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none of the games meant anything. And the couple that did the line was so high and you didn't know who was playing, and it was, you know, no other way to say it. It It was a clusterfuck of the show. It really, It really was how quickly did I throw you under the bus? There by the way. I was like, oh, yeah, I know, you know I could come you know, I could come back and throw you under the bus and tell people how close we were to ending this thing, uh two years ago that but yeah, we talked about

that on the show, didn't we. Like The joke was I took you guys to quick Yeah, we we glossed it over. But you know, people don't realize how close that was. But the best part was You know, when you like almost break up with a girl and then you decide, oh, man, she is you know, she really is hot. And then you you know, you take the two of us to dinner, and you know, he pulled out all the stops we went to. Uh it was at the Aria, the all the name of the what

was it? Carbone? Yes, yes, and I got the bone in Bill Parmesan and uh, yeah, we made you pay for We made you pay for that one. What do you mean you made me pay It was my my breakup, Like, it's not you guys, it's me. Well I know, but I I said, we we we didn't. We didn't go soft on you do you were paying no question about that, dude. And then then and then the next morning, I'm like, yeah, let's keep doing it. That's how it tear it out. Yeah, well that's a that's a great story, Marco. Probably a

little too in depth, but I appreciate it. So probably you know what, some of these games this week, don't, you know, don't deserve the time. So that pent right. As always, the show I should point out, brought you by the score x dot com th h E S c O r e X. It's that secret stock market thing. We have the winner of the year long event coming

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Card weekend. We look forward to that as always. That's the voice of Marco to Angela from Wage to Talk. I don't need to introduce him anymore. Aces here as well on the left from out of the sports betting diaspora. Hello, as here he is and joining us once again, kind enough to join us from the power Rank dot com Ed Fang, Good morning, Ed, Good morning guys. Thanks so much for having me on talks on the games. We

appreciate it. Let's start. We always here's the thing we always start in the format where we start with the Monday night game. This Monday night game sucks if you have a betting angle on it, though by all means, feel free to extrapolate. If you don't, let's just move on. Denver three point favorites at Oakland Monday night. The game

means NATA except for perhaps draft position. Denver coming off a horrific loss to the Browns on Saturday, in which fans Joseph decided to kick a field goal to make it seventeen to sixteen as opposed to going forward on fourth and one late. Oak Land. Well, they're just not that good at football. They're coming off You had another loss, Denver minus three at Oakland. Any thoughts on this one? Ed? Yeah,

you know I'm gonna jump in here a little bit. Um. I don't like to side on this game, just because it's hard to figure out where Oakland's mind is, whether they're gonna play. You kind of gotta think that you're gonna be pumped up at home against the division rival. Um, but I'm not. I can't put numbers to motivation, so I'm not going to do that. But but one thing I do want to point out out about this game is that Oakland's fundamentals on offense have been pretty good.

On my side, I look at pass offense in terms of adjusted yards for play, Oakland ranks and ninth. And remember they haven't had a Mark Cooper for the last however many weeks. And I've also started looking at success rate adjusted for strength of schedule this year. So success is simply if you get fifty yards on first down, on second down, and all the necessary yards on third and fourth down. Oakland's offense ranks tenth and uh so, so they're doing interesting things on that side of the ball.

There awful on the other side of the ball. But but does this does kind of point to the over on this one? Um? I think it looked like it opened at forty five. Um, it's down to forty three. I really can't understand that, especially since Chris Harris Jr. Who's not playing for Denver Garyanne Connolly for Oakland cornerback is a little dinged up. So yeah, that's one thing I mean, I think I think Oakland's offense is possibly is decent, and uh the over is something that you

should consider in this game. Yet three and a half somewhere in that pocket that's where the total is right now. Broncos and the Raiders on Monday Night, Marco, anything here Yeah, I like the Oakland side, Gil and this is what I'm gonna do the angle. By the time this game is played on Sunday, UM, Denver could possibly be officially eliminated.

They're still mathematically alive. But I'll tell you who also is just mathematically alive is Fance Joseph Because the minute this team is officially out of the playoffs, he is also gonna be officially eliminated as coach of the Denver Broncos. And for the Oakland Raiders side, yes, what Ed said about the offense, Derek carrs looked good in the last three games UM Kansas City and Pittsburgh. They took both of those teams to the limit and got the win

against Pittsburgh. Yeah, where those teams looking past them? Probably? But last week they did losing Cincinnati committed a few turnovers and it was a dead spot for them. Off of the Pittsburgh win and with this Monday night game on deck, traveling to the East Coast was a bad

spot for them. But let's throw in the intangible. This for all intents and purposes, is probably going to be the final game in the Oakland Coliseum, and the Raiders they're gonna play somewhere next year, but it's not gonna be here. And as much as you know all of this stuff in Gil, you you're more uh in depth with in touch with the Bay Area. You know, the players had nothing to do with this. This is situation with ownership and city officials couldn't get a stadium done

and all that, and that's why they're leaving. They want to give their fans, I think will win sending it out. And there's no coincidence that this was on Monday night, their last home game, the black Hole, Monday night, drinking all day, them going out on a high note. I think it's a great situational spot, especially if Denver's eliminated, and even if Denver's not, they get to play spoiler and be the one that eliminates them. It's an interesting point.

One correction, the Broncos are already eliminated, Marco, they are they are done with it. Ye goodbye man Um. But it's an interesting point you make about Oakland Coliseum. I had an experience with this at RFK Stadium in Washington, d C. In nine seven. RFK Stadium, where the Redskins had won three Super Bowls as their home, uh stadium, and they were moving, but they were moving, you know, just outside of the city to FedEx Field where they play today, which is the worst state of experience it's

in life. But it was a final game against the Cowboys. The Redskins destroyed the Cowboys that day. They weren't going to the playoffs, the Redskins weren't. It was just one of those days where you knew the Redskins were gonna win, but they were still beloved, right and people's people ripped chairs out of RFK. You know. The soccer team, the d C United, was still playing there. So it's not like the stadium was going away or the team really out of town. This is a little different, right, the

