and, uh, they have a little bit easier schedule, I'll give them that. But look at who they're sending out there. Quantrill, absolute garbage. Bradgur- Bradford?
29:14
Seriously? Uh, Madison Gore, up and down, you know, sometimes talented. Rocker, just average, and deGrom, who's not deGrom anymore. So I don't see how this team's gonna go 22 and 14 either.
29:27
So to me, the winner of this division goes 83 and 79, 82 and 80, so I had to take the under. I like it, under 83 and a half. Good job finding that.
29:36
By the way, I think we might have a team with a losing record win this division. I'm not convinced. It's possible. Yeah, I'm not convinced. Quite possible. 83 and a half, and then what's the, there's no juice on that?
29:46
Minus 110 only? On the under? There's minus 110 both ways. Okay. Minus 110. Yeah, I think that's a tall task to ask one of these teams to...
29:54
I mean, of course, someone theoretically could, could catch fire, but, and by fire, I even put that in quotes, right? You don't need to catch that much fire. But I don't think these teams are capable.
30:02
By the way, the Rangers and the Mariners- I mean, their lineups aren't good. Yeah. It's not like the lineups are great. Yeah. Agree. Um, let's talk briefly about the WNBA. You bet this sport every day, religiously.
30:14
Oh, I love it. What, [laughs] okay. Explain that. What do you love so much about it from a betting standpoint? I'll tell you exactly what I love about it.
30:22
The, it's the exact opposite of the National Basketball Association, which in regular season is unwatchable. Kelly Bisland can go to hell. [laughs] In December 20th- Wow... when you have a Raptors Bucs game- Yeah...
30:36
it's not interesting because no one's trying. It's just, it's just a bunch of three-point shots and no trying whatsoever. It's ridiculous, okay?
30:45
I don't wanna watch the Sacramento Kings against the Phoenix Suns in a big matchup of Devin Booker and his girlfriend from the Kardashians. It's ridiculous basketball.
30:55
Now- In college basketball, which is my love, everyone's trying. Everyone's trying hard. The coaches are going nuts. Everyone's going crazy. And the WNBA I love because the girls try. It's a prison league.
31:10
They're rough as hell. Willie Will, uh, you know, Wi- our good friend Willie, Mr. 1-and-2 Tennessee Titan better- [laughs]...
31:17
l- he loves to hate on the fact that Caitlin Clark gets beat up by the girls, but he doesn't watch the games, so he doesn't realize everybody gets beat up. Kelsey Mitchell was getting beat up yesterday.
31:26
There's a, there's a clip going around, she was, like, pushing the other girl. It's so rough and tumble, and these girls are trying hard, and that's what I love about competition. I don't want...
31:37
I can watch the NBA playoffs, yeah, because you're gonna try. But it, I can't watch the NBA regular season. It's unwatchable. The WNBA, sure, they're not as good, sure they can't dunk, but they try hard.
31:48
You can tell they wanna win. That's what I love about basketball when it's being played competitively with people trying. Todd Wishnev endorsing the WNBA. Wow. True story. True story.
31:59
I passed up floor seats last night for WNBA. Did you really? Yeah. Oh, don't do that. Passed up floor seats, Todd. What is he doing? Passed up floor seats last night. Dude, you should've given me the floor seats.
32:08
I could've give, I c- I would've been heckling everybody's- [laughs]... like, uh, relationship status and, you know, a L- NaLyssa Smith, "Why'd you break up with Dijonai? You cheated on her," blah, blah, blah.
32:17
He knows everything. I'd probably get thrown out. Give us a WNBA finals matchup bet. You know, uh, Chris Felica had a good one. Um, I think he has 16-to-1 Lynx against the Fever in the finals, which is- Yes...
32:31
like, a really good one, as long as the Fever can get to the three seed. 'Cause if the Fever gets the four seed, they're probably gonna face the Lynx in the semifinals and not the finals.
