In hour one of A Numbers Game hosts Gill Alexander and Kelley Bydlon preview today's NFL games that are highlighted by the 49ers taking on the Seahawks. Also on the show is Bill Krackomberger, Professional Sports Bettor, as they discuss anything and everything in the world of betting.
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Good Thursday Morning too, you not just any Thursday morning. Happy Thanksgiving to you from a numbers game here at Vsondsports, Betting Network, Visa dot Com, the Visa app game plus iHeart Radio, YouTube CV and of course a DK network. It's Gil Alexander, it is Kelly Midland. Ladies and gentlemen. We are in a beautiful studio. How you doing, Kelly, Happy Thanksgiving?
Man? Happy Thanksgiving? Yeah? What's with the what's with.
The slow jams voice? You have to adjust and get back and getting back into a studio. It's just how it comes through. I think I'm talking in the same way. Maybe Reggie got me.
To that we were in the love zone earlier. I don't know.
This is different, right, does it sound different?
Yeah?
Yeah, we have to adjust, all right. We've been dealing with the outside elements.
Yes, this is a beautiful studio, man, I didn't know we had this really fantastically Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Thanks for tuning in on this Thursday morning. However, you're been to get with family and friends. If you're traveling, be safe out there. We got anohing of football on the show today, and Bill Krackenberger unscripted with the crack Man, who has decided to spend an hour of his Thanksgiving with us as well.
Got a love betters.
What happens? What happens to you? When Bill shows up? I go back there? Oh yeah, we banish you, Yeah, we banish me. Okay, yes, okay, So let's talk about these games they First of all, let me just say this. I put in my contest picks me too, You did already as well?
Yeah, I thought I was me too, because I don't know how long it took me going over Sunday's card to say I'm not finding five picks.
That is here on That is exactly what I ended up with. Yep, exactly. I was like, I want as little part of Sunday as possible. It's kind of been saying that all week. What did you end up with today? What did I end up with? Everybody? Everybody on Earth ended up with Detroit. I assume you're on Earth.
Oh yeah, yeah, I grabbed that seven on the opener, so laid that and then I've got a teaser with the Lions and the Niners.
Uh, that's me too, a little on Thanksgiving to the same good one. I also have Lions first half. Okay, yeah, Drew gave talked about that the other day with us.
That's right.
I like that Lions.
Texans teaser as well, and that would be everything that's linked in to today.
So far.
I went Lions. I went Lions first half as well. I did not remember that you talked about the Lions first half. We'll get into some numbers about that here. Momentarily. I also took the Commanders plus the points, the Commodores plus the points, give them to me because it got so high, man, it got to thirteen.
It's thirteen, as like, what are we doing? It's thirteen?
To that I could easily lose it, like Cowboys could easily win by twenty seven, and I'll be like, well, there you go. It should have been thirteen. But this just seems high for a commodore's defense that yes, does stink, but an offense that will.
We'll keep up with you as.
Long as this is the big if, as long as they don't turn the ball over. So I took the thirteen and I did lay the seven with the forty nine ers. But a little later, I think next segment we'll get to this game. This is the one where I want to you know, I'm gonna make a compelling case for the Lions, and we're gonna make a compelling case for the for the Cowboys, because I think most people are on the Cowboy side, but I'm going to make the case for the opposite play of what I made. I love the Niners here today, but doctor Bob made a super duper case for the Seahawks.
And I'll get into all that.
First of all, the first game today about about the Packers and the Lions.
In case you haven't missed it.
In case you've missed it, running backs Aaron Jones, not to mention Emmanuel Wilson, they've already been ruled out. AJ Dillon is a go. He's gonna fight through a groin injury. But they also don't have D'antavian Wicks, one of their top wide receivers. He appears unlikely to be cleared for concussion. I believe that's the case as well.
Now.
Tight End Luke Musgrave placed on IR He was hospitalized with the old lacerated kidney Kelly, which is always a fun injury. And then on defense Deveandre Campbell Alexander their game time decisions. And if you're into trends, which we typically aren't on this show, but you know, for Thanksgiving, let's go with the trend here since nineteen ninety. Since nineteen ninety, favorites of seven or more points on Thanksgiving are twenty seven and four straight up, twenty six that one more time, twenty seven and four straight up. These are obviously big spreads, though, twenty three and eight against the spread.
Wow, Okay, then know that makes me feel even better though, yeah, yeah, Sean Kernan does a great job of this.