Raiders are leaving again. Uh so it could be a very how can I put this interesting scene in the stands in this game? No telling what they're gonna do to that building in the black hole and otherwise, uh, the building is not going anywhere but final home game. You never know what kind of shenanigans are gonna be pulled out there. So it is a weird kind of game. And I'm kind of with you on that, Marco. I think there is a strange kind of emotional edge to

the Raiders in this ballgame. Should point out, by the way, because Ed Brow Chris Harris that game against the Browns, the Broncos were down five cornerbacks, Like that's believable, Chris Harris Jr. Isaac Isaac Whiteham, Brendan Langley, Jamaar Taylor, even Bradley Roby was out for a bit. I mean, that

was just ridiculous. Broncos, though, had a thirteen play drive eat up more than seven minutes, but after Philip Lindsay laid that game of stuff for a no game on third and one from the Cleveland six, that's when Vance Joseph sent in kicker Brandon McManus for a field goal instead of going forward on four down. Broncos did get the ball back at their thirteen with one forty nine remaining after Greg Williams decided to go for it on

fourth down, which I think was the right call. Uh. They reached the fifty yard line with fifty two seconds left, but then a spike two in completions in a sack by Jabril Peppers of case Keenum there that all but ended Denver's playoff hopes and those playoff hopes are done zo now thirty two rushing yards for the Broncos in that game against the Browns. Any thoughts on this, Yeah, I wasn't really surprised that the total drop, just because

historically this series has been an under series. Five of the last six have gone on there and they were some pretty low totals forty one, couple, forty four, forty three, and it still stayed under the total, So I understood why that moved. And then a couple that with the fact Denver hasn't gone over in the game since early, you know, mid October pretty much, so I you know, it's kind of the trend to the under, but I agree with that. I think this one sets up nicely

for an over. I mean, we know when teams have nothing to play for, it tends to be more of a schoolyard type game. And more importantly, like we've touched on so many times with the podcast, it tends to take more effort to play defense than the play offense. I mean we see it with you know, all Star games and then Pro Bowls and stuff. When no one's playing defense, it's pretty easy to put up points. Uh, So I agree. I think the overall for some voundary,

especially now they've dropped the forty three. As far as the sign, I simply tried to middle it. I thought the line would go up. I'd laid two and a half and I still have an outfit. Lets me buy a half a point on three for ten cents, So I knew I'd be able to take three and a half at ten for only ten cents, and I figured I'll have action that way by possibly setting up a middle um. But the only position I look to take

is the under. I missed the forty five, so I may be forced to sit it out um if it doesn't go back up, but it's a prime time game, it may do so, especially as we approach game time. You have an outfit, lets you buy off the three for ten cents? Yea, yeah, three seven still ten cents, dude, And I just got to go really like, I can't

do it a lot, you know. And I never bet limits with him, like if it's a nickel limit, I'll put like three on stuff because his lines are sometimes so far off, like he gives them to you and that's it, like barely ever even moves them. So it's one of those outs I just keep in that pocket man. Yeah, I don't want to abuse it either and anybody and not take advantage exactly for stuff like this is what I'll use them, by the way. That's a that's the

point that we don't make enough. And that's like some of the complaints about like William Hill, people getting backed off at like William Hill. If you know a company or if you know an out is capable of that kind of behavior, maybe kind of realize that that's how they are and don't push that game. Gil. I don't even interrupt you. Honestly, I don't understand, and I you could delete this from the podcast of us talking. But all bullshit a sign. I get so sick of it

seeing on Twitter. All right, it's it's bad enough the books, that's that that post. Oh, we took a half a million dollar money line bent, we took a three hundred money line bet and all this stuff, and yet they won't take a five thousand dollar bet from someone labeled a long term winner. I get it, Um, they shouldn't advertise the three thousand dollar bet if you're not willing to take it from everybody. So I understand that argument.

But on the flip side of that same coin. I understand why all this bitching about they won't take a bet, they won't take a bet, they won't take a bet. Then open your own sports book and book all the sharps. If that's what you think the right moves to do. There are a company, their corporation. Their job is to turn a profit. That's it. Not if the market allows it, and that's what's gonna happen, we decide it. It's kind of like blackjack went the six to five Why because

everyone kept playing it. So if you're gonna keep playing, stop bitching. And if you're you're gonna bitch about sports books not wanting to take your action because you win long term, then be fucking smart about it. Find more outs, don't bet the limits what everyone so you get dropped, Put in some middles, put in some scalps, give them some work. I mean, there's ways to keep accounts active. You're that sharp, and you're making that much money, and

you're that great at this, that's the simple part. You should have learned, probably ten years ago, how to keep your ounce as long as possible. Getting in some cold stuff. You can't just fire hot shit in there. All day, every day and think the guy's gonna keep taking it. I wouldn't take its different different, it's a ray skill. You don't need a lot of them. If you have one guy that's going to give you all the moves, then why do you need the other fifteen guys piggyback

in the sharp ship. Let him give you the stuff, adjust your lines, and then screw everybody else. I'd be doing the same thing, if you know what I mean. But I'm not going to take all the sharp action for what. Yeah, it's different from from you know, my William Hill thing where they don't pay you once the bets are made, they need to pay you. But but that's that's different. It's the business model of some of

these companies. And it is always funny. After a while you're like, you know how they are, Uh play the game, because they're not gonna let you play it at all if you don't play the game, basically is what we're saying. And they shouldn't. They shouldn't. That's what they're there for to turn a profit. And if you're I know, because of card counting, that was the job. It was a cat and mouse game. Can we get in and how many hands can we play before they throw a sound?

But they're gonna throw a sout because they're supposed to, because I would. That's again, why why the only sponsor I have here is Bookmaker? Because they're not like that? Right there, one of the few places on earth that's not like that. Uh, and those places are are rarer and rare. But anyway, we'll get to that later. Let's do Sunday Night k C at Seattle. Unlike the Monday night game, which has no implications whatsoever, this has implications

everywhere for both teams. One of four games this weekend that has implications for both teams of Old k C loses to the Chargers last Thursday night in dramatic fashion. Philip Rivers. Don't get me started. We'll get to him in a minute when we talk about the Chargers. But the Chiefs are now eleven and three. They have the tiebreaker over the Chargers in the a f C West, So if the Chiefs went out, they'll get the number

one seed in the a f C playoffs. But by this Sunday night game, twenty four hours before this, they will know if the Chargers have won their game against the Ravens if the Chargers have, that will continue to put the pressure on the Chiefs to keep pace in the a f C West. Otherwise, with a loss here, at a Chargers win, they will fall into wild card position. Obviously, after a long season of just all of us talking about the Chiefs NonStop, that will be a shock to

