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Jan 14, 2026
A Numbers Game | January 14, 2025 | Hour 2
A Numbers Game | January 14, 2025 | Hour 2
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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 a Numbers Game with Gil Alexander on VSiN.
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Hour number two of a Numbers Game at VSiN, the sports betting network, vsin.com, Game+, iHeartRadio, YouTube TV, Sirius XM channel 158. It's Gil Alexander, Kelly Midley.
1:14
Producer number nine, so much more than a producer, alongside. Mm-hmm. What you doing over there, man? I'm preparing a special segment for you. A little later, later in the show? Oh, we, we can, we can do it whenever.
1:23
What, what is it right now? I think I've got it. What is it... How special is it? It's, uh, it's, it's power rank all the Dannys at VSiN. [laughs] Okay. Who we got?
1:32
We, we got, we got Danny Smythe filling in, filling in today for Danny Higgins. Right. So I, it, I just started thinking yesterday, man, I know... I've met more Dans- Right...
1:40
or Dannys at VSiN than I ever knew in my life before. Yeah. So- What are my choices? Higgins, Smythe. Power rank these. We got Smythe, we got Higgins. Of course, we have the legendary Danny Burke. Oh, Danny Burke. Yep.
1:54
Uh-huh. Legendary Dan Miller. Uh-huh. Former producer here. Yeah. And maybe my fa- one of my favorite Twitter follows. Uh, and then Dan Straus, who helps out with a lot of our podcasts and YouTube stuff.
2:06
Higgins one, 'cause he's sat on desk with me before. Has to be Higgins one. Uh, the YouTube- No offense to the others... the YouTube guy, who I've never met, is definitely two just because I'm sucking up to him.
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Y- yep, you're playing the political game right. Yep. Straus is two. Yep. Uh, Smythe is three 'cause he's right here, and he could shut us off. Exactly. Uh, and then, uh, who were the others?
2:25
There was a correct order to this, and you're nailing it so far. The others are who? Burke, Miller, and- Burke and Miller. Burke and Miller. Yep. Uh, Burke 'cause I know him better, Miller five.
2:34
Yeah, it's, it's the, the- Yeah. Good job. Thank you. Well done. Thanks. Correct order, I would a- answer the exact same way. [sighs] Well done. Danny Smythe, maybe you can move up. Maybe you can move up. That's right.
2:43
We'll see. Start threatening us with cutting us off air, and may- maybe you'll move up. [laughs] We get tweets meeting the book, "The numbers guys.
2:48
You have to ask Greg Peterson, but more impressive than the 2,250 straight days of the podcast, I think that means he's reviewed every college basketball game played on those 2,250 days.
2:58
If that's true, it's no wonder they call him Hoops." Listen, here's the thing. Every Greg Peterson segment, I am tempted to just drill down on the just unbelievable American treasure that Greg Peterson is.
3:11
2,250 straight days of college basketball podcasting, uh, a, a even longer streak of running at least 12 miles a day, talking about his girlfriend.
3:21
But I just want him to feel like a respected person that he deserves to be treated as. Oh, yeah. 'Cause otherwise, otherwise I'll just go sideshow on him every time. Well, the basketball knowledge is ridiculous.
3:31
I just sit here every time, and I wanna be like, "First four off the bench for Santa Clara. Name them now." I used to do that. I used to do it with him.
3:36
I would be like, "Abilene- Twile I would go, "Abilene Christian, go." Yeah. And then he would go on. He would look at me for... And then he would turn to the camera, and he would just vomit out 20 minutes of it.
3:44
And I realized at the end of it, he could be lying to me. I wouldn't know. [laughs] There's, there's that too. I'd be like, "Okay." There's that too. Dan Groeschel. Dan Groeschel. Hey, speaking of Dans. Oh, Dan.
3:53
Oh, let's see, number six Dan. He, he said, "University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, favorite cereal Fruity Pebbles." We required last week.
3:59
We said maybe people should come on like Monday Night Football guests and, and do that. He said, "University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, favorite cereal Fruity Pebbles.
4:05
Since it's not baseball season yet, Greg has plenty of time to learn Latin while he's running. Then he can come on ANG as the Latin correspondent, teach us all how to pronounce legal words." There's that.
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Brian Young at Notorious Guns, "I don't know who's more passionate about a subject, Greg on college hoops or Kelly on not wanting to read the Omaha steak ad so early in the show. Keep up the great work, you guys."
4:22
Starving out there. Thank you. Derek Gwinn, our buddy from, uh, Southern Miss, says, "In a playoff pick 'em $100 buy-in," he says he's in a playoff pick 'em $100 buy-in. "I think 50 people are in it.
4:33
I went five and one, hoping to keep it going. Who's y'all's best pick so far this weekend?" [laughs] Oh, God. Well, you're doing well on your own, Derek, five and one.
4:43
I'll tell you what mine is when we're about to do the whip-around. It's coming up. And, uh, Michael at Mike, uh, MikeK4561, "Never had a losing season? Why are we just hearing about this now with Tomlin?
4:51
Looking forward to Cleve TA on the Megapod today." So am I. Looking forward to it.
4:55
Um, real quick before we go into the, uh, old whip-around, we, we do this at the beginning of the playoffs, but we also do it before the divisional round because two other teams are brought into this.
5:04
The, uh, quirkiest of all numbers game traditions, our little field goal comparison, field goal kicker. Mm-hmm.
5:09
Our placekicking comparison with all these games, uh, before we get into these game by game, just as a sort of snapshot of, you know, all these games. We always get, we always get one or two tweets.
5:18
People are like, "Can't believe you're comparing kickers." Think about how many of these NFL games come down to this, right? Brandon McManus, anyone? Anyone? Oh, loop.
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Anyway, what's interesting about this is that maybe the three best kickers in the game, Cam Little, Chris Boswell, Cameron Dicker, they're all gone now.
5:40
So now it's like a, a even more level playing field, and just a snapshot of all the kickers in the league, uh, uh, that are still alive, just to see if there's any built-in advantage.
5:47
I would say game one here, Kelly, not really so much of an advantage. I think it's pretty much a, uh, Matt Prater versus Will Lutz, Bills and Broncos. I think it's pretty even.
