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They didn't tell us that. They're like, can give it all the one on the.
Air half Well, it's called the Great American Beer fest for a reason.
Yeah, but I mean most beers, you know, you three to five percent alcohol depending on what you're getting. This was like triple the alcohol in it, and they don't tell you that, and then you're drinking it and we're I mean, we're just sitting there.
We're throwing these things back.
And it got to the point by the other show it was like two guys. It was like two Harry carries Hi.
How's it going? Do you have Matt cow or go from booting?
It was it got a little while to I'm just saying, don't dig back to the audio archives.
It was bad. It was bad radio.
We are going to do a We're gonna get back to picking games, which we used to do.
Grants already got the background thing role. I was just set it up. Grants already got the background music roll and every anticipating my every move, put a rolling out of slate. Pick these games. We used to do this on Friday. We're gonna do it again.
Here I picked the uh the slate of games for the weekend. Start off with Jets Vikings seven thirty am game. It's gonna be live in London right now. The line is Vikings minus to a half. They started out plus four, the minus two and a half. Now they are the favorite in this one. Vikings Jets, Nick, what do you think? I like the Vikings in this one? The Vikings have been playing well with Sam Donald. Surprisingly, they get Jordan
Addison back. He's scored a touchdown last week. Even though in that game against the Green Bay Packers, the Packers came roaring back, but it soon wasn't enough to overtake the Vikings. And based on what we saw last week, you know, inclement weather included, but the Jets offense just seem just a little off. And the way that Brian Flores and that defense is playing, the Jets are in some trouble.
I think so.
Counter point here, if you go to the loving games, teams that can run the ball and play defense tend to win these games. Both these teams can play defense, but running the football has been better for the Jets and spent for the Vikings.
I expect a close win in this one.
I'm probably going with the Vikings on you. Like I said, I don't know if they cover. I'm probably going with the Vikings on the win on this one, though, Grant, what do you have to say.
I think the Vikings stay perfect five and oh baby okay rank five and o Viking Dolphins Patriots in the battle of who could care less the Dolphins getting the second start for Snoop hot Ley, the Patriots and Jacoby Brissett hoping to crack.
I think two hundred ards passing the Dolphins are well. I was gonna say, you can actually find both these teams at plus odds if you shop the line hard enough.
Basically I pick them here.
Dolphins are at the Patriots eleven AM game. I don't like the Dolphins in this one. I like the Patriots at home in this one.
Yeah, I like the Patriots as well.
The one thing that we know that the Patriots can do they can play defense because Romeo former defensive.
Coordinage for the team Karen Herrick, cot head coach.
When you look at the Miami Dolphins, they both them and the Patriots are the low's lowest squorantines in the NFL. So as I look at your face with a hand on your face, it's gonna be one of those dreadful type of games, like I can't wait till this game is over, but I still give the nu too. Jacoby Brissett and the midle of the Patriots.
I did two preset Milmandrie Stevens said, I just like them a little bit. I think they'll be able to throw the ball a little better. Both these teams played descent defense. I get the edge of the Patriots a little bit there. And of course they're at home.
Panthers at the Bears.
Red rifle going against one of his former teams in the Chicago Bears. The Bears are four point favorites in this one. Kbler Williams has not exactly gotten off of the start Bears fans. We're hoping to rid themselves of the specter of Justin Fields, who, by the ways winning games with the Steelers right now. Bears four point favorites in this one at home. Panthers playing pretty well though at Gerald and Verel's.
Kind of got that defense.
You're trying to comple it together with some injuries that they've had on the offensive side of the ball. They seem to have found a connection between Andy Dalton and Deontae Johnson.
What do you think about this one?
Even with everything that you said, the Panthers are still one in three, right.
They got a couple of jardful guys.
Yeah, banged up, But last week we saw DeAndre Swift actually show up for the first time for the Chicago Bears.
And when you talk about.
Playing your former team, you gotta think that Dj Moore is licking his chot to say I want to get back because they traded me and Caleb Williams. To his credit, he's starting to play and a lot better than he was at the beginning of the season. And Keenan Allen should be back for that game too as well. So I'm literally heavily towards the Chicago Bears.
Okay, the Panthers certainly have had more offense since they've had Andy Dalton out there. The defense, which was good in the first two weeks, has been kind of combled together the last last two weeks. Get up twenty two and thirty four points. It has not been as good the Bears, you know, to find a way to cut it out against the Rams. They found a way to beat Tennessee. They found ways to sort of beat teams.