32:41
Now, I don't think this is your typical WNBA season that we always see, which is the Aces turn it on late. I think the Aces don't have enough. Chelsea Gray is a little too old in the tooth.
32:54
I think she's finally had age, you know, catch up to her.
32:57
Same thing for the wing guard that they've had who wasn't that good last year and I, and their name is, uh, escaping me right now, but the, uh, the, the, uh, two guard who used to be really good. Jewell Lloyd, right.
33:08
So basically it's just A'ja Wilson and Jackie Young, and it's J- and NaLyssa Smith down low, who you can't really count on. So it's really not enough.
33:16
And you saw they got beat last night by the Dream, a team that is not exactly what I would call gritty. I like gritty teams, like the Minnesota Lynx. But they try hard. That's the kinda team that I like.
33:25
What, what do you like better, Todd? Grit or being buttoned up? They all try hard. One second, Matt. They all try hard. What do you, what do you prefer, buttoned up or grit? What'd you say?
33:31
What do you, you like buttoned up? I like a buttoned up, UConn, Danny Hurley, gritty type of team. I see. Um, by the way- That doesn't make mistakes...
33:38
by the way, by old in the tooth, he means long in the tooth as well, for Chelsea Gray. Yeah, long in the tooth. That's it.
33:42
Uh, let's go real, real quick, 90 seconds here, actually less, clock ticking, a third quarter NFL, college football. Remind people what you like about those so much as the seasons approach.
33:53
Well, you know, some of these books now, they'll give, they'll put out team totals in the third quarter at halftime, and if you can... Now, not every book has this, but a couple of them have it.
34:03
And if, especially in the National Football League, when you get teams that just cannot move the ball at all in the first half and they're getting the ball second and losing big, for instance, like Rams/Saints or something, Rams lead 24-nothing at the half or 24-3 at the half, and the Rams are getting the ball first in the third quarter, the Rams are gonna go on a slow, methodical seven-minute drive to start the third quarter.
34:26
By the time the Saints get the ball, and they've already proven in the first half they can't move the ball, and now the, the, the team total is, like, you know, over/under two and a half, you can take it because they're not gonna kick a field goal anyways.
34:38
So the c- the answer is, because they're down 24-nothing, are they going to put it in the end zone or are they not gonna put it in the end zone in their one drive of the third quarter?
34:45
Because by the time they punt, the Rams are gonna go on another methodical, you know, plodding drive.
34:50
So there's real nice opportunities if you can figure out, okay, who's gonna get the ball first, who's gonna get the ball second, what are the situations of the game that would lead to certain points being scored or not being scored.
35:01
Okay. We'll keep that in mind. By the way, the WNBA taking a 17-day break at the beginning of September. I don't know what Todd's gonna do with himself. Todd, thank you. We'll bet on the World Cup.
35:13
World Cup women's basketball. They're trying there. Yeah, we'll bet on the World Cup. Thank you, Toddy.
35:16
[upbeat music] A numbers game on VSiN, the sports betting network.
35:32
Well, you never know what's gonna catch on when you do a radio show, and, uh, all it took was for Matt to bring up that- [laughs]... 1980s or '90s infomercial with Wil- Wilford Brimley and diabeetus.
35:42
Logic3227 has made a, uh, image of a T-shirt for us with Wilford Brimley's face on there. [laughs] With the phonetic spelling of diabeetus.
35:51
Uh, this is from LosVegas504, "Yo, sadly Wilford Brimley passed away August 1st, 2020." Aw. Oh, during the pandemic. Hm. "Hopefully not from diabeetus," he says. Oh, well, yes.
36:01
Before acting, he worked as a rodeo rider, ranch hand, and blacksmith. Classic commercial. Wow. I mean- What year, what years did he live that he was a blacksmith, a ranch hand, and a rodeo? I guess the blacksmith part.
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I mean, good, good on him, and I, I mean, and, and honestly I should have tweeted it out since we have so many people. I sh- that montage that we just listened to- Oh my God, I was dying...