5:58
Prater 18 for 20 on the season field goals, one of two from 50 plus. Um, missed three extra points. Was perfect last week at the playoffs, by the way. Two of two, including a 50-yarder. Hit all of his extra points.
6:13
Will Lutz, solid from 50 plus. Four of six from 50 plus this year, never missed an extra point. That's kind of a wash, I think, between those two guys. Prater proved that he's, he's over the injury.
6:24
Game two is a little interest- is a little more interesting. San Francisco versus Seattle. Eddie Piniero versus Jason Myers.
6:30
Eddie Piniero has missed one field goal all year, one field goal try, and that was from 50 plus. He's six of seven from behind 50. He's perfect inside of 50. But he has missed four extra points, curiously.
6:46
But Piniero has been a revelation- Huh... for the, uh, for the Niners post Jake Moody. He's been awesome. And then Jason Myers is particularly great from beyond 50, too.
6:55
Nine of 12 from 50 plus, even though he's missed seven tries this year. So I would see even, like, slight advantage Piniero in that game. Slight advantage Niners.
7:04
Again, looking for just incremental differences between the teams. As far as the, uh, Texans and the Patriots on Sunday, first game on Sunday, Ka'imi Fairbairn, nine of 13 50 plus. It's amazing.
7:17
If we, if we took these stats back 30 years, our heads would explode. Well, he's nine of 13 50 plus. That's impossible. That other guy's six of seven, and the other guy's nine of 12.
7:28
Fairbairn's nine of 13 50 plus, hasn't missed an extra point. [smacks lips] Um- Look at- 44 of 48. Andy Borgalis, though, what a season. Four of four 50 plus, 27 of 32 overall on the year. Well, I wanted to...
7:42
Let me ju- let me jump in on this one. I, I, I didn't think to look, double-check these until right now, 'cause I was like, "What?" Like, 44 for 48 field goals, only 28 extra points. What a great example- Yes...
7:54
of the contrasting offenses that we have- That's correct... going up against each other, right? What a great point.
7:59
Fairbairn, 48 field goal attempts, only 28 extra point attempts, and Borgalis, 32 field goal attempts, 55 extra point attempts. Excellent point. That's the, that's the real interesting part about that matchup. Yeah.
8:12
The Patriots get to the promised land and the Texans don't. I don't even know which one's weirder. I f- I feel like the... That many field goals and that little extra points is pretty tough to do. That is a bad...
8:23
That tells you how much the offense is not getting in the end zone. I think the one that was the biggest reveal for me, though, was the Rams and the Bears. I did not realize how...
8:32
Harrison Meves has n- and, and I know he didn't play the whole season. He has missed one kick- Mm... all year, field goal or extra point. He's 12 of 13 field goals.
8:42
He's 39 for 39 extra points, plus he was perfect in the playoff game, two of two field goals, four of four extra points. Harrison Meves has missed one kick all year. And Cairo Santos is perhaps the most surprising to me.
8:54
Four of six 50 plus, 25 of 30 on the year. He has not missed an extra point. So again, um, to me, probably the biggest advantage of those four games is Piniero, slight advantage over Myers.
9:05
But again, we're just looking for, for little bits to add to the conversation. There you go. Piniero's just my favorite at this point, so that's- Well- Yeah... 'cause he was a kicker that was kind of...
9:13
We, we thought he was kinda done- Mm-hmm... I guess, after his years with Carolina. Been great for the Niners.
9:20
Excellent point about Fairbairn versus Borgalis, just in terms of, uh, you can, you can get a great snapshot into their offenses just by looking at those stats.
9:26
Man, that just ju- well, actually, the Fairbairn one just jumped out to me first. I started to check it, then I looked at the line below and I'm like, "Wait, that one's just as crazy, just the opposite."
9:35
All right, let's start with these. The old NFL Whip Around. Let's do it. The guys check in on all the NFL line movement, injury updates, and give their thoughts on every game on the board. It's the Wednesday Whip Around.
9:48
All right, Bills at Broncos is the one that starts it off [whooshing sound] on Saturday. What was that at the end? What did I just miss? Did I step on something? No, you're good.
9:55
Uh, Bills at Broncos, as we just mentioned. Um, Bills down to three wide receivers. Three. Keon Coleman, Shakir, and who am I forgetting as the third one? Coleman, Shakir, and- Samuel, right? No. Curtis Samuel's done.
10:10
Uh, oh, Brandon Cooks. That's it. Those three guys. Oh, you were naming the ones left. Sorry. [laughs] My bad. Yeah, those are thr- those are the last three guys.
10:16
Uh, I guess this would be Broncos minus three on guessing lines. I was shocked that the Bills were a tick of a favorite. It's a pick 'em at Circa. The Broncos are now a tick of a favorite consensus-wise, though, in this.
10:28
And I, I think that's probably better. I, I... It's at least what I would've expected more than the Bills being favorites. Yeah. 45 and a half is the total. I do not have a bet in this game at all yet. You?
10:39
I got distracted looking up, sorry, some of these, some of these line moves. 'Cause they're, they are... Everything's been very slight so far this week. We really haven't seen much major. We're here on Wednesday already.
10:49
Um, like you said, you broke down p- pick 'em. There's ones on either side. I don't really know. You think, you think we're gonna get that same kinda... We got late movement to Jacksonville last week.
10:59
You think we get the same thing with Denver this week? My guess is I... I was gonna say yes, but now I don't know. My, my- I don't know... my guess would be if there's any- Yeah...
11:09
if there's any type of movement here on the, on the, on the side, it is gonna be more towards Denver, but I wouldn't be shocked if we're talking about the same number.
11:16
I, yeah, I don't pr- I don't pretend to have an opinion on that. 45 and a half, 46. Total's come down a little bit at a lot of shops, um, but not much. Not, not anything consequential here.
11:27
Uh, Ed Oliver practice window opened up as well. That could be massive for, uh, Buffalo if they can get him back here, uh, whether it's this week, probably more likely next week, something like that.
11:36
But man, e- even just... I was going over the injury report yesterday. [laughs] Shavers with the ACL. We already talked about the wide receivers.
11:43
Russo limited, Milano limited, Dalton Kincaid limited, Hairston limited, uh, Terrell Bernard limited, um, Epinessa limited, all in practice yesterday.