I'm gonna go to the phone here. Sean Kerner does a great job of this. Over at Action Network. He when he went previewing games, and he gave some some stats though as to why perhaps the Lions as a as a first half bed might be the way to go if you're into these kinds of splits. I'm gonna go to the phone here. Chronicle style. Packers score five point nine points per game in the first half, that's second to worst in the NFL, fourteen point three in the second half. Packers' opponent score eleven point eight points in the first half, eight point four in the second. The Lions score fifteen point three points per game in the first half, that's sixth in the league, eleven point nine in the second, and the Lion's opponent score ten point two points per game in the first half, twelve point one in the second. So you get it, Like, if you followed just that points per game, that might lead you to a Lions first half that Lions are like minus four and a half ish.
Yeah, in the first half.
Yeah, I saw four the other day when I was looking just the just the pure ATS numbers. If you're looking at that first half, best team in the league Baltimore nine and two, and then it's Cowboys and Jags eight and two first half ats, and then it's Lion, Lions, Texans, Chiefs all seven and three.
Like I said, and this is one of these things. We also have the bets giving contests going up. If somebody could tell me how to check the standings, I really appreciate that. Also, by the way, I'm saying, no idea, I don't know that there are I have no idea how to check that. But this is one of those where it's it's funny to me because if you're talking about and by the way, everybody can follow bets giving on the dk app just going there.
We'll talk about that a little more. I've had to the social section.
Zach Cohen, we're told is the first first day leader, Well hard what Andy Cappers had a big day yesterday, Gil we had a big day, Zach Cohen on the leaflet. We just want to point that out. So here's the thing about this. This is a week where I've said all week long, from guessing lines onward, it's the hardest week in the entire NFL. So we ended up with bets giving on the week where I have the least conviction whatsoever right on any of these games. And there's barely any tennis right, which is my sort of wheelhouse as well. There's only one twenty fives in tennis as opposed to slams thousands or five hundreds. So you have to really, at least for me, I'm just giving you my whole purview on whole thing. You have to figure out what you like the most of slim pickens. Because I'm not a college football guy, as others are, right, that's more their strength. So for me, it's for you. Yeah, yeah, the big it's for me for sure, I completely admit it. So I have to think, like which NFL game am I ready to go the most hard on it? Yes, probably not much more than the Lions, Like that's kind of top of list. Completely agree because the Packers are decimated, so at some point it's just a body count. Yeah, yeah, I completely agree.
The only the only problem is with you know, if we're talking the bets giving game, love it, and there was by the time we started up only seven and a halfs at best, it's eight, and now it's.
Eight or more.
So I didn't play it straight on the bets giving side of things, so I just tied him, tied him into teasers. I think I did play the first half there, and then I got a little frisky with a couple of same game parlays, you know, go.
Big or go home, gil of the same game parlays. That's interesting. I got like nine leg ones. I don't have him in front of me.
I'll have to get him before.
I'll have to get him in some nine legs.
Washington.
Dallas of course is after that. Dallas favored by thirteen as we talked about, DAK has averaged three at thirteen and a half now in some spots, My god, that's the consensus. Fourteen one would imagine would be the point of resistance on this, but who knows, and a lot of this comes down. Look, DAK has averaged since that loss to San Francisco Week five. DAK has averaged three hundred eight passing yards per game. That's over last five games, throwing sixteen touchdowns. The Cowboys top ten offense now in yards per play on the season, whereas the Commodes. Their pass defense is dead last in DVOA. Aaron Shotz's proprietary stat over there at FTN with an overall schedule rank by the way, it should be pointed out as the sixth easiest, so their level of subcitude is even enhanced by the fact that they've played the sixth worst group of defenses. Tommy DeVito, for God's sakes, completed sixty nine percent of his passes for eleven point two yards per completion last week against the Taco Holders and had total opponents have a one hundred point eight passer rating twenty four touchdown passes against them, both league worst marks, and the Cowboys for those you know, the season they were plagued by some offensive woes, no longer fifty percent of their possessions. Over the last five weeks they've scored on They've converted sixteen of twenty five that's sixty two point five percent of red zone chances into touchdowns since Week five. According to Sharp Football Commander's Final said once commanders are allowing six point six sacks plus turnovers per game Pro Football Focus they have a stat Big Time throw to turnover worthy play ratio Sam Howels is one point twenty five to one, which means you will get tons of good and tons of tarrible. And then the Cowboys pressure rate is forty seven point one percent Sam Mountain. Now, every quarterback dips when pressured. Sam Howells passer rating goes from one hundred point five in a clean pocket to sixty point four drops forty points when he's under pressure. He's been sacked fifty times this season, nine picks when dress and he's only faced one other team this year that's been top ten in pressure rate. So this is like the step up in level of competition. And so then you're asking me, well, you're sure you're taking the you're sure you're taking Washington. It's thirteen and now thirteen and a half. Yeah, at some point I.