the system. Chiefs are at Seattle. Chiefs right now, as we look across the board, can census in this ballgame are let's call it a two and a half extra juice two and a half point favorite with extra juice consensus at Seattle. The best thing that could have happened to the Chargers or people who are holding Chargers futures tickets like myself, was for Seattle to lose to San Francisco last week. That was a big deal because that puts Seattle at eight and six and really doesn't allow

them to coast into the postseason. Otherwise this would have been a little bit different motivation wise for the Seahawks. Instead, they're eight and six, They're only a half game up on the Vikings in the wild card race. Seattle right now at number one, the Vikings at number two, and obviously the Eagles right behind them. So This is big. Seattle's gotta win this. They gotta ensure themselves a playoff position. Seattle plus two and a half at home, tough place

to play. You always got to check the weather in Seattle, particularly this time of year. Marco, your thoughts here, Yeah, you talk about pressure guilt. Two weeks ago, Kansas City's the number one seed, rolling law and now they're there. They could be the five seed. They could go from one to five in one game. And as you said, this game's all They're gonna know what they need to do. And I think if the Chargers win, it's just put so much more pressure on Kansas City. And I'm looking

at the Seattle side. And last week the lost, Yeah, just throw it out the window because it was a horrible spot for them. They beat Minnesota on Monday Night football, which virtually assured them as a playoff spot. You know, it was just as now if they're gonna be the top the wild card or the bottom wild card, they are so tough at home. We know how good Kansas City is at home and how loud it is the Kansas City. I still say k C has the loudest

outdoor venue. Seattle is right there. Second, Uh, the twelfth man, and then you throw in the weather. You never know what the weather is gonna be in Seattle and let's face it, Kansas City. The last couple of weeks, offense scores twenty seven points against Baltimore against the Chargers. Granted they finally face some better defenses, but let's also point out the other common denominator. Uh, you've got cream hunt

not there. There's no coincidence that the offensive production went down as good as Pat Mahomes has been this year. When you have a solid running game, it's gonna make you know, I've always said it, it it will make a good quarterback you know better, and it's gonna it's gonna make a great quarterback sensational. And that's what we've seen. Patrick Mahomes has played at a different level this year. But when that running games clicking, it's even tougher because

it changes defensive schemes against them. I like Seattle in this game, but I'm gonna go the safe route, Gil. This is teaser city all over, sir. This is to take it. This is the traditional grab that two to two and a half point dog. Take him through the three, four, six, and seven and sit back and relax because I don't see Kansas City getting separations. That's where I'm at. Kick your legs up. Watch everybody else do get out a t s on a plink, oh finish while you can

kick your legs up. I'm all about that. Seattle for game winning streaks snapped at San Francisco last week. It's so true. Do you ever remember a season like this where there were three teams the Chiefs, the Rams and the Saints. And the Saints are gonna be okay because despite five out of six bad halves, their last six halves of football, five out of the the last six have been dreadful offensively, despite that, they're in position to have

home field throughout the NFC playoffs. They're gonna be okay. But you ever remember season where you had three teams like the Saints, Rams and Chiefs that were heading shoulders above everybody else, and within a span of two weeks where like, um, everything we thought we knew we kind of don't know anything anymore. Um So this will be very interesting and as Marco points out, feast or famine in many ways for the Chiefs. Here there's a lot of teams like that. The Steelers who we might get to.

They're also in one of those positions where it's like division win or out completely for the Chiefs, it's number one seed or a wild card team that's gonna fight uphill. By the way, the other common thread between these two teams from last week Chiefs against the Chargers ten penalties sixty six yards. Seahawks and Pete Carroll doesn't get enough criticism for this because they're always being penalized. Fourteen penalties for the Seahawks against the Niners hundred forty eight yards

in those penalties. ASA didn't mean to get you riled up earlier before, but I think that's a point that just came up that I think needs to be made more often. So I'm glad you took the mantel there. Yes, sir, I was gonna say, speak for yourself, because I saw this coming somewhere around week five or six, if I remember correctly. I'm not sure where the confusion comes in. I gotta I got a briefcase full of three dollar bills with a plane ticket to Missouri. That's the only

state I'll be cashing those. That team's as tony as a three dollar bill. Brother, I've said it before, I'll say it again. They're they're that one possession team that don't know how to win when they have the win in their grass. That's well, I'm not even I told you if I could write a team, make money with them, and trust them, I'm all good. I don't I don't have any bias. I could care less. I'll bet you today, fade you tomorrow. My. You know, my only uh loyalty

is to my pocket when it comes to betting. Um. But but at the end of the day, I just felt this team was way way over valued. We were getting way ahead of ourselves based on the fact the history of this team, the history of this head coach. That when it matters, when it really matters, when you're a foot away from grabbing that trophy of this that Super Bowl trophy, that conference championship, that division, you're gonna choke.

I mean, you just look at past history. You know, they always say tell me what someone did, I'll tell you what they're gonna do. You know, it's pretty much one of those human things that it's not even a sport thing. I mean, at the end of the day, I just didn't understand what all this hype was for Kansas City. If they were getting it done on the defensive side of the ball as well, I'd say you

might be right. But the fact they had to put up forty points a game to win, to me, tells me this is a you're not gonna be able to sustain that throughout the entire season. I don't care how much the NFL has changed and has become an offensive type league. If you do not have a defense, you're not bringing home that Super Bowl trophy. Find me a team that's done it. I can't remember in the recent you know, UH history that that's done it. But as far as this matchup goes, I'm going to tell you

the truth. That has nothing to do with the bias at Kansas City. UM. I had San Francisco last week first half end game against UH Seattle. I hope the listeners got down on that. But I think the wrong team is favored. I really do. I think on a neutral field, if they were playing in your backyard, Kansas City would not be more than a one one and

a half point favorite over Seattle. The way they both teams have been playing right now, and the fact they're going into Seattle with with a game that's so meaningful, and that they're a favorite, to me, makes absolutely no sense at all. That's nothing more than perception. That's nothing more than than the betting market and overreaction. Um. And to me, I think you got to take advantage of it.

There's just so much value on the Seattle Seahawks. If you look at Kansas City real quickly, match up wise, look over the last three weeks what they've done. They've won two out of three, but they having covered why they've averaged allowed about five yards per carry over there um and three straight games. And now you're going up against the Seattle team that has been running the football lights out in six of the last seven games. UM. To me, that's the perfect recipe for for Kansas City.