11:51
And then of course you've got Josh Allen, who's got about five injuries that he's been limited with. I... This is a game I don't have a bet on. I will be tailing Will on the over rush attempts for Josh Allen.
12:02
I think the kneel downs are, is fine to bring up. It's always nice if you can add onto it with that. But man, I just... Watching that game last week, it was...
12:10
It's one of the few things that was working is Josh Allen, Josh Allen, Josh Allen.
12:13
You're gonna get him outside the pocket, try to find a receiver open downfield, and he's gonna take off and run with it often, as much as he can.
12:19
I think what we did see last week, too, is you're at the point in the season, eh, the health doesn't matter. Throw it out the window, right?
12:24
Whatever injuries you got, your still best play is to run Josh Allen, especially if you're at the goal line Who do you think loves Josh Allen more, you or Hailee Steinfeld? Uh, probably me. Okay. Yeah. Cool.
12:35
Step aside family, friends, all of you. Speaking of limited practice, you know who was at limited practice yesterday? Fred Warner of the Niners. Yep. We continue with that next on The Numbers Game right here at VSiN.
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13:35
Sharpplays.com. Check 'em out. We get tweets. Speaking of the book, Tom Collins, uh, TommyCollins99, uh, telling me Curtis Samuel has now been removed from IR. He's eligible to play if elevated by the Bill.
13:47
So that is an update on their wide receiver, uh, depth chart. There you go. That is correct. Yes. Um, [laughs] PrimeTimeCowboys_1, [laughs] he says, "Yo, hey, man, have you been living under a rock, Gilly?
13:59
Getting political again this morning with the Danny rankings. After watching- [laughs]...
14:03
after watching the Chargers do the playoff charge ring, one would think you'd learn your lesson, but no, you keep going to the well. Peace, love, yo." Oh, man. I was like, "What are you talking about?"
14:10
He goes, "Oh, political Danny," he says, "Al- also the Chargers." I'm like, "Oh." No, I brought it up. Oh, okay. It was, it, it was the y- i- it, political answering had to be done for that. Had to be done. Yes. Yeah.
14:19
Had to be done. Uh, JT, "Greg Peterson's the best. Love listening to his breakdowns." And this is from, uh, Dell MindtheGap Radio, who has put together...
14:27
You know how they always, people ask each other, "Hey, if you had to live, if you had to go, if you had din- had to have dinner with one living person or dead person, rank them." Right? That kind of thing.
14:37
So Dell MindtheGap Radio has made his list, request for dinner. Number one, William Shakespeare, he said. Oh, that's interesting. Really? That's who you'd pick, William Shakespeare?
14:46
Two, Jimi Hendrix, three, Abe Lincoln, four, Albert Einstein, and five, Greg Hoops Peterson. Wow. Greg Hoops Peterson would be, uh, high on my list, too. You know what? I know Greg. Yeah.
14:59
I'd have him higher on the, on that list. Yeah, I don't... Bi- Billy- What am I talking to Bill Shakespeare about? Billy, Billy Shakespeare. Yeah. What are you, what are you gonna... What's that gonna be about?
15:08
You gonna talk about his- That sounds fun for, like, five minutes. Not even. Not even. You guys, you guys have no idea how professional Gil Alexander is.
15:16
I was cr- I w- you had me crying coming back from this commercial break. Oh. [laughs] You had me crying. I mean, I have this- Go in. Yes. Go in. Please, can you seriously detail the dream that you had last night?
15:24
Uh, yeah, I'll tell you what. So I rarely remember dreams. Rarely. It's really interesting. If I'm having them, I don't remember them. But when I don't sleep well, which I think follows the science, right? Yeah.
15:33
Like, you tend to remember them. So I didn't sleep very well last night. The... I had this dream where I was framed for a murder. I was framed for a murder. This was, this happened all night last night.
15:44
I just love the, I love the drama in your voice. This was, this was, this was, no, literally- Yeah... like, someone, some- and someone put together... And I don't, have no idea who, uh, who I was framed to have killed.
15:52
No idea. That detail was lost in the dream. You know, do you know, do you know how or where the murder occurred? Yes. It- Alleged murder? Yeah, it was, like, in a gym. Wow. Right.
16:01
And they have, like, a fake video footage, grainy footage of me doing it, right? And as, like, I shot someone or something. Is this what this new, like, Chris Pratt movie's about?
16:11
Isn't it like, aren't they, like, ripping off Minority Report? Have you seen these previews at all? No, I have not. It kind of sounds like this. Go ahead. Anyway, like, this was, like, a, I had to fight this.
16:18
Like, I had to, I was like... You know what was, was fascinating about the dream, though, is, is, like, all, all the kinds of people were in, like... So, oh, my coworkers turned on me, right? So Stormy was mad at me.
16:28
Um- You didn't say I was mad at you. I wasn't in this though. You weren't in it. Stormy was mad at you? Steph, Steph Curry was in the dream. He was on my side. But that, that was the line that got me.
16:35
That was the line that got me. Steph Curry was on my side. And, and the delivery. He was on my side, of course. He was on my side. He, he agreed with me that I wasn't doing it. Believe that I was a course off here.
16:42
He believed me. And fi- Well, the, the interesting thing about the dream, uh, if it hasn't been that riveting so far, is that in, within the dream, this is how amazing the human brain is, I started to question, right?
16:56
Because the, the, the pile on was so heavy that I start... I knew I didn't commit it, but I started to think to myself, "Maybe I did. All these people think I did it, and they have the footage.
17:10
Am I not remembering that I did this?" But of course I didn't, because then we found, uh, discrepancies in the video, and I was exonerated. Good for you, man. Yes. I'm just picturing the, uh- Thanks very much...
17:20
remember, remember Lee Trevino in Ha- uh, Happy Gilmore? They'd always just cut to him. He'd be, like, shaking his head, like, "What are you doing?" I'm just imagining Stormy.
17:26
That, that's Stormy's part in all this, just disapproving of anything you do. It wasn't just her. I think, I think JVT was in it, too. They were both in it. Like, they were both like, "Ugh, I, ugh." This guy. This guy.
17:35
This guy. This guy, killing people now. What are you gonna do? Uh, back- Real quick, uh, on, uh, Buffalo and Denver. Yeah.
17:41
How about, for the trendy folks out there, how about the total has gone over in four of the last six Denver games and four of the last six Buffalo games? Over-ishy teams. Hmm. Is that, that meaningful to you? No. Okay.