Do, yeah, yeah, I have no play on this game. If I had to play it, though, it would be the Washington side. I just I don't view them as the same team. You and I have been talking about it all year. What has this Cowboys team done well? They beat up on the bad teams right and struggle against the good teams. I don't view Washington as some of the other bad teams that they've completely dismantled. And then there's always when you do have the offense that Sam Houseman able to put up, when you do have the receivers that Washington does, doesn't this have the back door cover written all over it? Like Cowboys get up big and say little. It slings it all over the field to whoever in the second half, and then all you got to do is get inside thirteen thirteen and a half points and you can get the cover there. So this one scares me way too much. I could definitely not be playing the Dallas side in this game. I think if you already need to be looking probably first half is where I'd be looking at it. Here, although otherwise, Washington, it's a lot of points. I mean, if I guess there's a chance I see a fourteen before kickoff, I think I'll be in If I see a fourteen, it is thirteen and a half basically everywhere.
That's your question. We have our own bets, we have the circum millions contest. We now have bets giving thrown into it. What in your brain are you more emphasizing right now?
Oh?
I mean ninety percent my own bets and then and then scrambling to remember what I'm forgetting with all the other stuff.
Millions one for me and somehow like bets giving is like creeping over my actual bets, which is ridiculous. We'll come back Seattle, San Francisco. Next numbers game visa the Sports Betting Network.
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I got a couple of things written down. Yeah, I got a couple of things you shopping before. I mean mainly myself, but you know, I might get started on a couple of holiday gifts.
It's gotta loved ones the Christmas. I loved ones. Yeah, I love myself more so. Yeah, I gotta get to get a new pair of air pods.
That's written down. I got a couple things. Oh so it's for your so I see first of all. Yeahsc Happy Thanksgiving to you. Happy Thanksgiving everyone who's out there listening, allowing us to be part of your Thanksgiving morning with a triple header of NFL football. Also thanks to the crew that has stayed over here at Circa. They led us into Circa Kelly and Me today and so we want to thank everybody who's sticking around. They usually I guess they stick a rupfera Lombardy too, But I just want to thank you for being here today. Sergio, Nick Darnell is new. I haven't met Darnell and Mikyle who is a I don't know if you know this. I'm gonna watch this, but he's born to Indian parents. I've raised in Britain or we're born in Texas, something like that. Anyway, he's an F one officionado. We used to have him on the show and he used to do an F one bit for us, and then I would get bored after three minutes and Pearls would kick him out of the chair. That was our bit. But Michael is no longer going to be with us after some time, I believe, so we want to wish him well if I don't get a chance to see him. And Reggie, of course, who's slow jamming. If I missed anybody back there, I apologize. Yeah, we got justin back there. We got Whyatt working somewhere remotely in California. Yeah, Tom Tom Check sitting in a hotel room listening to this right now, editing some things get tweets at beating the book, and I always appreciate the feedback from everybody. This is I just want a lot of love here for for the podcast yesterday, and I just want to get into some of these because the megapod was killing it with Ye that wasn't Chris Filika, Yes, oh it was. It was complete utter mayhem. I lost all control, honestly, like it I said. I said in the middle of that podcast, I said, if you just landed on this for the first time, you will never come back and listen to what is this? This is from? This is from just to follow Visen. He said, if you'd have told me Chris Filik is the mirror of Todd before listening to this, I'd have said no, I simply don't believe it. Now I see their two piece in a pod cast. See what he did there, Joe Dirt, appreciate you recording the Megapod. I remember a time when there was a bye week for the group. Still hoping to get my dose of the Greek Gambler this year. Ace, Happy Thanksgiving to you and good luck on your bets. We'll try to get Ace on there and thank you. Happy Thanksgiving to you. Trust the Glove thanks for a fun show. This is from Teasers and Parlays. Happy Thanksgiving to Gill and Kelly and the Numbers Game crew. This is my third full year listening to the the show and am thankful of the knowledge I've learned. You all are the best. Have a great date. Thank you so much, Teasers and Parlays. Bronson C. Woke up this morning and turned on the Megapod while I prep for Thanksgiving Pure entertainment. Thanks for the laps and insight. Todd and Chris together are hilarious. Larry Fresh, the Megapod this week was insane, from dueling fight songs to Collagen game overs and Will Hill getting screwed over. I'll say on his teaser pit, great last, but as you said, it's your first If your first time listening, you're gonna wonder what you're listening to, and on and on with that, we'll get to more. I just appreciate everybody taking the time to write such kind notes and Happy Thanksgiving again, and thanks for allowing the Megapod to be part of that as well.
I got one for you from Jason h Levin. Thank you for you guys and the crew having a show this morning. Question what's the ideal time of day for Thanksgiving dinner? My family dinner is at six, as.
At six basically when I was I grew up on the East Coast, as you know, and the Cowboys portion of Thanksgiving, So it used to be remember the word three games back in day, they were only two. It was the Lions game and it was the Cowboys game. Wherever you were invited was always at this awkward time that you'd have to leave and not be able to watch like a big like a halfway game yea of the Cowboys game because you were like en route. Because people every year it seemed to get earlier and earlier with dinner, so some people have it like at four, which I guess is like the standard thing. I was never a fan of that, all right, So I was having a discussion yesterday.
