at New England, Vikings at home, and then at the Rams.

I think they win at least two of those games.

I have four quick takes coming out of this game.

Are you ready for them? Number one, listening to Tom Brady bitch and moan about roughing the passer calls would be like watching Netflix doing Major League Baseball and Barry Bond saying a player shouldn't take steroids because it's an illegal benefit.

Like, does Tom Brady not realize that we all watched him play for two decades and basically invent the bogus roughing the passer call? Like, breathe on Tom Brady improperly and you get a 15-yard penalty.

It's just like, he's usually pretty self-deprecating.

Like, shouldn't he say, I know I got away with this for a long time, guys, but this was a bad call.

What do you think about this draft class three years in?

I

think they win at least two of those games.

I have four quick takes coming out of this game.

Are you ready for them? Number one, listening to Tom Brady bitch and moan about roughing the passer calls would be like watching Netflix doing Major League Baseball and Barry Bond saying a player shouldn't take steroids because it's illegal.

benefit like does Tom Brady not realize that we all watched him play for two decades and basically invent the bogus roughing the passer call like breathe on Tom Brady improperly and you get a 15-yard penalty it's just like he's usually pretty self-deprecating like shouldn't he say I know I got away with this for a long time guys but this was a bad call like come on Tom like we all watched this happen for literally two decades number two the Packers and Xavier McKinney the officiating was bad they were terrible calls that's not the reason they lost the game Detroit was dying to give this game to Green Bay on a silver platter.

The two fourth downs went busto, two fumbles, so they basically turned the ball over four times.

You missed a 26-yard field goal and a 34-yard field goal got smacked, got missed by Trey Smack, and that's what I think Packers fans would like to do to Trey, the kicker for Green Bay.

Nick Kostos, how say you on Jesse Minter's defense?

Does anything pop out at you as a game that you like particularly?

Yeah, I like the Seahawks against the Chiefs on Sunday night.

Two and a half is the number I want.

Kansas City's wide receiving group is a little decimated at the moment.

Rishi Rice doesn't play.

Tyquan Thornton is out until at least the playoffs.

So I think Seattle's going to have a bit of an easy time defending Kansas City's pass game, and they'll load up to stop their Super Bowl MVP running back, Kenneth Walker.

No. No.

Does anything pop out at you as a game that you like particularly?

Yeah, I like the Seahawks against the Chiefs on Sunday night.

Two and a half is the number I want.

Kansas City's wide receiving group is a little decimated at the moment.

Rishi Rice doesn't play.

Tyquan Thornton is out until at least the playoffs.

So I think Seattle's going to have a bit of an easy time defending Kansas City's pass game, and they'll load up to stop their Super Bowl MVP running back, Kenneth Walker.

No. No.

Does anything pop out at you as a game that you like particularly?

Yeah, I like the Seahawks against the Chiefs on Sunday night.

Two and a half is the number I want.

Kansas City's wide receiving group is a little decimated at the moment.

Rishi Rice doesn't play.

Tyquan Thornton is out until at least the playoffs.

So I think Seattle's going to have a bit of an easy time defending Kansas City's pass game, and they'll load up to stop their Super Bowl MVP running back, Kenneth Walker.

No. No.

Yeah.

Okay.

Sorry.

Okay.

J.J. McCarthy is starting for the Giants.

The betting market looked at this and said, OK, great.

We love the other team.

Are you putting anything on that game? What do you feel about that game?

Yeah.

Okay.

Sorry.

Okay.

J.J. McCarthy is starting for the Giants.

The betting market looked at this and said, OK, great.

We love the other team.

Are you putting anything on that game? What do you feel about that game?

Yeah.

Okay.

Sorry.

Okay.

J.J. McCarthy is starting for the Giants.

The betting market looked at this and said, OK, great.

We love the other team.

Are you putting anything on that game? What do you feel about that game?

We know that he

is.

Now, like in the sad part, like the truly sad part.

He is he.

Jameis is also terrible.

They're both really bad.

Now, JJ comes in on Sunday.