17:55
Just saying for the trendy folks. Uh, San Francisco and Seattle.
17:57
I mentioned that Fred Warner limited practice yesterday, so the Niners could have their defensive stalwart, Fred Warner, the brains and the heart of that defense, with them. Now, to what extent will he be?
18:09
Will he be 100%? Probably not. But is 85% of Fred Warner better than 100% of others? Probably, uh, for all the injuries the Niners have had, and they have been decimated.
18:18
What a bit of possibly good news that is, as he, uh, could get on the field this week. It was originally thought it would be championship week that he could return for, but now it's been upped to divisional round.
18:28
And so this continues to toggle between the seven and the seven and a half, though. That's the story with this line. And right now, here at Circus, seven and a half. Reduced juice on the Seattle Seahawks.
18:38
I have Niners plus seven and a half. Total, 44 and a half this ballgame. Yep. Yeah, you and I are a little off on this. I laid six on open with Seattle. Um, interesting to see how this plays out.
18:49
Obviously, we've seen these t- these teams meet twice before. Um, do have, uh, you know, some different players that have been in and out.
18:55
Um, well, it was, it was week one of the season, though, and then the last week of the season these two teams played. So very different, uh, games. Trent Williams did not play in that last meeting.
19:04
That's big, obviously, for San Francisco. You're out without George Kittle. I'm wondering how... I, I think those are gonna matter a lot this week, George Kittle being out. I, I'm assuming Nico Collins is out.
19:13
I probably shouldn't assume that, but, um- That was a brutal- Yeah... oh, he just went head first into the ground... I think it would be pretty shocking if he was, yeah, if he was back this week.
19:22
Uh, Seattle, look, your best combo of defense and special teams left.
19:25
San Francisco, you're- one of your best offense is left, sec- uh, second best offense, I think is the- what make, what's make, that's what makes this matchup so fascinating.
19:33
Uh, Seattle with that rush defense, as good as it is, Purdy's gonna have to do a lot. No Kittle. I think that's what it comes down to. I think this looks a lot like we saw, um, in week 18 between these two teams.
19:45
I don't think the Seattle offense is gonna have to do a ton, but this is the weakest defensive unit that's left in the playoffs. So I, I like Seattle. I, I, I think it's probably by somewhere seven to 10.
19:55
At current number, though, this would probably, this would be a stay-away for me. Oh, the other detail of the, the, of the dream was it wasn't me who discovered the discrepancy in the video to rea- to reality.
20:06
It was some, like, you know, like, Good Will Hunting guy that just happened to work there- [laughs]... who was like, "Hey, yeah, you know, that's not right on that video." I wasn't smart enough to figure it out.
20:14
And where, where, where? At the gym. Oh, at the gym. Yeah. At the gym. ARel tweets- That's fantastic... he goes, "So Gil finally snaps on Fezzik in the gym, allegedly." [laughs] "Hashtag the dream."
20:24
Uh, Sunday- Fezzik is in the background just complaining about- [laughs]... Starbucks food still. Sunday, Texans, Patriots. Patriots are favored by three.
20:31
I have the Texans plus three, so I'm on the Niners plus seven and a half. I'm on the Texans plus three in this ballgame against the Patriots.
20:37
Uh, probably no surprise if you've been following all year, I think the Pa- uh, I have the Texans power rank number four. Patriots super easy, uh, super easy schedule all year.
20:47
Aaron Schatz, according to DVOA, the third easiest schedule since 1978. And at least with the Chargers, they did get that side of the ball right, right? They faced the Chargers' defense. They ended up with 16 points.
20:58
Yep. And Drake Maye finally faced some adversity. Well, this is the Chargers on steroids now in the Texans.
21:03
So we, this is a fascinating game, and tip of the cap if Drake Maye can get by this Texans outfit, tip of the cap to him. Cli- uh, uh, I was about to say Cliff Stout for some reason. [laughs] C.J. Stroud.
21:15
Cliff Stout actually used to play for the, uh, for the, uh, Cowboys, I believe. C.J. Stroud cannot be any worse than he was last week. Can he, question mark? God, I don't think so. I, I don't think so.
21:26
But man, this, uh, again, D- Nico Collins being o- away from 'em, it, this offense is gonna be limited. This Patriots defense has been pretty good. I like... You, you said it right, though.
21:35
This is another one we're split. I laid two and a half with the Patriots on open. This is moving.
21:40
I- if you like the Patriots, you should lay three now, 'cause this is, it is heavy, heavily juiced threes or three and a halves mainly out there now. Couple, only a couple three and a halves, but still.
21:50
Uh, that's what I would bring up. I, you're, you're right, though. We're gonna learn a lot about Drake Maye in this game. I mean, this, uh, the, you, you said it perfectly. Chargers' defense is great.
21:59
This Texans defense is better, right? So he, he had his problems in that game. It's not like he was perfect at all against the Chargers, and this is gonna be a tougher task.
22:06
This is a me believing a bit in that, that he's gonna get it done. And hon- it's nothing against the Texans' defense. I think you can count on the Texans' defense being there every week.
22:15
But I, Texans offense, it's not like they were great all season when Nico Collins was in there. I just have m- so little faith in them at this point. And the finale, of course, uh, between the Bears and the Rams.
22:26
And right now, so I mentioned yesterday, high's supposed to be 14 degrees. That's without the wind chill, though, right?
22:33
The wind chill is supposed to make this a, uh, a negative Fahrenheit experience for both of these ball clubs, with snow expected.
22:42
30% of precipitation, 30% chance of precipitation on Sunday, where, uh, well, they've raised the degrees a little bit to s- 18 degree high now. But that, of course, is earlier. That might be earlier in the day.
22:56
So right around game time, yeah, 14 degrees right now, with a wind chill expected negative.
23:02
Flurries, if not more, expected for this one between the Rams and the Bears, where the Rams are three and a half point favorites. 49 is the total. Man, does that weather seem to play into the Bears' hands.
23:14
As remember, the Rams were... The Rams had the ball with a chance to beat the Eagles last year in the divisional round of the playoffs as well. Remember that, in the snow in Philly.