I was saying, this is the one year or one day out of the year where we all become like the elderly population and eat at like three o'clock for.
No real reason. I don't really get.
Just so we can eat like pie again later, so you could eat massive amounts of food.
Yeah, Like it's just it's kind of random. I don't really get it.
Like you wake up in the morning, you start cooking for dinner right away, and then you eat it like three o'clock.
But I still like it.
It's weird and random, but I like it because I'm going to one tonight that.
Doesn't start till seven o'clock.
Oh wow, I'm like, I'm like that feels late for things.
That's late.
I'm gonna say a five pm.
I deal time. I'm with you.
I'm with you five pm or were you know? In between games? Really as best you can do, that's right.
Skeest you can do.
Schedule those of you making all the food and all the turkeys, please schedule it around football for us.
If you don't think I was yelling at it, like at my mother from age like six through.
I mean now, I'm like, ma, like avoid the Cowboys game.
Somehow.
We had a family friend who always said to me, I was used to like pull me aside, me like, can you tell your mom to not schedule like these around major sporting I know, trust me. I can't get to her either.
Uh.
Seattle and San Francisco is the third game I made. It tried to make a compelling case for Detroit and Dallas. Obviously, I'm I'm opposite that I'm on the Commanders, but all of the evidence suggests that it's uh that there could be blowouts in both of those games.
I get it.
I want to make a case, and I'm on the Niners here in game three, so I'm Lions. Then I'm going to the dog on the Commanders, and then I'm going to the to the to the Niners. But I wanted to make a case for one of the dogs here, which is the Seattle Seahawks. And I lean on our buddy doctor Bob, who I don't usually like go through his analysis before games start, but this is one of these where I think, for those who think the Niners will roll, here, here's a different perspective on this, courtesy of doctor Bob. So his point is, and you tell me how much of this lands with you. Gino Gino, who does have the elbow injury, but looked quite fine with that elbow injury on the final drive of that game last week against the Rams, even though it didn't work out for the Seahawks. Gino's averaging twenty twenty four percent more yards per attempt versus a standard pass rush than the Blitz this season and with the Niners. That's a favorable matchup because eighty percent of the time they are in a standard pass rush. That's the third highest rate in the National Football League. Now the Seahawks, they're going to have both of their starting tackles back for the first time. Charles Cross, by the way, didn't allow a single pressure last week, but Abraham Lucas is going to be on the other side with him. Together, they allow us six percent pressure rate. That's it since it started last season, and their backup tackles, by the way, that you know, almost doubled to eleven point seven percent, So they're intact. They're two starting tackles. Then you don't have from the Niners. All Pro safety Talanoa Hufanga is out today he tore his ACL. You've got Jayra Brown in there for him. They're starting left guard Aaron Banks and right guard Spencer Buford. They've got injuries that they're battling through. Burford isn't he isn't good at all, by the way, he's forty fifth and pass blocking efficiency had forty seven qualifying guards. And then they've got to contend on the other side of the field with Leonard Williams and Jaron Reid, the Seahawks defensive linemen who have combined for fifty seven pressures. So there's more right because right tackles. San Francisco's right tackle, Colton mckivott's tenth worst in black and in a pass blocking efficiency, Boye mafe on the other side of him, he's got seven sacks, that's top fifteen in the league. To wreak, Woollen is only conceding zero point eight four yards per cover. Not the or the analytics book at you this morning, He'll contain, you know, he Bob believes he'll contain Brandon Aiyukh, who's leading all wide outs with the zero point eight two EPA per target. So you know, by the way, and Bob always has these these trends that he doesn't give away what what the parameters are necessarily, but he says there's a there's a situation here where the Niners apply to a twenty one seventy two and one ats Mark. I'm opo him on this, but I just wanted to make the consers the Seawks. I'm on the Niners. No, I know what was that the trend was for the Seahawks. No, No, in other words, the Niners as a road team of you know, this sizeable amount of favorite coming off a big win, that kind of thing. They're twenty one seventy two and one. So that's another check mark for him in the Seattle box on opposite him here, because you know, look, Seattle's not very good at tackling. They have a soft middle of their defense. The Niners of the Niners. I'm just in the tank for the nine. I think brock Purty is better, as we've discussed this week, than most people, you know, allow in their heads for him to be. And I think the Niners get this done. But I just wanted to give a case for the other side.