You're gonna be seeing old Patrick Johnny Holmes on the sideline waiting to get in because they're gonna be grinding that clock in Seattle. Baby, that much I can promise you they're gonna run, run, run that football and get the win. Give me Seattle all day. Like I said, wrong team's favored win or lose. I have no doubt, zero none that this is as much lyne value as you could possibly get on a primetime game. So I'm

all over the Seattle Seahawks. Just push that line up the three for me, not like I'm gonna need it because this has money line written all over it. Don't even waste your teaser on the Seattle side. Just the two and a half some more than enough, probably got a touchdown more than you need. We'll still tease it just for the hell of it. How about that more down just to get more action. Yeah? Uh so you

are we sprinkling there, we're sprinkling in spring. That's the reverse that's the pleaser whatever that Yeah, sprick sprickle s Yeah, the reverse teaser, which, by the way, reverse teaser and the term pleaser all invented by the great Christie Andrews. People don't know that, but that's the case. By the way, you can do those at the South Point. You know what, you get twenty five to one on three team reverse teasers and seventy five to one on four teamers. That's

some good ship right there. Now they limit you don't get me wrong. Then they're not gonna let you do more than like fifty bucks. But still, you know, um, Chris Felika hit a four team or the other day last week for thirty seven hundreds. So it was a nice little job right there. So you know, if you're in town, that's the place to go for those. So remember the look the head on this game was Seattle minus one, so that that kind of going towards what I was saying as far as the long team being

favored Seattle all day every day, we're unanimous. So far, let's see what Ed has to say. Ed, what you got? Yeah, a lot of thoughts. I mean I agree with a so much about these three teams and and and seeing regression. You know, we talked about the Rams, talked about the Chiefs, and we talked about the Saints, and two of those three teams of terrible defenses, mainly the Chiefs, uh and the Saints. So not not surprisitive to come back to earth and um, but I'm going to disagree with this

on this. I've not been excited about Seattle. I know they've had won eight games, but my numbers have them as a blow average NFL team. I thought they were a blow average NFL team coming into this year. Uh, nothing except for maybe Russell Wilson once in a while. Uh. To just that this is is a good team to me, UM, I think Kansas City by about two and a half is is right. I think the total of fifty three is about right. But what really fascinates me about this

Kansas City team is the way they play defense. UM in the sense that you know, I I do my defensive rankings in a couple of different ways. When you look at past defense, UM, look at yards per tempt adjusted for strength of schedule, they're twelve, so that would be pretty good. But when you look at success rate adjusted for opponent there and I think that's the more important number here. And you can kind of see that

in the Chargers game. The Charges at eight drives in that game against Kansas City, they scored four touchdowns, they threw two picks, and they punted twice. But but what I think Kansas City does is they just don't they know they suck, and they just you know, play off the line of scrimmage and and and let you kind of do what you want. So the Chargers had a lot of drives in there. Clearly the charges are a

great offense, so that's part of that. But yeah, I mean the Chiefs, uh, just I'm very fascinated with their defense. And um, you know, mahomes can't win games for them. And I think you know, obviously the cream Hunt thing is probably affecting this offense. But but I think defensive coordinators are probably starting to figure this guy out a little bit more and you're gonna start to see that

more and especially continuing into the playoffs. And I'm just interested to see both how that plays out and as well as just can this defense do anything. I mean, even with Eric Barry back. I came back in that Chargers game Damian Williams last week against the Chargers in defeat. Ten carries forty nine yards, two touchdowns, six catches for

seventy four yards, again in defeat. And yes, Chiefs fans and Chiefs backers, when hearing Ace will be quick to say, and rightfully, so, boy, that Kareem Hunt thing really fell into your lab, didn't it. Ace. They'll say that. And the fact that there's still eleven and three, let's point that out. It's not like they've fallen off a cliff.

For god's sakes, Let's talk about Saturday's games because there are two games now I said earlier, there four games that involve two teams that have to deal with playoff implications. It's actually five. I just didn't count the Redskins Titans

as one of those games because the Redskins. Even though the Redskins are only a half game out of a playoff spot, I would argue that there has never been a team that is only a half game out of a playoff spot with just two weeks remaining in a season that has as feutal a chance as the Washington

Redskins do. Because this just it's their fourth quarterback. For god's sakes, Josh Johnson, I don't know how they beat the Jaguars, yet somehow they did on a tipped ball, largely in part because of a tip ball to Jamison Crowder. Josh Johnson, this is a true story. I am not trying to be funny. Last week he actually played Madden NFL nineteen to learn all of his new teammates names. That's just the truth that that actually happened. So first

victory of his career. But when you when you hold the opposition to less than a yard per path attempt, yeah, you get yourself a chance to win the game. Cody Kessler, For God's sakes, right, Cody Kesler, who uh ended up with what was it total US nine completions. Yeah, when you factor in the sacks, it comes out to twenty net passing yards. So uh, it's not gonna be Cody Kesler in the Jaguars. Is Marcus Mariota as uh Mike

Jorico likes to pronounce that. They correct Hawaiian pronunciation Mariota, who uh only through for eighty eight yards in victory for the Titans in the rain against the Giants. Tennessee blanked the Giants last week in the driving rain storm. They don't need to when Derrick Henry is going crazy two hundred forty eight yards the week before, a hundred seventy on a career high thirty three carries against the Giants. Actually, those four hundred and eight combined yards, what did I

say to forty eight? That means he rush for two thirty eight the previous game? Sorry about that, but four oh eight over the last two games the best in the Titans era Earl Campbell. The Tyler Rose did run for more than that over a two game stretch with the Houston Oilers. But you get the idea. Tennessee is favored by ten in this game against the Redskins that's one game on atur Day. Let's call it ten and a half now in some locations, then super good game.

Baltimore at the Chargers. Baltimore is eight and six. Like the Titans, Baltimore, Tennessee, and Indianapolis are all tied at eight and six for the number two wild card position. Baltimore is also just a half game behind the Pittsburgh Steelers, as Marco knows very well in the a f C North, so this is huge for them with Lamar Jackson under center. Lamar Jackson's four and one thus far with the Ravens, and we'll never see Joe Flacco ever again in a

Ravens uniform barring injury. And then there's the Chargers, who I've been talking about all week on a numbers game at Visa, UH, since that performance on Thursday, even before when I was accumulating Chargers futures and I was telling everybody that I was. Philip Rivers is having one of the most spectacular careers you'll ever see when all his contemporaries are going down by the wayside. Eli is Eli, Drew Brees is having some some rough stars here late.