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Now the Rams face an even colder proposition at Chicago at Soldier Field. You make a bet here? I got nothing, man. This is, Rams faced Pro Football Focus' 21st ranked defense last week against the Panthers.
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They go up against their 22nd ranked defense this week in the Bears. Bears have been feasting on the turnovers all year long. We've, you've all heard that. I think there's...
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I, I, I sh- I, I expressed some Bears love earlier in the week, right? I don't think I'm gonna get to the window with it.
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The one that, the one thing keeps rattling around in my brain, Gil, there's a real good chance we look back at this game and say, "Man, was that a light Rams line." Yeah. [clears throat] I think there is that chance.
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Now g- by the way, Chicago plus 22 in the regular season, epically fortunate. Remember, minus turnover differential this past Sunday, and still got by. This past Saturday, I should say.
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I'm sorry," he says. "Shame on Stormy and JBT for their host-on-host hate, doubting your innocence. P.S. Just admit it, Killer. You did it. Do the time." 3JackH3131, "Oh, are we doing this today?
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Top five power ranking for dinner date? Ah, one, Ana de Armas, two, Ana de Armas, three, Ana de Armas, four, Ana de Armas, five, Ana de Armas." [laughs] "Of course, this would take place at Gilly's Sushi Spot."
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Uh, ChadLasso, "Gil has a dream and MLK Day is this Monday. Coincidence? I think not." Gonna be a big weekend for you, my friend. Um, his dream a little more meaningful than mine.
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Jesse Welch, "Quick reminder just in case Kelly managed to get it out of his mind, Omaha Steaks."
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Uh, let's bring in Nick Whalen because I got two things to talk to Nick about above all, before we get to his thoughts on, uh, divisional round week.
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Nick, uh, joins us from RotoWire, where he's a senior writer over there at RotoWire. You can follow him on Twitter @Whalen.
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Just substitute the, uh, number one for the letter L and you will find Nick, courtesy of Progressive Guest Life. How you doing, Nick? I'm doing all right, guys.
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You know, still, still licking our wounds a little bit from, uh, Sunday afternoon. Jacksonville, of course, had a chance to win that game at home against Buffalo.
25:49
So, you know, kinda going through the process of picking myself up off the mat and, and trying to get myself fired up for a divisional round that will not include my beloved Jags.
25:59
Well, that was my, that was where I was gonna go to first. What- Yeah... I mean, it was Plinko, right? Like, they could have easily won the football game just as, uh- Yeah... just as well.
26:07
What, as you look back on it, that what was the thing you'd like to have back in that game? You know, obviously I, I think you'd like Jacksonville to run the ball a little bit more than they did.
26:17
You know, I, I go back and forth on the Trevor Lawrence element. You know, I, I did not think he was good overall in this game.
26:22
I, I thought we saw a very shaky version of Trevor Lawrence early on, where, you know, he threw the one interception in the first half. If you watch that game, it very easily could have been two or three.
26:31
You know, it felt like the Bills were getting their hand on the ball, you know, every other pass for Trevor Lawrence.
26:35
I think they had eight or nine passes defended, uh, in the game, which is a huge number, and he was lucky to come away with only two turnovers.
26:42
But ultimately, you know, you, you had kind of the situation that you wanted, right?
26:45
Over a minute left, you know, your ball, all you really gotta do is, is get it close to midfield with Cam Little, and you feel like you have a chance to get a field goal off and, and maybe tie this game and send it to overtime.
26:55
You had the situation.
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And, [laughs] you know, not only do, do you not pay it off, but Trevor Lawrence just immediately throws a pick on, on the, the first possession, or first play of that final possession, I should say.
27:06
So it's, a- at the same time, you know, I'm, I, I'm excited about the direction of this team, but we also saw, you know, some regression, I thought, in a huge spot for Trevor Lawrence. You know, he wasn't terrible.
27:16
He, he finished with 207 yards, three touchdowns. He did lead consecutive touchdown drives at the beginning of the fourth quarter. This wasn't some sort of top-down disaster.
27:24
But man, you, you just knew you, you needed him to play a clean game in order to beat Josh Allen.
27:28
The way Josh Allen played, which I know the numbers were not overly flashy, he's had a lot better statistical games, I thought he was completely dialed in. Felt like he didn't miss a throw the entire afternoon.
27:37
And when you have the opposing quarterback playing at that level, you just can't afford to turn the ball over twice. You can't afford to be making mistakes over the middle of the field.
27:44
And, uh, you know, for, for this to be a winnable game, even despite that, that's what's gonna stick with Jacksonville. And the, the fact that this AFC is so wide open, right?
27:52
You know, it's easy to say, "Oh, they'll be back. They're moving in the right direction." That's probably true. We say it about teams every single year.
27:58
And when you think you have some progression going for, for a franchise, it doesn't always move that way.
28:03
So it, it's gonna take a while, I, I think, when we look back on, on how the AFC is shaping up, for me to get over, uh, this potential opportunity that I think the Jaguars missed. Yeah.
28:12
One, one moment doesn't define any NFL game, but fourth and two- Oh... at the Buffalo nine, up seven to three. That was sort of the moment to me where, where- 100%... Trevor's shin was down, right?
28:25
And then you, and then we- Yeah... had to endure that ridiculous Hawkeye-induced, you know, [laughs] at the... Uh, not Hawkeye- Tony, Tony Romo was on it from the jump. Yeah. From the jump.
28:34
The mo- the moment that play played out- Yep... he was, uh, assuring everybody that that shin was down, and he was ultimately- And the shin was... correct. Yeah. You're right. You're right, though.
28:41
I mean, and that came after the fumble on the kickoff return, right? Like, those, that's the break that you absolutely, absolutely need to capitalize on. Yes, yes. And, you know, I, I can understand why they went for it.
28:50
Liam Cohen said he would make that decision 100 out of 100 times. I, I understand it. It's easy to say now, "Oh, you should've just taken the points," but man, that would've swung things, right?
28:58
I mean, to put the Bills in a 14 to three hole, to, to press Josh Allen a little bit, um, I, I think you're right to point that out as, as kind of the turning point and probably the biggest missed opportunity for Jacksonville.
29:07
Right. Also, and then they gave them the second at the end of the first half, so you gotta Cam Little field goal try, and he missed it. Ugh. Yep. Plus the offsides and- It always matters... you know?