Yeah, I mean, you know, on the quarterbacks, like that is you know, you and I've talked about it all summer of two and brock Party, it was we felt like there's always this I don't can't really trust, who can't really trust, but be like, just because the guy keeps winning and he wasn't a high draft big with brock Party, and then you know two is the concussions and it's not an injury that you expect to keep occurring. So I never really understood the hate for both of those guys that they've gotten in. It was great seeing brock Purty bounce back last week. I'm with you on the Niners here, but this is a huge number for Seattle playing at home. There is no doubt about that. For how many times I've bet on Seattle and played Seattle in the contest here over the past six weeks, this it's pretty big for me to flip to the other side and play the Niners here. And I think those were all great notes from doctor Bob. I think what the one, the one that really stands out to me is how important it is getting these offensive line back because that is there. We saw it in Baltimore when they went in there, when Seattle went in there and just got absolutely hammered by the Ravens. We saw that that offensive line just struggle mightily in the trenches from keeping guys out of Gino's face. And that's when Gino's healthy. Now you're talking talking about an injured Gino back there. They got to be able to protect better upfront, but they're going against one of the best. You know, you're talking about it. They don't blitz that much. That's because that front four gets home so often we're San Francisco and they just added to it recently.
But it's young, right, so this is I.
Really like what San Francisco could be able to do here Seattle, though this is a feisty on Doug.
You look great on camera, Kelly, you look soft. The lighting is wonderful. We'll come back. Lowest and highest scoring teams today, next.
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Hey, I was impressed. I wanted to make sure you knew to come here.
That was my main goal. You were all over that. I thought you were going to relay that to Bill.
That was my job. I had one job.
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Man.
I botch that we get tweets at beating the book. I didn't intend this these for this to be all about the megapod here, but I do appreciate it. Again, it's the beating the book megapod. Only the Matt Brown family of podcasts gets promoted here, so I have to do my own promotion with a beating the Book pod. Charles in Connecticut. What I enjoyed most was how Chris encouraged Todd to beat Todd and your frustration as you tried to keep it professional and on track. It was all just so entertaining knowing all of you a little from years of listening. Perfect start to Thanksgiving weekend. I'm glad you appreciate that. Rick Mokry awesome megapod this week, tons of in game hoop, humor and a fight song battle. Couldn't stop laughing. Thanks for all the info and picks. Thank you Mariner's Geek Lol. Congrats on completely losing control of the pod. No drinking during the show. Ray Pierce, just I know you get a lot of tweets in coming, and I appreciate the fact that you answered nearly all of mine. Happy Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving to you, Ray, Happy Thanksgiving to you. Appreciate that.
Jason H.
Eleven, as you were mentioned the Beating the Book pod, the podcast that not only covers but is covered by everyone on the spectrum. This one was an all timer. We'll get more of your tweets coming up on the show. Let's talk about some of the things I teased here before the break, which is you have your That was me hitting the mic not used to this studio. I guess I can't use my right hand, so I like that you did it because I'm usually the handguy and a hand gesture guy.
If they got it, didn't chop it. And like a mic flute, you read.
Okay, so we have a trio of games. You can bet things that involve all three, which is a super awesome sort of creative thing that books do. DraftKings has these available. So before we get to teasers, this is really the the interesting thing that you can bet on highest scoring team and lowest scoring teams of the day. And I think that I don't know if you have thoughts on this, but when we get to the let's are kind of interesting. They are kind of interesting. I'm glad you you you brought these up. This is the highest scoring team and this will this will completely be derivative or of what their team totals are obviously per game. So the Cowboys are plus one twenty five. They've got the highest team total of the day. The Lions are plus two fifty nine, Ers plus three eighty. Those are the three favorites. Those are how their team totals fall. Of the Dogs and the Commodores are twelve to one, Packers thirteen to one, Seahawks fourteen to one. Is there a play that you like above the rest?
I mean, there's a couple of stand out here, simply because I don't think the Cowboys should be as short as plus one twenty.
Five and this work.
Just going back to how we talked about this game first segment, I don't see this as a game like a lot of the opponents that Dallas has played, that they're just gonna steamroll the Commanders. So I don't know that I'm going there. I think that numbers too short. I think the one that intrigues intrigues me a bit, and one I would get closest to betting would be the Niners at plus three eighty. The way this offense has been clicking recently, I think they could put up some big points against Seattle. But if I were a person, say Gi alex named Gil Alexander, who was betting on the Commanders right twelve to one, that's where that may be worth a sprinkle.
Today, is it not sprinkle?
Well, I think the Lions are the most sensible one to me at plus two fifty because the Packers are just so banged up, right if they're just off the field all the time. Yes, and the Lions have a million drives. That's probably the bet to me at plus two to fifty.
So the only thing there, the only thing on that is and this is where I kind of built some of my same game parlays around where I think because of the injuries that they injuries that they have and where they have them as some of the linebacking corns, stuff like that. This Lions team, we've seen how good the running game has been recently.