It lost by six when they were at Houston. They just haven't been able to win on the road, but they haven't been able to win at home.
I'm gonna go ahead and go with the Bears. The Bears on this one. We've got Colts at Jaguars. I've talked about this extensively.
Jacks with their backs against the wall here, Jags three point favorites at home. Colts look like they're gonna be starting Joe Flacco in this one. I like the Colts in this one. The Jags have just been on a spiral. There's rumors that Peterson has lost the locker room. We'll see if they can rally around. Win one for the Gipper, But the way that the reports have been leaking out of Jacksonville, I've got no faith in that team at this point.
I can't put anything pass Joey but a.
Flacko, right, we get a joy but a few reference.
Yes, they can't put anything past him because every time he comes in. He did it with Cleveland, he's doing it.
Now with the Colts.
It's like the guy knows how to win, he knows how to play that back up position, because at this end of his.
Career, no one's.
Expecting too much from him, and he delivers on it every single time. And we're talking about a Jags team that's owing for They're feeling sorry for themselves and this could be another win for Joy but a Flacot.
I'm wacko for.
Flacoh grant Hey, age does age is just a number for Flacco.
I think they went again this week. Ride the Flacco train as long as you can is Joe Flacco elite. That was like a thing. It was like a meme on the internet.
Rydy Big I were talking about it earlier this week.
Still hagging around, Still find a way for backup quarterback at this stage.
Of his career. Yeah, and he does. He finds ways to you know, to keep you in win Gifts.
Bills at Texans, Oh yeah, sends are a one point favorite, and this one Bill's reeling off the slacking they got by the Baltimore Ravens. I like Buffalo in this one. Although this could be the Stefan Diggs revenge game. You gotta figure he wants to go out and put it to his former team. Nico Collins came out and said, we got to win one for him. I like the Bills in this one.
What say you no, I'm going with the Texans, not even though my former teammate Tamiko Ryans is trying to downplay the storylines. But you and I both know you really can't downplay those storylines. Consider in fact that Stefan Diggs lost last week to the Minnesota Vikings. He wants to go out and have a great showing against his former team, Buffalo Bill's who some feel as though Diggs was a diva and the team. You know, in the first three weeks of the season, the.
Bills were playing well without him. No no, no, no no.
See they came down the earth last week against the Baltimore Ravens.
But I'm gonna give it to c J.
Stroud in the Houston Texans, and the guy who really hasn't got into the offensive rhythm is take down, So this could be a big game for him.
Yeah.
If this game was in Buffalo, I'd take the Bills, but since it's in Houston, I'm taking the Texans.
Okay.
I see you guys betting against Josh Allen over there. Both of you are, dude, you're getting a Dell. Guys thinking they can take Dell's going to research huh.
Okay, we'll see. We'll see how that goes. Ravens taking on the Bengals.
Ravens and Cincinnati coming off that same shallaking we just talked about. They look like they've finally gotten Derek Henry comfortable in the offense and the way they want to do things next time they.
Get Park Andrews involved.
That's sort of been a question thus far this season, Lamar Jackson not throwing for as much, but not needing to throw for as much.
With Derek Henry doing what he's doing. What do you guys think about.
Ravens at Grant Smith's Begals.
Well, the idea is that Joe Burrow and the Bengals have struggled a little, and I think Jamar Chase holding out that chemistry that he typically has with Joe Burrow has been slowly coming along, but you can still see the remnants that is there. But this is the divisional game, and this is what I call the Black and Blue Division, and no one is though Baltimore won a game, not Lamar throwing the ball and running the ball himself, but
just turning around handing it off to Derrick Henry. I see something where Hey, Todd Monk and saying, look, we're gonna roll out in the same game plan. Thist's just run it blood in their nose until they actually stop it.
So I'm real lit with Baltimore.
Two words today and the Blowfish. Look, the Baltimore Ravens are the number one rushing football team and their number one against the run. Cincinnati has not been able to run the ball at all this year, twenty third in rushings, Moss three point nine to carry only two touchdowns. They've they've been leading on Joe Burrow to do this, and if you can't find some balance, defense is going to te you off on Joe Burrow in that offensive line. I like the Ravens in this one, personally, sorry for you.
Grant Brown's at Commanders, the Washington Commanders.
Man, you look at that offense. They are high.