36:18
I should, I should have done that. Dying. [laughs] Like, it's this, it's the same commercial, so it's not like a, a from all different thing.
36:24
He's having a deal, he's talking to a doctor who clearly says diabetes, and then he immediately goes back to him [laughs] and he just goes, "Diabeetus." Diabetes. [laughs] Icegoon, uh, has shown up.
36:35
Oh, Wilford Brimley, Quaker Oatmeal commercials in 1990. I seem to recall those. I kinda remember those now. Yeah, kinda remember that. Yeah. Johnny Ringo, "Kudos to whoever the sound guy is.
36:43
He's the unsung hero of the segment." Who, who gets credit for that? Darnell? Who gets credit for the, who's, who's doing the sound on that? By the way, sh- Evan gets credit for that.
36:52
Darnell gets credit for coming up with our recent primetime action field goal kicking video- Yes... as quickly as he did. Well done. Thank you, Evan. Thank you, Darnell.
36:59
Johnny Brock, "I'm completely on board with Wishnev on the NBA. The WNBA is like watching men play in a foot of water at a D3 level, but the NBA is very un- unwatchable right now," he says. Oh, shots fired.
37:11
NoEmuDoug, "So at what point do professional sports bettors become angry and defensive in general? I'm thankful I'm not a pro bettor. It makes you grumpy." [laughs] Talking about Todd.
37:19
Is, is that Wishnev that you're referring to? Uh, Nish Gandhi DO. DO? Osteopathic? Yes. Doc- doctor of osteopathy, yes. Uh, what is he saying here? Oh, he's talking about Wishnev and Pittsburgh tennis, I guess.
37:32
He said, "OAC is for chumps. Let me know when you dominate on clay at Fox Chapel." This is a Pittsburgh tweet right here. "Just kidding. I'm sure you would smoke me. Let me know how you feel about the Steelers."
37:41
Um, here's the deal with Todd and the Steelers. I think he hates Aaron Rodgers so much that he just can't get worked up about him. Yeah. He loves the Steelers, but he can't get...
37:49
Let's, let's recap the, the, uh, bets, shall we? Uh, once again, I'm on two tennis matches. Neither have started. By the way, Iga wins again today.
37:56
She moves to the quarter-finals at Cincy after winning in Toronto, the run-up to the US Open. I'm on one on the men's side, one on the ladies' side.
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I'm on Thiago Agustin Tirante on the men's side, +183 versus Jakub Mensik, or as Matt Brown is trying to push through Congress, TAT. T-A-T, TAT, baby. Let's go. Versus Jakub Mensik. Let's go.
38:16
And then, uh, Amanda Anisimova, even money versus Linda Nosková on the ladies' side. Those are my two tennis plays. Uh, also bets on the show earlier today. Um, let's see. Did we have any? Well, I, uh- We, we didn't...
38:30
Did we have no bets from anybody? I, uh, I'm on Cam Young, I'm on Chris Gotterup, and I'm on Jake Knapp in this, uh, in this golf tournament that starts tomorrow. I've got a top five on Sam Burns as well.
38:42
Um, I'm just going with dudes that hit it a long way. It's a long golf course, so going with a, with a, a very themed card this week. Yes. Yeah. Guys that can move it, as they say. We only have three bets.
38:53
Uh, three, uh, guys on the show. Guys, guys that can move it, you know? Can move it, move it. Yeah. Um, let's go back to these, uh, season... These are season longs, but these are, these are more head dead.
39:02
By the way, here's Iga to win the US Open at 7 to 1. Mm. Tigers most wins in August, 60 to 1, is on life support. Life support. Gotta win the rubber match today against the Buccos. Gotta sweep the, the Royals
39:15
to have any chance, 'cause then you get to the hard part of the schedule in August with the Rays and the Dodgers. I think other order. Dodgers, Rays, whichever order. Not good to end this month.