I think it's gonna.
Be a whole lot of running the ball from Detroit and just just dominating. I just don't think Jared Goff's gonna have to do a whole lot. I don't think he's gonna be throwing it all that much. I think they're gonna be keeping it on the ground and kind of picking them apart that way.
So I don't know how many.
I don't think I'm expecting a forty two or points, but or something more like that from the Detroit Lions. Let's look at the lowest scoring team part and parcel with that, the Seahawks are the short shot for the lowest scoring team today in the three NFL game Seahawks plus one seventy five, Commanders plus two twenty five as are the Packers than the Niners, Lions, the Cowboys the three favorites obviously ten to one thirteen to one and twenty five to one, respectively. Listen, I wouldn't bet the I wouldn't bet the Commanders, that's for sure.
So I wouldn't bet those top two. Like it's kind of the same thing.
Like I do expect, Yes I'm getting involved with the Niners, but I don't expect the Seattle offense to be completely lifeless.
Yeah, you know what I mean? Like that is I would not be looking there. I mean, I think it would be Packers for me if anything.
You know, It's funny. When I looked at these last night, I was like, I thought these were more exciting than they are. Now now that I look at them, I'm like, I don't know if I would race the bet these.
To be quite honest with you, it would be Packers for me, just because of that game script I already talked about. If the Lions really running the ball, you're really taking the air out of the ball, not letting the Packers' offense do much on the field, then it would lead.
To that play for me. All right, let's look at something we like to call teaser time.
Teaser time.
That's job by Ryan right there. It's dayser time. A lot of teaser options. This is This is one heck of a teaser week, beginning with the Lions, who are now in beautiful Stanford Wong teaser range again for those unfamiliar with what a Wong teaser is. Once again, favorites. Stanford Wong pseudonym is his real name. John Ferguson lives in nah La Jolla. He identified years ago that the most positive, the most plus ev teaser legs are dogs and favorites between one and a half and two and a half teased up through the three and the seven, and home favorites home favorites of between seven and a half and eight and a half teas down through the seven and the three the other way, not road favorites. So the Lions qualify because they're a home favorite eight now against the Packers. The Niners actually do not as a long teaser because they're the road team, but you essentially could tease them down to win if you just think they're gonna win. The Texans would qualify. They would go up through the three and the seven at home versus the Jaguars, the Bengals as well through the three and the eight at home against the Steelers, Saints up through the three and the seven at the Falcons, Bucks through the three and the seven at the Colts. There are so many of these, it's incredible. Browns through the three and the seven at the Broncos, Cardinals through the three and the seven. Hosting the Rams, and then the Chiefs wouldn't qualify as a loong but they're they would essentially have to beat the Raiders by less than a field goal on the road.
Yeah, this is this is me. I think you could argue the best teaser week of the year. Yes, with well there's nine options. Yeah, we have not had this many options any Yes, like you said, not all of them are true long legs.
But seven of them are seven. Yeah, a lot of them.
More.
Here's the big question, though, how many of these? How many of these do you really like?
Well?
I did the Lions Niners like you did. I did, I did that tease. I think you listen, I think you wheel the Lions with a bunch of them and you just go all in on that, and now what could possibly go wrong? Right?
Yeah?
But I'm saying I think that if you use that as an anchor, you're going to win your your share of these, and I think you can.
I think you can come out on top. If you asked me, who do I trust the least, Let's do it from that standpoint of these, who do I.
Trust the least? I don't trust the Saints at all. I don't trust the Bucks at all.
That's kind of funny because I think those are one side go to first.
And I don't trust the Cardinals at all. I don't like I wouldn't. I wouldn't race to bet those in a teaser. That's that, and that was my point. There's so many of these options, but there's not that many I'm attracted to.
So I did play.
Yeah, I played Lions and Niners today and then I played Lions in Texans, and I do like that.
Get Texans up over seven. I do like that as a play.
But I in full transparency, I have a ton of money, as I think, as much money as I've ever had on a preseason NFL future bent tied up in the Jags to win that division. So is it a hedge, No, not really. I would love a middle there Jags by seven, that would be great. But yeah, it's a little bit of that in mind. And this Texans team does scare me. I would never consider seasing this Bengals team up. You have no idea. I think that's the one I would want the least, a least part of Saints. The Saints am kind of okay with Gil just because we've talked about the Falcons all year.
They don't win by margin.
I know, I don't know who's playing quarterback.
I don't think it matters that much, targeting like James Winston, Derek Carr. I don't care who it is. I think that you can still get home with the Saints.
So the problem is there's not that many books that have the Falcons favored right now.
Yeah, I did include it just because drafticks did last thirty seconds here.
This is nothing to do with teasers, but just sort of riffs off that.
Yeah, anecdotally, a lot of people love the Steelers against the Bengals this week.