They got no defense right now. They're gonna have to call him and Quinn because there's no d coming right now. But you look at that offense and it has been absolutely gangbusters going on. And I look, I did not expect Jade Daniels to be this good, this fast, but he's finding a way to succeed with his arm, with his legs.
The run game's a little banged up with Brian Robinson.
Eckler's gonna be back for this one. We'll see how that goes Brown's back against the wall. Deshaun Watsons look terrible. They haven't been able to get the run game rowing, except with with Ford. I'm worried about the Browns. I got a great defense, but they're wasting it right now.
I definitely agree with you on the Browns having some issues offensively and you're thinking with the Mary Cooper, Jerry Judy and Deshaun Watson, the offense will look a lot brighter, but it doesn't. But as far as the command and dan Quinn conserve, yeah, I mean the Washington football teams they.
Are susceptible on the ground, but they did a great.
Job last week against Kyler Murray holding the Cards to one hundred and fifteen yard total offense.
I mean, you really don't do that in the NFL.
That often, and that was against a rushing quarterback.
And then you're facing another.
Potential rushing quarterback in DeShawn Watson this week. But everything falls on the shoulders a day. Jane dais the young quarterback. He has four rushing touchdowns this season, puts him in the category with Cam Newton and Anthony Richister, so he could have another rushing touchdown this week.
Yeah, he's something else and it's gonna be fun to watch. Interestingly, the Browns probably dial up more pressure than Jane Daniels is used to. It's gonna be interesting to see how he handles that as well with that front four in the way that they do things. But I like Washington in this one.
Yeah, I think they keep it, keep the train rolling. The offense has been good all year long.
They're gonna fit.
They start to figure out the defense last week and the Browns offenses look so bad. Give me the Commanders Cardinals.
At Niners nine ers seven and a half point favorites. I like the Niners at home and this one not much needs to be said there.
Yeah, I mean, no Christan McCaffrey, no worries you had Jordan Mason, you know, former Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, see by your hat and just rep repping that. But there's something always it thinks you were about Brod Purdy and his chemistry with George Cattle and Kyle Shanahan and de bo is now coming into fullam. I mean they got Jennings involved with the offense.
He's casting more passes than Brendan. I you who has a higher big account than he had.
They Yeah, they went out there and paide Ayuk and then they got Jennings looking like Randy Moss out there.
Yes, I like the Cardinals to surprise if Kyler Burry's gonna light them up on the road.
Spicy Giants at the Seahawks six and a half point favorites.
I'm on the Seahawks. There, no nothing really nice.
Yeah, I'm gonna take the Seahawks on that one because the Giants they don't look that great.
This years are the Giants. Yes, they're going to win.
It's a tutology, but it works. Packers at the Rams. This one a little interesting to me. Rat Packer's three point favorites on the road. Jordan Love still feeling a little bit. But Christian Watson probably out in this one. But this looks like a game I think the Packers can win on the road.
I definitely think that the Packers win this game. And it's odd because Mala Florida, head coach for the Green Bay Packers, once upon a time was an offensive coordinator
on to Sean McVay with the Rams. So the East defense you're seeing what you're going to see on Sunday in practice, but I'm going to give the nod to the Green Bay Packers because even though Jordan Love was banged up last week, he almost mounted a sensation would come back against Sam Donald and the Minnesota Bike And so I'm gonna go with the Packers in.
This one, unlike Ben I Love Love, Yes, and I'm going with Jordan Love and the Packers to get this up fair enough.
Cowboys on the Road to Steelers. Steelers two and a half point favorites.
I like Dallas to give the Steelers something that they've been missing, an offensive showdown.
Well, it may prove.
To be someone of an offensive showdown because I know Dak Prescott can actually move the ball down the field and the Steelers offense have stalled at times. But on a defensive side for the Dallas Cowboys, no Mike or Parson, so that's gonna hurt them, especially if Justice Fields is running around making plays with his feet.
Yeah.
DeMarcus Lawrence also out right, I believe so yeah.
And that means Pittsburgh wins the game. No, I don't think so really right?
Right?
Right? De Marcus Lawrence is not playing, Michael Parson isn't playing on the dispensive side, and these are your two Marquie edge rushers, and both you and been are going.
With the Steelers. Cowboys swam over the Cowboys. Cowboys win this game. I mean the Dallas Cowboys and that Saints.
Monday Night Saints taking on the Kansas City Chiefs. Saints started hot, but the last couple of games not ben as hot. Chiefs another team that's sort of had a blood bath in terms of all the injuries an attrition that they've had.