29:16
It always, always matters, those kicks before half. Yeah, man. Um, what could've been. Well, I don't mean to torture you with it anymore. Let's go through these- All right... one by one real quick.
29:24
Buffalo, sorry to start there, at Denver. What are you doing with this? Yeah, well, it's interesting.
29:31
You know, of course, Buffalo opened as a road favorite, and pretty much immediately, uh, that has flipped now to, to Denver minus one and a half. That's what I'm seeing now at the, at the DK Sportsbook.
29:41
I, you know, I expect Denver to put forth a better defensive effort certainly than we saw from Jacksonville. I, I think that was another takeaway for me.
29:48
We can talk about Lawrence all we want, but this Jaguars defense that had been so good throughout the season, it just felt like, you know, third and four, third and six, third and eight was just automatic.
29:56
You know, wide open receivers in those spots over and over. I would think Denver, you know, will put up a better fight on the defensive side.
30:03
You know, it, Sean Payton comes into this game with, with an extra week to prepare. You know, obviously, you know, Denver, even in week 18, they played some starters, but kinda had a walkover game against the Chargers.
30:11
So I, I expect them to, to, to put forth, you know, a, a, a much better all-around effort than Jacksonville did.
30:18
I do look at this as a potential under spot, though, at, at 45 and a half, because how do you trust the Denver Broncos offense? You know, we, we've seen flashes every now and then.
30:27
You think about that second half against the Giants. You know, [laughs] that was probably their best offensive stretch of the entire season.
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But on balance, we've seen a lot more games where Denver just can't get anything going. You know, they're trying to ride the running game. They're not ripping off explosives whatsoever.
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Um, so I, I look at this as a spot where, where both defenses kinda control the game. You know, weather shouldn't be too much of a factor.
30:47
But I, I would not expect Josh Allen to be able to play at quite that same level that we saw last week against Jacksonville. And worth noting, he was banged up multiple times in that game. Yeah.
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He's gonna play through it. It's Josh Allen. Even him at 70% is still one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. But, uh, the hits are starting to add up for Josh Allen. He's indestructible. But yes, you are correct. Yes.
31:05
Um, what is your biggest lean of the whole weekend? Let me just ask it broadly. Yeah, that's a good question. I mean, I, huh, I, [laughs] to be honest, I, there's not one that I absolutely love right now.
31:20
You know, I'm a little wary of, of San Francisco, Seattle, just because it's the third meeting between those teams.
31:26
You know, tough number at, at seven, and we've seen Seattle mess around in the first half, especially offensively so many times. But y- you do wonder if the injuries are just at a breaking point for the 49ers right now.
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You know, I, I know Fred Warner is, you know, potentially going to be activated for this game. We'll see. I, I wouldn't count on that necessarily being the case.
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And y- you don't wanna, you know, extract too much from one game. But I think you look at the final score in week 18, and you think, "Oh, Seattle, you know, they didn't really play very well offensively."
31:54
I thought the Seahawks left at least 13 points, and you could argue as many as maybe 17 or 20 points on the board in that game. You know, some, some killer mistakes, some special teams mistakes.
32:02
They went out on downs after a long drive where they were moving it effortlessly in the first half. I mean, y- you have to give credit to the 49ers and Robert Saleh for the way they played defensively against Philly.
32:13
But how much of that is on the Eagles for just being the Eagles, right?
32:15
They answered definitively that this offense is not back, that beating the Raiders, and beating the Commanders, and putting 13 points on the Bills down the stretch, uh, was not the turnaround that we thought it might be for this offense.
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So a- as much as I would like to see San Francisco show up and compete in this game, I think there is a chance that, you know, by halftime we look back and say, "Man, they're, they're just too battered to, to go on the road and win again."
32:37
I mentioned that there were two things I wanted to talk to you about. One was the Jaguars- Yeah... of course, 'cause you're a noted Jaguars fan. The other is I know you're a Bucs guy.
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Uh, last night, uh, the Bucs are- Mm. The Bucs are losing by 30 at the half last night to the, uh, to the T-Wolves, and they're booing- Yeah... the Bucs off the court.
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And then, uh, the third qu- [laughs] the third quarter begins. I think Giannis has an and one, and he thumbs downs the, uh, I think that's a verb, thumbs downs the, uh, the Bucs crowd.
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This after professing, Kelly was saying off-air, after professing his love for the Milwaukee crowd- Yeah, he was get-... the fans... they were getting, he was getting some boos early in the game, or the team was.
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What, what should they do with Giannis at this point? Is it over? Yeah. Well, it, it's worth mentioning, one, that the Bucs were favored- Yes... at home last night.
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The Timberwolves did not have Anthony Edwards, and Rudy Gobert was suspended, and they still dominated that game from start to finish. Look, I am a Bucs fan. Obviously, Giannis means the world to this franchise.
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It's been an incredible run, you know, since he became the player that he is now. I, I have long been of the belief that they should just bite the bullet and, and trade Giannis.
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I think it's best for both sides at this point.
33:41
You know, it's clearly to me what Giannis wants, and he is kinda following the Kevin Garnett in Minnesota, Damian Lillard in Portland script of, you know, "I'm, I'm kinda scared to be the bad guy. I clearly want out."
33:53
There are, there are reports behind the scenes, uh, indicating that that's the case. But then every time he's asked about it, he walks it back and says, "No. What, what are you talking about? Me?
34:01
No, I would never wanna leave the Milwaukee Bucks." I, the, the Bucs have done everything they possibly can over the last few years to surround Giannis with a title contender.
34:10
This is not one of those situations where if and when he does move on, you look back and say, "Man, what could've been?" Because they've tried everything. They tried everything. I love the Damian Lillard trade.
34:18
Everybody loved it at the time. It just didn't work out. Giannis got hurt. Middleton got hurt. Lillard himself, of course, got hurt. And, and you got the ring. You know, you got the ring in, in 2021.
34:28
Ultimately, that's what matters. I think that's what kinda gives him the agency to be able to move on without this being some sort of massive rift that Giannis and his camp seem to believe it will be.
34:37
So it, it, it's kind of a standoff between both sides because the Bucs clearly don't wanna lose him. Giannis clearly doesn't wanna be the bad guy.