Yeah, love Yeah, And you said you don't trust.
Him in a teaser. Dude, Can you get to the point where you love the Steelers and anything with Kenny Picken?
No? No, No, I mean I get it. This is the It was a side.
That I batted around in my head about maybe including in the contest. I just couldn't get there because I think I think Tomlin will keep it very simple. Right, it's gonna be We're gonna run the ball a bunch, make simple throws for Kenny Piggott and revamp this offense.
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Over there, we've got there.
A few things change over you when you get this year for dead. How are you going good? How are you all right? Let me just start by apologizing. I had one job. No, all I had to do is tell you it was a circa. I forgot my apologies.
That's good.
I was at the d and I walked over Nothing like walking over down Fremont Street, passing three or four casinos at.
Seven in the morning. Yeah, you get shived out there? Are you okay?
It's okay, It's it's okay. But it's a very interesting mix of people. Yes, it's just like.
Uh, real questions will be asked of you on the way from there to hear Yeah, Yes, questions will be asked multiples.
Yeah, let me tell you something. Yes, the strip's no better. I want to just tell you something. The strip is is nothing like it used to be. And I don't want to come in and start sounding all pessimistic. I'm just it's just it's just different. It's just different than it was pre pandemic. I would be nice and call it pre pandemic.
What is your pandemic? Did some stuff to it? For sure? What are your Thanksgiving plans today? Happy Thanksgiving?
Every Thanksgiving? No?
Not just same kind of things as everyone else does. I guess you know some family a bird and a bird?
Yeah?
Do you or do you involve yourself in the cooking at all or not? You don't seem like a guy who does it.
A little birth sweet up after this though, Like you know, my mother's cooking on Thanksgiving was always like all we all think this too, and we all not think it.
It's its facts.
Our mothers and our grandmothers cooked better than our wives unless our wives and girlfriends and fiance's picked up on us.
Right they're cooking.
Except for that, my mom did one thing on Thanksgiving that I could never get her to get right. Oh wow, I used to say to her, because she's she thought herself what she is. She is, she's a fantastic cook. But she always jacked up the stuffing because she felt like she was like, I'm going to put the raisins in it, and I'm going to put nuts in it, and I'm going to do it. It's at her accent, and I was like, can we just do the stove top? Can we just get a big stick of butter and just give me the stove because I hated stuffing that had obstacles in it, and she was the queen of obstacles and she refused to she never listened to Yeah. No, she just went with it every week. So that was the only thing I don't miss.
Yeah, you know, and before we even start to show good idea, you know, get back to my mom and my dad when they were here, my uncles and aunts, you know, they all came down. You know, we moved to New Jersey and but everyone came down from the Bronx. And my mother had like a nice little country house and she cooked for everyone, and my aunts came. My aunt came down also and always cooked, and they were down every weekend anyway.
But this was a special one.
You know, when you think about when we were kids, we just thought that was going to be there forever. We never thought things were going to change. We never thought someone dies, and all of a sudden that was the glue that held the family together. And people get older and get their own families too. But it was so special. But it kind of just took advantage of that. It's gonna be like this forever. Things are not forever. I'll tell you one thing.
Enjoy every moment.
Enjoy every moment because you know, I remember, you know, my dad was a gambler because of my mother's the Italian state, they corrupted them. So so my dad, you know, country farm boy from West Virginia, hard working, blue collar, work with his hands, tough guy.
You know, he was up it.
So he would always have the games on. We're little kids, and my mother and.
You have to have the football on in the background. Oh yeah, you know.
And and uh then as I got older, I actually curbed that and I said, listen, put the game on, but put the sound off and turn the.
Christmas music on.
But so have I have a when we had vinyl, of course I don't even know what that is, but you know, turn turn an album on and and you know, Time Life, Treasury whatever, Bing Crosby, Uh, you know, Nat King call this is what we listened to in our house and have that on in the background. But to have the game, you can have a visual of the games you could curse under your breath if you want that about the games?
Did you have a half day of school on Wednesday? Growing up? We did. That's how we did.
We had a half day.
It was a full day Monday, family Tuesday, half day Wednesdays to love Thanksgiving week because of that. Yeah, yeah, and then and then no school.
Of course, there's just definitely make sure you guys, know, just take advantage of of your family and and and know that things aren't always the same forever, and and you know, have a nice day, try to mix things in and you know, let's have a parade.
Let me, uh, let me ask you something because you said you had a lot to talk about today.
Yeah, too much.
But but I got one But you said one thing before you before you sat down, which is which has to do? Because I said, sort of off the cuff, just you know, randomly, I said, every the entire world I said earlier has the lions today?
You actually talked with a bit I did. Oh, I want to hear this because this is like, it's funny.