Big Ben is making mistakes like he's never made before. Tom Brady is not the Tom Brady of old. All of these guys are suspect. And here's Philip Rivers having the best damn season of his career and he's just not appreciated. He's going to the Hall of Fame. People should stop with this debate and forgive me for those who listen to the Visa show with me repeating myself. But he's never had any offensive lineman of any repute.

He never gets hurt. He, unlike the Saints, the Rams and the Chiefs, never has receivers running wide open in the field. He's a pinpoint passers shot putting them the ball. He rarely uses play action, which I don't understand, which would make those receivers that much more open. And yet here he is and the Chargers with the best record in the a f C, gonna try to keep pressure on the Chiefs as we talked about earlier, for the number one seed, otherwise they will be the number one

wild card Chargers by four and a half. Ace. We start with you on this one. Is there a game here of the two that you like better than the other? Yeah, to share info with our listeners. Washington, Tennessee, personally haven't touched it a group. I provide accounts for it. They took Washington plus ten and a half. Um, I always take a percentage of the the account, so obviously I have something writing on that sign. But I I piggyback the

ones that I like a lot and release them. You know that the to my guys, um, and I haven't with that Washington one at all. I just not confident in it. But personally at the side I like in those matchups. I like, uh, the Chargers. I do in that matchup, but I think the line should be a little bit higher than it was. Um. You know, you see this Baltimore team. I know Charges are coming off a big win, but I don't think this is a leftdown spot for them. I mean they got Denver on deck, granted,

but this is a team that that's been focused. Other than that one point loss against Denver. I mean, they've just been playing really good football, even when they turned the ball over their winning games. That's what's most impressive. I Mean they were minus two and turnovers that Kansas City and won that game. You know when you can do that, uh, you're you're playing really well. I like the Chargers, right now ride that momentum, something I don't

usually do. When a team looks that good, they're usually gonna be over bound. You. I don't see it here. I really don't keeping it out at that price of four. I don't know why I thought the line should be closer to six. But I like the Chargers. Yeah, it's actually more four than four and a half. I think the Chargers going to the Super Bowl. I really do.

Most balanced team in the a f C to me, Although if you talk to any Chargers fan, they will sit there and they will say to you, if the Chargers lose this, this would be the most Chargers thing ever,

So you never know. By the way the Charges. I feel for old San Diego Chargers fans because they were such a loyal fan base to this franchise and it must be so conflicting for them now to see this team that left San Diego to play at StubHub and see their success now and wonder, really, after all these years, is this one you're really gonna put it together? So I gotta be tough for them. Ed any take on

any of these two games here Saturday? Yeah, I mean I think, uh, I mean, I'm fascinated with the Chargers. I I do think they are should be a super well favorite coming out of a f C basically because of balance on both sides of the ball. My numbers like both uh, the offense and the defense. UM. And then you know, the this Tennessee Washington game kind of

cracks me up. We'll talk about this later, but you look at these teams that are not very good but favored by more than a touchdown at home to Tennessee, Dallas, Indy, and Cleveland. Like, none of those teams kind of past the smell test for you know, being any kind of Super Bowl contender. Yet they're big favorites. And I mean you can clearly see why for the Tennessee in Cleveland because you know, the opposing starting quarterbacks are out. Washington's

on their their fourth quarterback. UM. But yeah, that that really fascinates me about this week in particular. Yeah, Redskins on their fourth quarterback, on their makeshift offensive line with skill players that have been mostly out of the lineup this year. Just a decimated offense, Marco either one of these. Yeah for me, the Tennessee lines too. You know, I can't lay ten points with a team that struggles to score your pay in a premium you want to take

them because of the must win. The intriguing game, obviously is Baltimore and the Charges. And I think what you're gonna get here is you're gonna get a mix from the betters, the guys that crunch the numbers and are strictly numbers guys. They're gonna be on Baltimore because you get a defense like Baltimore's getting points, they're always gonna

line up there. But for me watching these games, and this is where you gotta just you know, sometimes you gotta set numbers aside and look and see what you're seeing and understand what you're seeing. Lamar Jackson has more rushing attempts a hundred and fourteen I believe it is to seventy three pass completions. That's not a formula that you can continue to keep getting away with. And you look at the teams that they've played during this streak.

He's been the starter for five games, their four and one straight up with him at the helm. But they beat Incinnati, who's decimated with injuries, Oakland pitiful defense, Atlanta who this is a totally lost season. Kansas City doesn't have a good defense, and then last week Tampa Bay one of the worst defenses in the league. We fought in the Kansas City game that if Baltimore fell behind by two scores because of that Kansas City offense, what

would Lamar Jackson do if he had to use his arms. Well, they never fell behind by two scores because their defense and Casey was so bad that Baltimore was able to keep moving to football. Will they have that success against the Chargers. The Chargers have a decent defense. It's not great, but it's the best defense that Lamar Jackson will have faced. And they've got a very capable offense that is playing

well right now. I just think that this game gets to ten, a ten point lead for for the Chargers, and then Baltimore has got to push the envelope and then we might see the turnovers by Lamar Jackson. I I leaned to the Chargers, but but it's a tough one because you look at the numbers, and I'm old school and I believe in that you give me the

better defense getting points, I'm usually there of the time. Hey, Marko, I just gotta jump in real quick in as a numbers guy, I mean my numbers say he charges by about three and a half, so not a ton of value at four at all. Um, So, I mean maybe lean Baltimore, but that's that's what my numbers that are

available to members of my side say. Lamar Jackson last last week against the Bucks fourteen excuse me, fourteen and twenty three for one thirty one one touchdown, nose sacks, sack two times, eighteen carries ninety five yards, averaging five point three yards per rush. I'm with you, Marco on on everything you say about Lamar Jackson. I'm not buying

it yet, that's for sure. Baltimore has hitched its wagon to him, though four point favorites are four point dogs rather four and a half point dogs in some spots at the Chargers Saturday evening. All right, Sunday games, like, oh my god, I have so much gold for this is the hardest part of my job, narrowing it down for winners, free for you guys. So yeah, here's what I'm gonna give you something I already bet, um already fired on. Uh actually bet the side and the total