39:24
The Tigers gotta get off the schneid. This has been a bad, bad week of baseball from them, starting with that sweep at the hands of the White Sox this weekend. All right, how about this?
39:33
More regular season receiving yards/touchdowns head to head. Let's start with receiving yards. This is A.J. Brown versus DeVonta Smith. So you see what they did here?
39:43
They took a guy who used to play for the Eagles- Mm-hmm... and pitted him up against a guy who currently plays for the Eagles. Mm-hmm. A.J. Brown versus DeVonta Smith. Uh, A.J.
39:51
Brown a slight favorite for receiving yards, minus 124, uh, minus 125. DeVonta Smith, minus 105.
39:59
Just given the price, I would play Smith, because there's the clear and obvious, like, has to be the alpha role there, and I understand that you brought in A.J.
40:07
Brown to be your clear and obvious alpha over there for the Patriots, but I mean, that, that room has some dudes that can play. I mean, it is not like he has to be just the only guy getting the ball fed to him.
40:20
I mean, you've got Douglas. You... They brought in Romeo Doubs, remember? Like, so, like they've got... They, they brought in him. They still have Kashan Butty, at least right now.
40:27
I know they're trying to shop him and maybe get him out of town, because he's worth something to someone. But there are, there are other dudes to throw to there, for sure. You got two running backs.
40:36
You got a Henry at tight end. So I would go, I would go Smith, crazy enough, especially at these prices. That's receiving yards.
40:42
You, you would agree with the price, I'm guessing, on the receiving touchdowns- Yeah, yeah, yeah... between these two, where A.J. Brown is a much- Just a, yeah-... much bigger favorite... red zone beast.
40:49
Yeah, he's just a red zone beast. Yeah, he's a $2 favorite. Mm. Smith +155 on the comeback in that one. Um, also some clever pair-ups. Again, that was, uh, former Eagle versus current Eagle. How about this one?
41:02
Current Commander versus former Commander. Stefon Diggs. By the way, I never even mentioned that he's with the Commanders, 'cause it didn't move the needle at all for me.
41:11
Uh, Stefon Diggs, this is receiving yards between Stefon Diggs and Deebo Samuel. Diggs -130, he's the favorite [laughs] against Deebo- Yeah... who's even money.
41:20
If you saw the training camp footage, we talked about this last week, of De- or maybe it was Monday, I can't remember, of Deebo Samuel on the, uh, Niners practice field. Oh my God, does he look slow. It's...
41:32
This is Diggs all... Every market Diggs all... Uh, he- Yeah... Deebo had become a gadget player anyway. Yes, he had.
41:38
Like, he had become a gadget player as it was anyway, because they realized he could not do the wide receiver things. He could not run crisp routes. He could not do all of the... So yeah.
41:47
Him as a running back would be perhaps- Yeah, yes... more, more appropriate now. Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. Stefon Diggs, -130. Diggs all day. Yeah. Okay. Diggs all day on these. All right.
41:55
Um, do we have these two on touchdowns too, or no? We good? Oh. No. G- we have Vilo watch here. Uh-oh.
42:01
Because we have, uh, you know, we have started over there in Pittsburgh, which by the way, you push back a dude's start three days to then give him a noon, like a 12:30, like, game.
42:10
Wouldn't you, like, want him to get his normal... Anyway, but, um- [laughs] Yeah...
42:14
Skean's about 96, 97 on the fastball, so he's at least above where he was when they decided to give him the extra rest, where he was kind of averaging 95 for that.
42:24
But it's not like he's back again to the consistent 98 or anything like that, but 96, 97 for him. That's all in the first inning, which he had a laborious first inning. He walked the first two batters. Yeah, yes.
42:36
Both, both Colt Keith and, and Glaber Torres walked, and then he got out of that jam, so didn't give up a run. Bottom of the first right now, 0-0 between the Tigers and the Pirates.
42:46
See how he looks in that second and third inning, though, right?