So how do you think this game plays out, Nick, when we look at the Rams and the Raiders on Sunday?

One team that you're most confident is playing on Championship Sunday.

I'd love to take the Niners, who were my Super Bowl pick before the year.

I'm just going to keep saying that because it makes me look really smart, as it says right now.

I actually think the answer, though, is Buddy's Kansas City Chiefs.

And the reason why I'll say the Chiefs, if we look at the balance of power right now in the AFC, and there can be a broader conversation to be had about the Texans-Jaguars game yesterday, which was a fantastic game.

And I do think that both of those teams, if they're able to reach their ceiling, could absolutely play on Championship Sunday or represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.

But I think both have fatal flaws right now.

I might have to pull over on the side of the road.

One team that you're most confident is playing on Championship Sunday.

I'd love to take the Niners, who were my Super Bowl pick before the year.

I'm just going to keep saying that because it makes me look really smart, as it says right now.

I actually think the answer, though, is Buddy's Kansas City Chiefs.

And the reason why I'll say the Chiefs, if we look at the balance of power right now in the AFC, and there can be a broader conversation to be had about the Texans-Jaguars game yesterday, which was a fantastic game.

And I do think that both of those teams, if they're able to reach their ceiling, could absolutely play on Championship Sunday or represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.

But I think both have fatal flaws right now.

I might have to pull over on the side of the road.

Yes.

Like, I, I think now, I don't know if it was a great vote of confidence in him that they signed Andy Dalton, and Dalton was the guy off the bench on Monday night against Chicago.

But do I think Tanner McKee can be decent for this offense? I do.

And more importantly, like, Jalen doesn't play defense.

This defense was awesome last week against Jacksonville.

They were great.

Jalen Carter stepped up in a huge way.

Yep.

Yes.

Like, I, I think now, I don't know if it was a great vote of confidence in him that they signed Andy Dalton, and Dalton was the guy off the bench on Monday night against Chicago.

But do I think Tanner McKee can be decent for this offense? I do.

And more importantly, like, Jalen doesn't play defense.

This defense was awesome last week against Jacksonville.

They were great.

Jalen Carter stepped up in a huge way.

Yeah.

Yes.

Like, I, I think now, I don't know if it was a great vote of confidence in him that they signed Andy Dalton, and Dalton was the guy off the bench on Monday night against Chicago.

But do I think Tanner McKee can be decent for this offense? I do.

And more importantly, like, Jalen doesn't play defense.

This defense was awesome last week against Jacksonville.

They were great.

Jalen Carter stepped up in a huge way.

Yep.

Which one would you bet on? Which one would you kind of stay away from? Or are they two games that you would bet on both of them?

So I do like both of them.

Now, this information helps nobody.

The Raiders were plus six earlier in the week.

That felt like a bad number.

Now it's four and a half, with the thought just being, like, Buffalo will probably win the game, but the Bills' defense is really bad.

And you would imagine that the Raiders should be able to score enough to at least keep the game close with a high total.

I just need to take me in the mind of a Giants fan, if you will.

No, no.

Absolutely.

I can't believe he's practicing.

So you know, Drake's obviously been unbelievable, right? Um, and I think a lot of the focus and conversation will be around him.

But, like, you guys in your audience know this.

The Patriots' offensive line has been really good the last couple weeks, like very good the last couple weeks.

He's been sacked twice in the last two games, squeaky clean pockets, and I think that's been one of the reasons why he's great also, that Drake May has been playing better.

Please.

No, no.

Absolutely.

I can't believe he's practicing.

So you know, Drake's obviously been unbelievable, right? Um, and I think a lot of the focus and conversation will be around him.

But, like, you guys in your audience know this.

The Patriots' offensive line has been really good the last couple weeks, like very good the last couple weeks.

He's been sacked twice in the last two games, squeaky clean pockets, and I think that's been one of the reasons why he's great also, that Drake Maye's been playing better.

Like, which one would you bet on? Which one would you kinda stay away from? Or are they two games that you would bet on both of them?