on this game, and that's Cleveland and Cincinnati. I can't give you Cleveland because I gave it to my guys that mine is seven. It's now up the close to tents, so no value there, but we could still get some money on that on their guys because this game, I've been given a total I don't think all season, maybe one, and I said, I gotta wait for one where I don't think five quarters could get the game over the total, and I think this is that game. Um. Cleveland's defense

has really stepped up, man. Other than those twenty nine points to Houston, over the last five weeks, they've been absolutely phenomenal. And those twenty nine points they gave up to Houston, they gave four had four turnovers in that game. Um, So it's hard to keep a team out of the end zone when you turn the ball over four time. So I'll give him a pass there. Then on the flip side, granted, Cincinnati put up thirty points, but that

was against Oakland last week. Again, beneficiaries up some turnovers, were able to run the football for almost two hundred yards, um, something they're not gonna do against the Cleveland Browns. And offensively, you look at Cincinnati over the last six weeks. So Oakland out the wind though they haven't been able to put up more than twenty one any of those weeks. I don't see this team crack in twenty UM, keep them in those low teams. I think Cleveland gets into

the twenties. This one barely cracks forty. Give me to under forty four and a half. Uh, I feel better forty five. It's one of those, you know, not maybe it goes back up, you get the forty five. I bet it on their forty six and a half, forty six, forty five and a half and on their forty five. UM, that's where I stopped. But I'd still forty four and a half. No reason that to stop there. This game don't crack the forties, all right, Cincinnati Cleveland under forty

four and a half? Right now? As we do this on Thursday morning, A saying even if it were five quarters ed, what do you like on Sunday? Yeah, I mean the game I'm looking at is uh Tampa Bay at Dallas. We already talked about these four teams that are not very good and yet more than touchdown favorite UM and Dallas doesn't. It doesn't impress me on either side of the ball when you look at their numbers. There my past offense ranking on defense, just just nothing

strikes out stands out about this team. And if you look at Tampa Bay, you know that we've talked about how their defenses is terrible, but but they've been able to chuck the ball around this year. I mean, I know Jameis Winson got benched, but um, they throw the ball around. And they are third in my past offensive breaking. So that's taking yards per past attempting and adjusting for

strength of schedule. My numbers, um would make uh. My numbers would make Dallas at three and a half point favorite. So I would take the points with Tampa Bay in that game. Taking the Boys with Tampa Bay, that's a that's a lot of points. Cowboys clinched the NFC East with the wind Tampa Bay always live. I will say this the home road splits. I've been talking about them all year long in the NFL. No season with bigger

chasms and home road splits than this one. Dallas the quintessential home road team, just crushing it at home, uh and not getting it done on the road. Tampa Bay also has some severe home road splits as well. Dallas six and one straight up at home two and five on the road. Uh, Tampa Bay four and three at home, one in six straight up all the road. Obviously points spread involved here. That is a lot of points for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to get though, that's for sure. Marco.

What are you looking at on Sunday? Gil, Just a quick note for you. Just in Washington, Redskins, No, Jordan Read officially out for Saturday. Yeah, another blow to your team. Jordan Read, who had for much of the season being the only one that remained healthy on that offense, which is funny because he was always the guy that was brittle, couldn't quite make it through the whole season. So it wasn't he wasn't even the backup quarterback in one of those games. No, that was a Quinn. That was a

wide receiver trade Quinn. Yeah, all right, thanks for that, Marco, thanks so much. I'm sorry it came across my sad was breaking news. I'm sorry. Uh you the one I'm gonna go to. And I love how people just they jump on the bandwagon so fast, they jump off it so fast. I don't know how people don't break legs jumping on and off the way they do. I think I know where you're going. I think I know where you're going. I'm going Houston, Philadelphia. That's exactly where I

thought you were going. I've made this point all week. Yeah, the Philadelphia team, Okay, the Dallas game. Everybody wanted Philadelphia. This was the fashionable play because after they had two wins against I'm sorry, the New York Giants in the Washington Redskins no offense skill. But the Washington game, you remember that game, That was the game with Sanchez, you know, had to come in and everything. Forget those two wins, and then the Dallas game final and overtime was the

most counterfeit final score you will ever see. They went up and down the field on Philadelphia. Now, there was a couple of controversial calls that maybe he could have changed things, but the fact was Dallas had their way with this Philadelphia defense. I don't know what happened last week with the Rams. I can tell you when I was watching the game as it started and saw all week the way the line just kept going up and

up and up. It reminds me. And I don't remember if it was last year or two years ago, but do you remember the Sunday night football game that had the New York Giants going to Denver, and the Giants had all of those injuries, and that line just kept rolling go ever nobody wanted them. What happened not only

did the Giants come or they pulled the upset. And I think the Rams was a combination of losing the Bear game twice because it was such a big game and they got there, they got a punch in the gut and a real dose of reality that they're not what they think they are because the Bears really intimidated them, made them look bad. Jared Goff was horrible, four turn interceptions, and I think there was a carryover effect coming into

the Philly game. And then WinCE is out. Oh, we just gotta show up here and we're gonna win this game. Do you remember how bad Philly was at the beginning of the year with falls, Well, he had his good game the injured player theory. Now it's the second week they got to cover. I don't see him doing it again. This Houston team has done nothing wrong all season. Uh, since they lost the first three, they rolled off nine in a row and then they lose to one of

the hottest teams in the league. That nobody wants to play right now. That might not make the playoffs in the end. Annapolis Colts Um, they had a snooze fest on Saturday night against the Jets, so they get an extra day's rest. That was basically just a scrimmage. Philadelphia played on the West Coast on Sunday night. Travel back home with the East coast. You've got that advantage. They had a late night, so lose if you want to say half a day. Houston's got into dang. I love Houston.

I'm taking them as the best bet. And you know what, remember that teaser I said on were Seattle. Well, the other end of it's gonna be Houston right now while you're still getting points. I think by the time we get the game time, it's not gonna be there. Do it now, guys, Seattle Houston in a teaser book. It like he says, free money. They're printing it. Just go pick it up. We're thinking along the same lines, Marco. We are seeing these teasers. I don't know if that's

good or bad. Gill, I think that's very good for you, young man. I think that's very good. I think you know you asked. That's my answer. Um, I'm with you, though I'm guessing lines on Monday, I thought Houston would be favorite in this game. I thought Houston would be favorite in this game, only to find out that the effects of recency are as real as ever. Uh, and

Philly is the favorite now this does appear. So it opened at Houston, I guess in some spot open at Houston minus one and a half, though I never saw where that was, And then quickly it became a Philadelphia. It was a pick them before you knew it in Philadelphia was favored by as much as two and a half. It has come down a little bit, it's like one and a half now consensus. It's even come down a little today, So you wonder what's gonna happen between now

and game time. But I'm very with you on the overall sentiment that, uh, this is a line that surprises me in in many ways minus wanted to have. Total in this game is at forty six. All right, gentlemen. Before we get to the final two questions of the show, a reminder as always that support for today's show as always brought to you by Bookmaker dot eu. Uh. It's an industry leader. Bookmaker is for close to thirty years now.