Chiefs five and a half point favorites. I like Chiefs at home.
Yeah, as much as I would love to go against this one.
I was just gonna say the same. I mean, it's Patrick Mahomes, they're at home. The Saints can.
They must have the same amount of offense they were to start a season. Probably not, and Andy Reid, even with g Rice being out, They're gonna find a.
Way to win games. So I'm just gonna go with the Chiefs.
Yeah, Xavier Worthy is the X factor for that team, and he's gonna be the next big deal wide receiver in the NFL. In my opinion, I wish I could pick the Saints, but I'm going with the Chiefs at home.
I saved Raiders Broncos for last. Raiders at the Broncos two five kick, Broncos favored by three at home. Sixty nine percent of bets on the Raiders in this one. It's sixty percent of money on the Broncos. I tell you all the sharp betters are on the Broncos in this one. I like the Broncos in their defense and if they can stick with the run game to wear down Oakland and beat them.
Well, I'm gonna stick with the Broncos on this one. I'm hoping that both nix an offense can score more than twenty one points in this game. It's a really showcase the deficiencies of the Raiders. If not, guess what, you still have the defense you can lean on.
So I'm gonna go to the Broncos in this one.
Broncos win. It's Alumni weekend. The vibes are gonna be high. Nick ferg is gonna be in the booth, the streak is gonna be snapped, and.
The Broncos are gonna win. We're gonna have to get Nick Fergin in the booth every week. If that's the case. Snaps the streak. I'm just saying it's it. You know, we can't have the jinx.
We had a break, we come back. Vine Bonceignior is gonna join us, talk about those Raiders. You listen to Broncos Country tonight. Welcome back to it, Broncos Country Tonight. Benjamin Olbrighten, Nick Ferguson, Grant Smith here with you. Five six syx nine zeros of text and we go right off the KA compsper the hotline, the all bring on a good buddy, Vinnie bun Signori go behind it.
We lat's talk about the Las Vegas.
Raiders coming to town, Broncos having auspicious streak against the Las Vegas Raiders and that they've actually never beaten them, and they are sincerely hoping here in a retro throwback weekend where they're rolling out the nineteen seventies tribute uniforms that has the shirt on right now, that they'll be able to do that.
Vinie, what are the odds.
One of the odds of the Broncos breaking that streak? Uh, probably pretty decent. I would say, you know, the Raiders are kind of a middling team right now, trying to figure themselves out. Obviously, we've got the DeVante Adams Adams situation going on in Las Vegas. Antonio Piers is trying to hold things together. Gardner Minshew hasn't necessarily distinguished himself
as a new quarterback a walking wounded team. So this could this could be a team that a Raiders team that's right for the taking for the Broncos.
Vinny is interesting that you say is right for the taking because I've been trying to let fans here know that. But everything that's going on with the Raiders right now, this is still very pride team. Antonio Peers is one of the better motivating coaches in the league.
And I've labeled this game as.
A trap game for the Broncos and from you, the boots on the ground, do you view it in that same way? And as there is a chance, if there is a chance that the Raiders could have set the Broncos at home.
Yeah, I mean, I don't know if that would necessarily rank as the biggest as an upset. You know, it feels like the Broncos are I wouldn't say struggling just as much as the Raiders are, but I feel like, you know, the Raiders being eight no against them in the last eight matchups. You know they they they finished
ahead of them in the standards. I feel like they have a more better quarterback, more secure quarterback right now, that doesn't say all that much, you know, with women being gardner Minshu and but I would also say that the Raiders are no business being anybody's trap game. You know, this isn't you know, a team that you should be I guess overlooking, But it's also a team that you know isn't going to sneak up on anybody necessarily. They
kind of are what they are. I look at this Raiders team and they've got to check off so many different boxes to be competitive on a weekly basis. And anytime they dB eight from any of those boxes, a couple of those boxes if they go unchecked, why they did again the Carolina Panthers in the Carolina Panthers game
is totally within reasons for the Raiders. So it's one of those teams right now that I don't quite have my finger on it, other than saying that they're a pretty good team, not a great team, and they're susceptible to a roller coaster ride depending on the week, depending on the opponent, and depending on what mental capacity they approach you him.
With, well, yeah, you talked about the injuries, and that's certainly a part of it. Max Crosby listed as questionable. Obviously a big part of what it is they do on defense.
But where is where is this team? Uh?