34:44
It might ultimately have to be on the Bucs at some point to, to look themselves in the mirror and say, "Where are we going right now with this, this Giannis and nobody else around him core?"
34:53
T-Wolves win that game by 33, by the way. 139 to 106. Yeah. It's sad. Nick, always a pleasure, man. Sorry about the Jags, but thank you for coming on. Appreciate it. [laughs] Appreciate the condolences, guys. Thank you.
35:05
Nick, Nick Wale, everybody, courtesy of Progressive Guest Line. Some Sodi Open chatter from Kelly next as the golf season begins on The Numbers Game.
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Numbers Game, Circa Resort Casino, downtown Las Vegas, majestic downtown Las Vegas. Gil Alexander. Television's Kelly Bidlin alongside, by the way. We got tweets, beating the book.
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This is, uh, this is from this Brosek1870, "Gotta get to the bottom of the Gil murders." Oh, now it's plural. "I think Superjerk might have framed him." It's very possible it was Superjerk. Oof.
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David Montgomery, "Sometimes I play football." That's his Twitter handle. "Catching up with today's episode of Sports Law TV. So far the most interesting part was Kelly's pronunciation of Latin legal terms."
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[laughs] "We'll keep you posted." Thank you. Appreciate it. And Chad Lasso, this is interesting. He says, "Does the Bills' lack of wide receivers neutralize Pat Surtain in a way?
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Not like they're gonna be trying to hit their outside receivers often with what they have right now anyways, and Shakir is mostly slot." Chad, it's a very interesting point- Yeah...
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uh, because, and I, and I always go to Dr. Bob for this kind of handicapping point. Um, growing up on the handicapping knee, if you will, of Dr.
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Bob, I, I saw him for so many years do great stuff with college football and college basketball primarily Being able to quantify
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weaknesses and strengths of teams, uh, often with injuries involved as well, what, what each player is worth.
36:38
But really what you are referring to, he did very well, which is we often talk about strengths and weaknesses of teams.
36:45
But if that strength i- if that strength is going up against a notable weakness, it minimizes that strength, right?
36:54
It sort of, it, it completely just takes that off the board as a, as a point because they're not gonna try to go up against that player anyway. I- it's like the, you know, if, y- you got a great rush defense.
37:08
Cool, we don't run the ball. We just throw the ball all the time. That's right. That's right. So there is, there is some wisdom in what you're saying. There's a kernel of wisdom in there- Mm-hmm... Chad.
37:16
Uh, you're 100% right about that. Um, which brings us, ladies and gentlemen, I believe this is our first in 2026, like, earn, r- really in earnest. Yeah, first in 2026, man. Country club it. Let's do it.
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[air horn blaring] [upbeat music] Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh, wow, look at the crew going, going off. Yeah. Oh, man, they got, oh, oh. I was just criticizing them during the break. Wow. Now there's glow sticks going.
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They got glow sticks back there. Multi-colored glow sticks. We need a crew cam, man. We need a crew cam. It's like a, it's like a rave back there. Are raves still things? Raves? Oh, that's what it is.
37:51
Stardell and Larry just rolled in straight from work from that. Yeah. That's what it was. At the club. Hey, before we get into the, uh, the bets here that we're thinking of, Sony Open and beyond, did you see this story?
38:01
'Cause, uh, Shrek McFee reminds me of this from yesterday. So by the way, I was, uh, I was two and three in the tennis picks.
38:07
So after the 4-0, I was two and three in the tennis picks yesterday, but one of them was a big dog at plus 187, so it was really, like, a virtual loss. I think we lost, like, three pennies last night- Mm...
38:16
going two and three. Um, but one of the things that happened, so I don't bet qualies. I don't bet qualifiers in any tournament. Australian Open qualies are going on right now.
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Our Australian Pod- Australian Open podcast with Drew and Zach is tomorrow. Um, so I don't really immerse myself in the qualies 'cause I'm not betting them.
38:32
But there was a qualifier yesterday between Sebastian Ofner and, uh, the American, uh, Basavaradi. And they get to the tiebreaker, the dif- the deciding set tiebreaker, and Ofner is up 6-1. He gets the seventh point.
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He raises his hands in victory as he's walking up, and the umpire goes, "It's not over, mate. We're going to 10." Now, Kelly, no one is more immersed in the sport of tennis than I am. Oh my gosh.
39:02
I had no idea- But this is, this-... that Australian Open are qualifiers makes you go to 10 as well.
39:10
Yeah, are we still, we're still doing this where every, every Grand Slam or every tournament has their own tiebreaker rules? Kind of sort of, yeah.
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Where it's, it's been, it's, it's almost homogenized now, but like- Okay... so, so the, the deciding one, yes, the deciding fifth in the, at the Australian Open, will go to 10 for the winner. All right.
39:27
I didn't know they did it in the qua- in the qualifiers as well. So Australian Open- Is it-... is the one that goes to 10? Are they the only one that goes to- Yeah... well, now I'm getting them confused.
39:35
Now I don't remember. Oh, okay. Okay, sorry. But they definitely go to... Anyway, so- I don't know why 10 sounds like an odd number So, so, so you have to, so he tells Ofner, he's like, "You gotta go back, mate."
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Yeah, yeah. "We're still playing." And you know what happens, right? No. Yes, you do. What, he cries like a baby about it? No, no, no. He goes back.
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He's like, "Well, I only need, I'm up-" Oh, no, he gets hurt or something? Uh, no. He goes, "I only need three more points, right? I'm, I'm up seven to one." Other dude walks off. So no.
39:56
Nishesh Basavaradi, American player, um- AKA other dude... comes back. What'd you say? AKA what? AKA other dude. [laughs] Other dude comes back, and by the way- Oh, brutal, man...
40:06
they, they each have match points, back and forth match points. And anyway, Ba- Basavaradi, Basavaradi ends up winning at the tiebreaker, I think 13-11, and then in very non-tennis etiquette-like fashion- There we go.
40:18
There's the part we was going for... gives, gives the Reggie Miller choke sign- Oh, no... in a qualie. There you go. There's some drama. I was waiting for that.
40:24
I, I w- I was starting to laugh at myself where you were setting me up. You know it happens. I didn't even get to the, uh, the, the normal sport, "Oh, that team, that player came back." What was my first thing?