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really gets serious next week. All right, gentlemen, Then the final two questions are as follows. As always, which of the big favorites is the most likely to lose? Outright? Boy, do we have a slew of them. In fact, we have three games that are double digits. Well, actually, in some places it's really five. There are five different games where you're looking at double digits. Let's start with the game we already talked about Tennessee on Saturday. Ten point

favorites at home against the Washington Redskins. New England thirteen and a half point favorites at home against the Buffalo Bills. Obviously, the breaking news this morning, sad news, Josh Gordon taking another leave, not expected to play again this season. Some reports say it has to do with uh violating the

rules that were in place for him to join the Patriots. Uh, your brain goes to certain things that have affected Josh in the past, and your brain also goes to, will we ever see Josh Gordon play football again in the National Football League? Gordon who led the Patriots and yards receiving and yards per catch this year eighteen yards per catch for Josh Gordon, Patriots favorite by thirteen and a

half in that game. Uh. Then there's the Colts nine point favorites consensus right now hosting the Giants as the Colts try to shut out a second NFC East team in as many weeks. Uh, Cleveland, we talked about them nine and a half point favorites somewhere in that pocket hosting the Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona fourteen point dogs, the Rams fourteen point favorites on the road at Arizona. Uh. Those

are the big ones. Those are all the big ones, either on the cusp of ten points are greater or in double digits comfortably, Which of those big favorites, ed is the most likely to lose out right? In your opinion? I was gonna I was gonna talk about Tampa Bay again, but I guess we're going with ten plus. I'll go

with the newer Giants here. Um, And I think this is you know, less about the Giants and more about my questions with the Colts and the to their defense, Um, their last when I look at success rated justin first strength of schedule, Uh, they're not doing much better on the past defense by adjusted yards per attempt one So you know, um, it's it's just a team that I'm

not I'm not impressed with so far. I know they've done on some decent side, decent things on the offense side of the ball with with Andrew luck and and Marlon Mack running the ball. But I'll take the New York Giants. Okay, So the so the Colts most likely of that group to lose out right, if given your druthers I love the word druthers, you would have taken Dallas as a seven point favorite hosting the Tampa Bay

Buccaneers seven seven and a half. Somewhere in that pocket Marco biggest favorite, most likely lose out right in your opinion, Yeah, you didn't put the You didn't put any of the six pointers in this week. No, I didn't because I didn't need to. But if I did, also you get two tiers. Just like Ed just said, double digit tier would be the Colts. Then if you default, he went to Dallas, so you can get the same kind of answer. Yeah,

if I did this, um boy, I'll tell you what. Uh, this is gonna be ball z. But I'm gonna look at New England right now. This is you know, with the Josh Gordon and you know stuff. This team is just I mean, they're You've got Buffalo. You're gonna see Josh Allen running all over the place. This guy has been amazing the last several weeks. You know, down the stretch in New England to me, looked like a tired team last week, and this is team has played a

lot of road games. You look at their schedule of what they've done and the way this NFL put their schedule up this week. I talked about it. It It was one of the reasons why, you know, one of the many reasons that I had Pittsburgh last week. But uh, I just they're not the same team, and that that's gonna be ball z. If you're making me go to the double digits because I don't want to go against Indianapolis. They're just playing too good. Do I want to lay

the points with them? No? But the one I was gonna throw in if we go to the lower tier minute soda. Laying six at Detroit as bad as Detroit is, Minnesota is just they beat up on the teams that they can in. This line is absolutely ridiculous. Now, I know Detroit's bad, but do you realize that when they played at Minnesota, the closing number was five and a half. They're playing six on the road. You're you're gonna tell me? I know, you know, Golden Tate's gone, there's you know,

Matthew Stafford's banged up. But I'm gonna go with the misery loves Company, uh attitude here. The season's over for Detroit and it's been for a long time. But this is a division rival that you could put You know, you can play the role of spoiler. If you're not going to the playoffs, why not try to prevent somebody else you know that needs this win bad. I got Detroit if we're gonna go, if we include the six. Agree with what you're saying there. This would be so

like Detroit to show up for this game. And I just don't know about Minnesota. I know everybody's excited because they went to the run last week. Uh. Some advanced analytics guys like Laren Sharper will tell you that's exactly the wrong thing for the Vikings to do on a long term basis. Um, yeah that Edward, agree right there?

All right? UM A same question. Two tiers of the double digit ones are the ones that are flirting with double digness and then knock it down to uh the next year, who would be the most likely to lose out right? In your opinion? Agree with Marco. As far as the Minnesota Detroit, I made my line four. The look ahead was three at open four and a half. Now it's up to six. Um, that's way too high. I like Detroit, plus the point saying if I like a dog, especially at home, I'm gonna sprinkle money line.

So that has it. Um. But as far as value goes, like last week's Eagles, UM, I needed a little more. I wanted four to one, and I'd be on those Giants too. If it gets the four to one, that that's that's gonna be a bet for me, Like the Eagles at five to one. UM. Right now it's at like three seven d the highest I could find, UM one a little bit more. Hopefully it gets there. I think they're the Colts are a beatable Man. And more importantly, I love the how both these teams are coming off

the kind of the opposite spectrum. You have the Giants coming off being shut out, Colts coming off having shut out Dallas. Um, I mean, it sets up nicely for for the Giants to bounce back and get a win. And prior to that game, let's not forget they had one four out of the five their last five games, and more importantly, they were dogs and three of those five and the one they did lose was by a

field goal UM on the road to Philadelphia. And if you look at the splits, UM, I mean, Giants got more wins on I mean a better record three and four on the road compared to two and five UM at home. So give me the Giants also, but let's try to get four to one on our money, then that would definitely be worth the bet. A testament to what this week in the NFL is like the fact that we had a two tier answer to that question.