In terms of the vision of what Antonio Pierce wants it to become. Pierce hired off the interim UH the interim tag and and made as the head coach.
They bring in Gardner Minshew, they bringing Luke Getzi is the OC.
UH.
The defense, I can understand it taking a step back with Acrossby. With the offense, it just doesn't seem like it's clicking.
There's a mere.
White who ended the season, doesn't look like the same guy. Fact Madison looks like the better running back. What what's going on with the offense here?
Yeah? I think you know you've got you had to flux at the offensive line. You've got some injuries now at the offensive line. Jackson Powers Johnson, they're really good young guard from from Oregon.
UH.
Finally got on the field on a full time basis against the Cleveland Browns on Sonny and made a difference. But you've also lost your right tackle, Thayer Muntford and now at DJ Glads and Ricky from from Maryland who's in there. Calton Miller has been up and down in terms of the health and I still think that he's he's still rounding in the form from the shoulder surgery
that he had. Now he's dealing with a knee injury. Offensively, they haven't been able to really create the identity that that they want with the a strong running game, that's what Antonio Piers wants to hang his hat on. But they've had issues on the offensive line, and like said, Sama White has struggled in a new zone scheme that lucats He brought over. He's more of a power back. So now they'vey ship back to Alexander Madison. But the
reality is they don't have their quarterback. You know, this is a year where they're going to try to make the best of what they have with Gardner Minshew and or Aidan O'Connell. But if you're talking about the real vision for Antonio Pearce, I think he spelled it out during the off season when he said, I want to stop having stop gap quarterbacks with the Raiders. That's not getting the Raiders anywhere. Low and Behold they have a
stop gap quarterback. Why, well, they won a couple of games that in retrospect they probably wish they would have bought last year. That left him at the thirteenth pick in the NFL Draft. They were way too far out of being able to trade up to one, two or three to get Jayden Daniels, who they had their eye on.
Not to say that Washington would have ever traded out of that spot, but at least they would have been closer had they finished with the record that wasn't a little bit deceiving winning some meaningless games down the stretch. But until they get that quarterback in place, they're going to be right where they are, which is a pretty good team. You know, a team that if they do check off all those boxes, can maybe make a playoff run, but in reality is probably a six to eight win team.
That roller coaster, that ride that I talked about, And I know that as soon as this season ends, no matter what happens, they're going to be back in the quarterback business. Well, we'll see where they are in the draft, We'll see what kind of free agents might be available, or trade possibilities might be available. But really they're kind of spinning their wheels until they get that quarterback.
So, no DeVante Adams in this game due to a hamstring, But you guys still have some very talented wide receivers in trade Tucker and DJ Turner. How could these young, speedy receivers impact the game on Sunday.
Yeah, And that's kind of thing. They do have some pretty darn good skilled players. You got to throw rock Powers in there as well. Phobe Myers. Chucker, you know, looks like somebody that I think has a bright future, and not having DeVante Adams on the field, I think open brings up a little bit more for him in
terms of the touches. You know, every time you go into a game with the DeVante Adams and no matter how many times coaches or a quarterback wants to shy away from this reality, but the reality is you go into every game going to we got to get seventeen twelve, thirteen touches a game, and sometimes it can feel a little bit forced. Last week was the first week since DeVante Adams showed up where just felt more natural, It felt more organic, and the flow was a lot better.
Trey Tucker was a big part of that, and I think that the more if they approached games like that without having this big spectrum of an offensive focal point out there on the field, they're able to freely now just get guys touches, take advantage of the favorable matchup on a play to play basis, and Trey Tucker plays into that. He's a guy that they want to start breaking of hunger, you know, routes longer patterns. But in the meantime, you know, and they want to get to
that eventually. Part of that's the opposisne doing their job and Gardner Mans who's standing in the pocket and throwing it downfield. But in the meantime, Jay Deckers is the guy. Is a guy that could run fly sweeps, run screens, run intermediate and medium, you know, routes ball in his anelam do think from a speech perspective, but I think he's got a bright future.
We're talking again with Vinie bon Signori Vidy. On the defensive side, Max Crosby's the edge that makes this thing go. And I've I've a long been a fan of Nate Hobbs there in the slot as well. But what else on these defense should Broncos fans have their eye on because I think a lot of the guys, I mean Christi wil because you know who he and Tyrey wilsonar. But beyond that, a lot of these guys are not necessarily names household names to a lot of Roncos fans.