Your thoughts on the Yankee embarrassment in the ALDS, your thoughts on Aaron Boone, and your thoughts on Brian Cashman.

Yeah, well, I mean, you know, the, the Boone and Cashman, I, I've been saying it since Boone's first year in the 2018 ALDS when he brought Lance Lynn into the game, like, fat Lance Lynn to face the Red Sox.

I knew at that moment this was never going to work.

But I've actually...

It's documented on social media and otherwise.

I've been saying it since Boone's first year.

I don't think he has it.

Yep.

Yep.

So if they convert a touchdown, they're, like, they win that game, and we're having a different con...

Now Banks had the pick six obviously, but Arizona had so many chances at the end of that game, and they would've won the game with a touchdown and an extra point.

Now, as far as this Sunday goes, I, I understand why people like the Saints.

Like, I get it.

Uh, three straight losses at home.

The owner just lit the team on fire at a function in New Orleans saying she expects urgency from the team.

Right.

All right, so if you're the Guardians and you're going into Game 4 and you look like you know what in Game 1 and 2, but you came back and looked great in Game 3, what are you doing tonight if you're looking at that game?

Well...

I have more of a series thought.

I haven't had a great read on the series.

I did like the White Sox in each of the first three games.

That's mostly because I rode the White Sox against Houston in the wild card series.

I do think, obviously, if the Guardians lose tonight, their series season is over, obviously, down 2-1 in the series.

can have all the time you want.

Oh, yeah

... we're a punch...

We're, we're a punchline.

Like, we are a joke.

Like, the, the new Yankee Invitational is that teams eliminate us in our stadium.

They celebrate.

They, they dance to New York, New York.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah

... we're a punch- we're, we're a punchline.

Like, we are a joke.

Like, the, the new Yankee Invitational is that teams eliminate us in our stadium, they celebrate, they, they dance to New York, New York.

We have yo- you know, steroid abuser David Ortiz and, uh, Pedro Martinez, like, like, d- doing duh, Yankees lose on television, while Derek Jeter and A-Rod just sit there with stupid looks on their faces.

So it's like everyone laughs at us, we're a joke, no one takes us seriously, and I just think George Steinbrenner's rolling over in his grave watching this right now.

It makes me sick, I hate it, it's disgusting.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah

... we're a punch- We're, we're a punchline.

Like we are a joke.

Like the, the new Yankee Invitational is that teams eliminate us in our stadium.

They celebrate.

They, they dance to New York, New York.

We have, you know, you know, steroid abuser David Ortiz and, uh, Pedro Martinez like, like d- doing duh, Yankees lose on television while Derek Jeter and A-Rod just sit there with stupid looks on their faces.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm

... is the Miami Dolphins losing at home to the New England Patriots as a big favorite in the '85 AFC Championship game.

Now, I think the denizens of football America will know this, Dave, but just in case they don't, we can take a trip down memory lane, get in the old time machine, and go back to a Monday Night Football game played at the Orange Bowl in the 1985 season where the therefore impenetrable Chicago Bears defense got absolutely mauled by Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins offense.

Dolphins beat them 38-24.

So the Bears went 15 and 1 that year, 18 and 1 if you include the playoffs.

Their one loss was of the blowout variety to Dan Marino and the Dolphins.

And if the Dolphins had just held serve at home in that AFC Championship game, we would've had Dolphins-Bears in the Super Bowl instead of Patriots-Bears in the Super Bowl.

A-

Where are you going? What do you

like? I like the Niners a little bit.

Again, just to provide the other side of it, I think a lot of people that I respect do like Seattle in the game with the thought process that Brock Purdy and this magical run he's been on to start the year, and he's the MVP of the league through four weeks.

that the bubble might burst a little bit going up against the Seattle defense.

But what I will offer here, you know, Seattle tried to sign Joe Mixon a couple days ago, the former Texans and Bengals running back.

Mixon hasn't played in a season and a half.

It's like a debilitating foot injury that's probably going to end his career.

that