Rare that that happens, But lots of games with large spreads of six points or more, many of which were double digits or flirting with that final question, you had to bet aside in each of these Bizarro exercise sixteen games in the NFL you must bet aside and fifteen of them. Which is the game you want to pass on? Ed? Yeah, I'm passing on Atlanta at Carolina. Carolina has shut down Cam Newton for the year. I read it was shoulder fatigue. Yes, it seems a little strange to me. Um, they're gonna

throw out Taylor. Yeah, Taylor Hideki Yeah from Dominion, undrafted quarterback with five career pass attempts. And uh, I do numbers, but I don't know how to do numbers on Taylor Heineke and and uh and you have all kinds of crazy things. On the other side of the ball. Atlanta has had a crazy season with injuries on the defensive side of the ball. I'm looking at Desmond Trufon is questionable, Julio Jones. I just don't know what to do with

that game. Yeah, I hear you. And on the shutdown of Cam Newton, that spread shifts from Atlanta being a three and a half point dog to Carolina being a three and a half point dog. Some might quibble with the seven point move from Cam to Taylor. Heinarchy, uh, Marco, which is the game you want no part of. Yeah, the shutting down of Cam Newton. If you just looked at the last drive Monday night, the throws he was made. Dude,

it was sad. How did they lose that game? He lost single handedly lost that game for him that I felt so bad for that defense. I live bet that last drive. Marco. It's funny you say that because I said to my buddy was sitting right next to me. I go, I'm jumping in because there is zero chance that Cam Newton is going to be able to matriculate this ball down the field, even into field goal range.

Heavily bet against that happening. Anyway, Go ahead. I'm sorry, I'm gonna the game I don't want any part of. Is the Rams in Arizona. You're laying fourteen points with him. The Rams, you know they need to win if they want to still try to get that home old advantage, you know, still away from the Saints. But what made they look ahead line was eleven and a half. Okay, they lost last week? How did this line go up?

Arizona did what we thought they would do. They'd lose on the road, but the Rams lost at home, and the look ahead line goes from eleven and a half to fourteen. Do I want to take the Rams? No? Do I trust the Arizona? Hell no, I don't want any part of this game. And the Rams need they need a confidence building win. So I think, you know, this is one of those ones where they could, if they get a chance, just keep the you know, foot

on the gas. But I really think the injury the Cup is hurt this Rams offense more than anybody that was Um goff security blanket in my opinion. Uh, when he needed to go to somebody on third down, he was the guy he went to. They're missing him in this lineup. I was joking with Michael Lombardi several times on my show. I'm like, is Cooper Cup the m v P of the National Football League? That I saw him tweeting it the other day and I was like, Hey,

wait a minute, you're stealing my thoughts. Um, But it really is. It's like, it's ridiculous how far they've fallen. Warren Sharp will tell you it's all about their going away from play action passes. Uh. Sean McVeigh, I was at Sean McVeigh Truther. But there's a lot that's happened in the last few weeks where I like shake my head. I'm like, you, forget about Todd Gurley. You're not play action passing. These guys aren't getting out of bounds when

they're supposed to. Like at some point, that's coaching, right, Like you know, even even Sean McVeigh is not impervious to criticism a same thing. Which game you want? No part of this? This was tough. I'm honest. Pretty much all these games are bettable Denver Oakland most likely, you know, the Monday night game just the way when I haven't bet yet, except, like I said, trying to set up possibly a middle um. But that's the one that I ain't really have any opinion on to do that like

I did. Okay uh? And I would say, Marco, to your rhetorical question, what happened this past week that made that line go to fourteen? I think people who were like, oh, Josh Rosen is terrible at football were like, oh my god, he's even more terrible than we thought that would be. It would be my guess what would Tom Brady do in that system? Though? Right? Is it all Rosen's fault

or no? Of course not. And I do agree with the sentiment because I I am famous for having said, if Peyton Manning were drafted by the Washington Redskins, Peyton Manning would never have become Peyton Manning. I really believe that. I think there's no sport like football in that regard. It really is so dependent on where you end up and is an organization stable, is their continuity from year

to year. If Peyton Manning had a different o C every single season in d C, I mean, he wouldn't have sucked, but he would never have become the Hall of Famer. And there's no way to prove that. But I firmly believe that anyway, we've done all we could do. Gentlemen, for Week sixteen in the NFL, here's the deal. Once again, we're not here for weeks seventeen. We've tried it before,

hadn't gone well. One day, I was like, Hey, let's try a Week seventeen, and so we did it one year and it was not fun because there's too much scoreliness. And they've also taken away the uh, the many correlated parlay opportunities. They've reduced those by making a lot of the game's concurrent The final week of the season, So everybody, just enjoy your Christmas holiday. The weekend between Christmas and New Year's will be back for Wild Car weekends. So

happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to everybody. Marco, Ace and all of you and everybody who listens to this show so loyally, not just this year, but through the years. We cannot express our appreciation enough. And I know I speak for Marco and as on that as well. Indeed, happy holidays to everyone. Man, have a safe holiday season and enjoy yourself and your families. Man, be'st of luck ahead, health, prosperity, all that good stuff. And appreciate you guys listening to

us each week. Merry Christmas, everybody we do, we appreciate it. And guys getting close, it's gonna be about a month away. You know what we'll be doing the lifestyle. Oh yes, boy, do I have a topic we need to touch on? Oh what do you care to Oh my god, it's just there's that there's an insanity bruin on Twitter that we have to touch on. Oh wait, this companion nonsense is really starting to rub me the wrong way. I have no idea what he's talking about. Oh, God, this

is good. All right. That's the weekend between conference championship and Super Bowl as well. And for those who have never heard that show before, let me just warn you in advance. Uh it is. It is a travesty. It is a deplorable endeavor that we undertake every year. So we'll bring in meltzer. We'll do that one Eda from the Power Rank. Second appearance this year. Ed appreciate it, man, always appreciate the insight. Hey man, thank you so much

for having me on. And uh you know, here's the Apple not kicking you guys off their podcast for the for the lifestyle episode. Thank you appreciate that. And by the way, if you have money in the stock market, go to your portfolios quickly. That's all I have to say. All right, thanks everybody for listening. Good luck with all your bets this weekend. Happy holidays. We'll see a week after days. Battle Botta ba Babble went Battle Bo