No they aren't. But but they've had a lot of good, solid football players. Ben Jacory and Bennett started the season last year as a rookie, had some injuries, you know, struggled a little bit, but he's he's come back in a second year and really done a really good job opposite Jack Jones. Jack Jones is a little bit of a wild card at times. You don't necessarily know what
what you're gonna get. But he's a playmaker and he's got the ability to to pick one up and take it to the house at any moment when he's when he's right mentally and engaged, he has a chance to be one of the better cornerbacks in the league. But it's still a struggle for him to be playing and play out dialed in the way he needs to be. Chevan Merrek a nice young safety from you were just
mentioning TCU, that's where he went. Isaiah Polamalu has replaced Marcus EPs, who's down for the season with a knee injury. Isaiah's a nice football player from UFC and Robert Spoyane a linebacker that kind of flew under the radar in Tennessee and Pittsburgh kind of through no fault of his own. He was just behind some really good linebackers in both of those locations. The Raiders picked him up, and I know a lot of fans like, who's that. Well, he's come in and been one of the hearts and soul
of this defense. Just a really good football player who's finally got his opportunity to start, and he's definitely run with that opportunity.
So we're heading into Week five and there's like a four games sample size of bo Nicks.
Last week was that great?
But what's the overall stands and take on Boone Knicks as a quarterback?
Yeah, I mean, I think that the Raiders obviously respect Sean Payton and uh and they were you know, they they dabbled in the Bone Knicks world without question. You know, somebody that they had on their radar and took a pretty deep look into. So I think they know the player.
Uh and and you know out of respect. They know that there's at any moment a rookie like that can break out, you know, and maybe this is the week, and that's what they don't want to have happened, obviously, But but they respect him and I think that they know that he's got a seemingly bright future. It's just going to take time. But as we've seen with rookie quarterbacks, it could be this week where all of a sudden
they have, you know, their breakout game. Now, maybe they might they fall back to earth a week after that, you know, and and startle like like rookie quarterbacks normally do. But I think that's the thing that the Raiders want to avoid is is bo Nick's having a breakout game. And I think one of the ways that they want to try to do that is stop the run. The Broncos they've gone over one hundred yards twice in the last two games of the season. They've won both of
those games. When they don't hit one hundred yards rushing, they've lost, you know, both of those games. So and the Raiders have struggled, you know, in run defense. So that's going to be a priority on Sunday for them. Stop the rum try to make Roncos as one dimensional as possible. Patrick Kurham try to dial up some creative things to mix bot Nix up a little bit.
Tell with Vinybond Signori reporter at the Las Vegas Review Journal and of course the NFL insider at LAAM five seventy. Then he let's let's talk about this DeVante Adams stuff. Obviously he once out the trade request all that kind of stuff. I've been hearing two teams, the Saints and the Jets. Obviously those would be obvious given the two quarterbacks or guys that he would want to play with. Is there anybody else involved here? Are the Saints even
seriously involved? Or is Adams really engineering this thing to try to go to the Jets.
Yeah, I don't know that he's engineering anything. I think there's a cluster of teams that he would be interested in going to, and he's going to respect also, you know, the the Raiders. I think the relationship overall, it's a little bit it's a little bit disconnected between he and Antonio Pierce. I think he and the organization are on fairly good terms. So I think you know, he's gonna understand. He does understand that the Raiders are gonna do what's
best for them. But I also don't think that they're going to stick it to him. They'll probably get him to a place that that that he likes. But I don't know if you want to read anything in the social media posts. DeVante Adams did post on his Instagram page a big photo of Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote the Ravens the Ravens. Maybe you know, I know, I know DeVante is the next level troll when he wants to engage. Maybe that's what he's doing. But I guess
don't rule out the Ravens at this point. Considering the Edgar Allen Poe reference that made well, I just.
Thought he was a big fan of the cask of Amontlado, so I didn't you know, I don't really know what's going on exactly.
We're all trying to interpret that, but I mean, I think we're gonna I think we're gonna roll with the Ravens connection.
Well, you know, what's something that's of conversation.
Because obviously this time the year, you look at teams who are not doing well, and we also look at the trade deadline, and I know much other times players are not traded within the division. Do you ever see a case where, you know, Antonio appears and this thing is just so toxic with Devinete Adams that he is possibly traded to a team within the division, all one being the Kansas City Chiefs or the Denver Broncos.