I put the tweet up this morning until I said, listen to the basic biggest exposure of the year for him. Well, I say the year of this football season is Detroit Lions.
They have many, many, many many.
Players and uh, he said, just ninety five percent of the bets are coming in early morning is Detroit.
And not only Detroit.
Uh, minus the points, but the Detroit teaser is coming in.
I just talked about that too.
Yeah, and they're minus one twenty on six point teasers too, so they're really getting hit on him. And he said like like literally he couldn't make this line high enough. But then I always said that, you know, I'm a ball buster. I said, listen, God blesses all you bookmakers too.
You know.
You know, first of all, the guy's very, very wealthy. You wouldn't even think that he'd be crying about a game before it even got before it even started.
But anyway, yeah, so the up to eight and a half, they don't know.
We went through some stats though earlier, like they like, this is the one day of the year where like sometimes they print money for betters.
Yea, favorites get me, favorites do really good on things the other day. But yeah, I'll be real blunt. Besides, I am on the Detroit teaser.
I bet at minus one and a half time too.
But Besides that, I like both other dog give me a fourteen on.
Washington, I'm on the Commanders. I took that.
Yeah, give me a fourteen. It looks like is all thirteen and a half is now? Yes, Yes, every book that I see on my screens thirteen and a half, So uh, a fourteen will probably.
Pop up there.
And third games tricky.
Third games tricky. I like I lean the dog though there plus the seven and a half. If you can get seven and a half is only a couple what about what about tomorrow? But we have a Black Friday game the Dolphins with Jets. I'm an underdog guy to begin with. So there's a couple of tens out there. I see stations and wins still have ten. Here at Circle they have nine. DraftKings has DraftKings has plus ten minus twelve.
That's what we did get on Monday's guessing lines. This is the first week of the year. I was like, the year's been going great. I had total conviction when I do guessing lines on Monday. This was the first week where I'm like, oh no, like these lines are forcing you to want to play the Commanders, the Giants, the Jets, like they were all all so skewed. So if you can live through that experience, I'm not. In most cases, I'm avoiding most of Sunday said, you're.
On the Commanders.
I am.
Okay, So let me just tell you. I'm not saying they overlooked to this game. But the Commanders may may have overlooked an easy Giant squad and one of the worst team in football.
I don't probably have them as the worst team. I probably have Carolina as the worst team. But the Giants.
I wish I could say they overlook the Giants. They never beat them though apparently.
Yeah, I mean, but like the six turnovers in that game. Six turnovers in that game too.
And by the way, when there were minus five had a chance to win the game. Yeah right, that's how bad the Giants.
Here you go. See.
But I just think that fourteen points, if it goes to fourteen, it's just I'm betting, and I don't bet a lot of NFL sides, and I'm going to bite if it goes to fourteen because I think it's just double digit the underdogs fourteen or more are ridiculous. First to spread lifetime since football had sports betting.
So you also said this on the way in had the Chiefs one Monday night, which is a phrase that I used for Mike, that was a tree as well, our buddy Steve Fensik would have been in first place in millions and you would have been.
In I would have been twentieth twentieth. Yeah.
As a matter of fact, I got my I have I made a copy of it today and I said, look at this, just figuring it out and looking at it.
Have you so have you submitted your picks for this week?
No, you have not.
You're not playing any of the games today in circa.
No forty eighth forty forty eighth place.
Oh I just saw your entry name. I don't know how to follow you. So wait a minute. So you're avoiding all Thanksgiving and Black Friday games?
You know, it's not like that, like like DraftKings has a contest that you could put one or two plays, that's right, CIRCA you can't Circa you gotta put them all in.
So you're not doing any.
Of these I'm not. Oh dude, yeah, like all you dude, this is this is I mean, at least I don't plan to do we still have time.
I don't I don't know actually, I don't even know.
I don't know what the rule is Onday an hour and a half.
Yeah, but by the way, that we should point that out Pixon, now, yes, which I did because I can't stand Sunday's.
Yeah, yeah, but I point to always get to see what the late breaking line move is and maybe a key injury.
And practic all the practices are no big.
The thing is people who say I never put in Thursday night games. That's because you won't have perfect information for all the Sunday right. But if you like multiple games today, you have perfect information for today's games, right, So it might be worth it this week to do that.
You know, it's fun. I'm just going to go over to the Circa Twitter feed.
Oh now I got you thinking, well, because now I just want to see what the I never even looked at the lines because I figured, you know, the contest point spreads. Yeah, seven and a half on the Packers, twelve on the on the Cowboys, seven on No, I'm not putting them.
Okay, seven on the build.
By the way, with a PSA, The Lions game kicks off at twelve thirty five Eastern nine thirty five Pacific as well, so keep that in mind, we're coming back. Cracks got a lot to talk about. Levatard is next on the DK network. It's a numbers game at recently Sports betting network