40:35
"Oh, someone quit." Yes. "Someone complained about it." [laughs] You're dancing around every possible option. I'm like, "No, it's obvious what happened." Anyway- [laughs]... that, that happened there.
40:43
No, but you s- Do you wanna s- wanna start with a couple tennis ones? Is that what we wanna do before we do your, uh, Sony? Uh, we can. Whatever the, whatever- Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Let's, let's do that...
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whatever order you wanna go. Let's do that, then we'll go to Sony. All right, odds to win two plus Grand Slams. 'Cause you have bet a couple of these, right? I, well, I bet exacts. You bet exacts. Okay, yes. Yeah.
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This, so I bet Iga exactly to win two. I bet Sinner exactly to win three at plus 350, plus 450 respectively. This is odds to win two plus Grand Slams period, so you can win two, three, or four and cash this one.
41:11
On the women's side this year, Aryna Sabalenka is your short shot. By the way, here are my two bets real quick. There you go. Jannik to win three at plus 450. Iga to win two on the ladies' side at plus 350.
41:22
Back to the two plus prop though, um, 'cause I wanna leave time for your Sony Open, though. Aryna Sabalenka on the ladies' side is the short shot, plus 110 to win two plus. Then it's Iga at plus 260.
41:33
Coco is the only other person in dig- in, uh, single digits at seven to one. Again, Sabalenka favored as she's the short shot to win the Australian Open. She's largely considered the best hard court player.
41:43
Remember, there are two Slams. Mm-hmm. Two of the four Slams are on hards, Australian and US Open. Iga, always the French Open favorite.
41:51
It's sort of w- her price built in is the fact that she will always be the big favorite to win that tournament on clay, and so therefore she would only have to win one other. That's the thinking behind those prices.
42:01
I think those are accurately priced. I would, uh, for me, I'd only bet Iga, knowing the French Open part of things, but you know me, that's, that's with me and Iga.
42:09
But she does have the French Open clay court dominance, right, where she's won four s- four French Opens already. These are fun. I don't, you know, I don't know how you feel about these markets. Don't worry.
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We'll do Sony Open a little bit later 'cause I do have some tennis and golf props- Oh, okay... that we can just go through here. Okay.
42:22
Um, the, I do think these are interesting, and I don't know how you view it, but, like, with some of the golf ones we're gonna get to, I'm like, "Eh, these are fascinating," but, like, I'd rather just take this tournament to tournament for the most part.
42:33
Do think this is interesting for someone like me, uh, where I might just bet Iga +260, two plus, uh, two plus Slams, and kind of sit on that for most the season. Yeah. She's always live.
42:42
I mean, she won Wimbledon last year. She's always live to win a hard. She's won a US Open before, so I, I just think, unless you think Aryna Sabalenka has l- has so far ahead of the field- Right...
42:51
that the +110's better, but I wouldn't bet that. Let, let me ask you one real quick. Uh, odds, they had odds up to win one plus, right? I, I, I didn't build them up 'cause Sabalenka, S- Swiatek were not even listed.
43:01
Coco -110. Coin flip on Coco to win a major this year, how do you- That sounds about right. Sounds about right? Where is, where is Amanda Anisimova, who is 25 to 1 to win two plus?
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But if it, I would, I would consider an Anisimova win one bet. Yeah. Give me a sec.
43:18
Amanda Anisimova, who made the last two Slam finals of 2025, got bagel-bageld by Iga at Wimbledon, and then put up a great fight in the US Open against Sabalenka. Plus 225. Eh, not as, not as sexy as I want.
43:34
The price, that is. Yeah. [laughs] Yeah. Yeah. Not as sexy as I'd like. Uh, other ones, other notable names on that one. Mira Andreata +160. This is after Coco -110. Rybakina +175. Uh, Anisimova +225.
43:47
Madison Keys 4 to 1. Zheng +450. Osaka 5 to 1. Jasmine Paolini- Ugh... 7 to 1. These are horrible prices. Yeah. 'Cause no- Yeah... nobody from outside of that group's gonna win one. Horrible prices.
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We're gonna get to a funny golf market. I made a mistake on the- All right. Next one, yeah? What's next? Yeah, well, the men's side. Men's side. We got the men's side, same thing, two plus Grand Slams. How do you feel?
44:08
This is even, I mean, this is, this is properly pr- Jannik Sinner at -185 is value. Hate to say it. Really? Yes. To win two? Absolutely. Yeah, I was, I only had that reaction 'cause I kind of thought that- Yep...
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when I was building this up.
44:22
He's just that good, man, and Carlos, again, the, uh, not a big deal to a lot of people, for tennis hardos it is, he breaks up with Juan Carlos Ferrero, his coach of many years, who reared him in this sport.
44:33
Carlos -145, I, I don't know with Carlitos, right? I mean, you'd expect his talent to rule, but you never know. Mm-hmm. And then Novak Djokovic is 22 to 1 to win two plus. He's not gonna win two plus.
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He's just trying to win one to get that 25th. Okay, same game. Odds to win one. Tell me what your favorite- What's Novak to win one? Your favorite bet is here. Okay. Djokovic +225. Zverev three to one. Fritz +550.
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Shelton seven to one. Fonseca +750. Daniil +750. Musetti 10 to 1. And Arthur Fils 10 to 1. I'll go, I'll go Medvedev. I'll do throwback at +750. Yeah, Daniil. I'll go old, I'll go old school.
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Medvedev could bring it once more. US Open? Yeah, US Open. That'd be my guy. Medvedev, man. You wanna do a golf here, or you wanna wait for a golf? Uh, yeah, let's go, well, yeah. Yeah. Let's go through the golf props.
45:24
Um, let's see. So we had, you'll see these listed at multiple books. I think, first of all, like, just the pro tip of, like, be real careful. Remember our old pro tips? Yeah. Be real careful.
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Whether you're, whether you're looking at these tennis ones, we'll get to the golf ones later on down the time. Pro tips. Pro tips. Whether we're looking at the tennis Grand Slams or golf majors. Mm-hmm.
45:42
Very different how many books have them worded as exactly one, two, three majors, Grand Slams- Yes... or two plus, three plus, that sort of thing.
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So whether you're looking at a Scheffler, one of the top tennis guys, uh, or ladies, just be very careful with that. Scheffler is, uh, is -150. It was a shorter price in town before in certain shops.
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