Yeah, you know, I wouldn't roll it out, but I would I would probably uh uh, you know, preface that by saying, if it's the Broncos, if it's the Chargers, if it's the if it's again the Chiefs of all teams,
they better come correct. Probably, you know, it would have to be something where that offer is just so compelling compared to every other offer that the Raiders would be compelled to take that trade where it would be like a no brainer, like you know, if you get interested what else was being offered and then what they offered. We had to make this trade for the for you know, the good of this organization. Will the Chiefs make that kind of an offer with the Broncos make that kind
of an offer? I get that remains to be seen, but I wouldn't roll it out under those under those under that area, all right.
Many the Raiders win this game if what the Broncos win this game.
If what I think the Raiders win this game. If if they if they clamp down on the run, if they forced a couple of turnovers from bow Nick, and I think brock Powers have to have a big game. I'm talking seven eight catches for for over one hundred yards for brock Powers.
Okay, wow, that's uh yeah, And I well love what Bowers has done so far, but that would be uh.
I think Vet's Joseph defenses are known to be a little weak against the tight end. So we'll see if that uh, we'll see if that does happen.
Vinie.
We always appreciate your time, man, and looking forward to seeing you here in a couple of days.
All right, take care, guys, We'll see in Denver.
Absolutely, brother, many buns in yours.
Las Vegas Review Journal Ham five to seventy there in Las Vegas. One of my favorite people, Vidy, and I that it's funny every story. I think that of my favorite people starts like this at Vinie and I got off on the wrong foot when we first started thanks to Twitter, and Vini was out there covering at the time, hesing Los Angeles, covering the Rams, and the relocation stuff and all that, and that was kind of the story.
One of the stories that put me on the map was was covering that relocation stuff and breaking which way it was going to go and all that kind of stuff.
And I guess we both kind of had.
Rival sources a little bit on that and uh, you know, a little healthy competition. I guess we sort of got off on the wrong foot. And then later on at Vinie's the best. He's one of the best people out there. And I encourage you guys. I know he covers the Raiders, but if you want raider's info, that's the guy to go to.
That's very interesting because you say, well, you guys started off on the wrong foot, but now you are great friends.
I would you say that?
Yeah, I mean great acquaintance, you know, I mean a friend is a tough word for me. I have very few friend for you know, I keep that circle pretty tight. But great acquaintances.
What's wrong with you? I'm a live in person. The fact that I haven't friends don't don't seem like it's in your vocabulary.
I'm a hermit man. God, I do I have very tight sirre. I consider you guys my friends, but I have a very tight circle of friends. I don't know. There's not a lot of people that I I put but Vinnie is a person I respect very much, and I would say that he's a very friendly We always have a good time whenever we see each other wherever that is, with's a combine or you know, raiders, broncos whatever.
See, okay, respect.
See that is something that I can get with because in life and especially in this business, there's not a lot of people you might respect fair, so that that goes.
I respect Viney. He's a very good reporter. And that's show you're not too far going as I thought. Yeah, No, I'm not. I'm not. I'm not just like the white blanket over.
I think it's funny, but I'm not like actually like a real life wet blanket.
I'm just I'm just I'm just trying to check out and make sure, yes.
Exactly, because you think that you know someone and then you find out something and you go, you know what, I thought, I knew that, But.
A lot of it's it's interesting.
I mean, not that we need to get into my life or anything, but it's interesting that a lot of the acquaintances that I have.
I'm here, I'm here for I'm here for. Doctor Ferr just just pulled up right down on the couch. Pin. Let's talk about it. Yeah and see, okay, let me put a pin in that real quick. I was gonna go with a Dennis Miller style joke on the Edgar.
Allan Poe thing rather than the cask of malolto was going to go with. I thought that all of a sudden, Devontae Adams was coming out as an anti did Act.
But I didn't think anyone would get.
That Didness Miller in the Monday Night Football Book pretty much.
That's why we went with the Castle of Mala Lotto sin. This is better than anyway.
A lot of those stories of my good acquaintances in this indust though, start off like that, like we got to do a bad we got off on the wrong foot on Twitter, and then we met in real life. We're like, oh crap, this is a really cool person, you know, And so that's that's one of those things. It's interesting. I always caution everybody, not everything you see on social media is real life. In fact, a lot of what you see on social media is not real life.
And I think the people that think they know me from Twitter versus the people that know me in real life have wildly different opinions.
So anyway, for whatever that's worth, we come back. We'll talk a little bit about.
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