42:49
'Cause you can come out a little juiced in that first one, so see if he's still 96, 97 in second and third inning as opposed to where he was in the first inning. Let me see. What was his, uh, what was his pitch count?
42:58
24- Yeah... after the first inning. Not a good pace. Not a good pace. Not a good pace for poor Four inning pace there. It is, it is though.
43:05
The Skeens, the Skeens matter is one we should all remind ourselves of when making bets pre-season. We had our MLB Futures Draft. Mm. Matt Yumas is probably gonna win that with his, uh, Schlitter Cy Young at 50 to 1.
43:19
Mm-hmm. Obviously, Schlitter has to win that. Um, Dylan Cese might have something to say about it, but if it get, if it is, if it goes that way, Matt's gonna win that. But the, you know, it is a cautionary tale of
43:29
we tend to anoint quickly, and as we talked about- Mm-hmm... with Spore earlier, these arms are not built for this, man. Most people's arms are not built for this. You never know what's gonna happen with these guys.
43:41
Well, it's like it, it was, it was the thing where people were trying to make the case against betting Miz in the, in the Cy Young whenever it kinda like first started looking like, "Oh, this dude's something else," right?
43:52
And they're going, "Well, they're just gonna, they're gonna cut back his innings and his pitch count and blah, blah." And it's like it's inevitable that his arm is going to explode at some point anyway.
44:00
Yes, it's going to happen. I hate to say it.
44:01
So, so, so, so limiting the innings and the, and the pitches and all the stuff like that, like all you're doing is delaying the inevitable, and even then you probably, it, it, it, you don't know for sure that you're delaying the inevitable.
44:11
Still, the 80 pitches as opposed to 95 pitches or whatever it is that you're trying to do might not save it anyway.
44:17
So I was kind of of the mindset if you're the Brewers and you actually think you have a chance this year to go and maybe get the one seed and maybe beat the Dodger, no, you're all in.
44:25
Like you're not, you're not limiting pitches. You're not limiting innings. Like blast it off.
44:28
It's almost a fa- it's almost beneficial for you for him to blow it out earlier and then come back and you have him for longer than it is like, you know, a little bit later down the line.
44:37
So yeah, I mean, I, I was, I was kind of against that whole sentiment. There's other reasons you could've said.
44:41
Obviously, there's the other pitchers that you thought could've taken him down, but certainly not for this, for the aspect that they were gonna like start cutting his pitches at 65 or something like that.
44:49
And Jacob Missier Rasquez, we went over the other day, first, not only in the nationally, but I'm talking about Major League Baseball, one, in all these categories, 1.75 ERA.
44:58
[laughs] Opposing batters hitting 150 against him. 0.75 whip. 73 hits allowed. These are all number one in the MLB. 27 earned runs allowed. 210 Ks. 39.8% K rate. 5.3 WAR.
45:17
Just as dominant as any pitcher- It's, it's, it's... in any year. It's ins- it's insane that you strike out that many people with that low of a walk rate. That's incredible. Because- Yes...
45:27
they know you're throwing it over the plate and they still can't hit it. Like, I mean, they, that's, they know it and they still can't hit it.
45:33
S- uh, just an amazing player, and, uh, obviously the Brewers hoping that whatever happens doesn't happen anytime soon. Certainly it's fake because all this is so low. His expected ERA is 1.93.
45:43
I mean, like it's, it's- Ah, it stinks. Yeah. I mean, it sucked too. Matt, I have enjoyed it as always. It's been fun. Both today and Monday. Let's do it again sometime soon. Matt Brown, everybody.
45:53
Round of applause, everybody at home. What'd you wanna say to the haters again? I'm outta here. You don't have to worry about me the rest of the week. [laughs] There you go. We've done all we could do.
46:01
Prop Points with Jeff Erickson. Nick Whalen is next. Enjoy from VSiN, the sports betting network. [upbeat rock music]
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