Will George Pickens & Justin Jefferson Bounce Back? | Top 10 Predictions & Prop Bets for Wild Card Weekend (Ep. 1516)

got a really fun slatest six games here. Ericson, how do you feel now that the season regular season is officially behind us?

I feel like I'm thinking more clearly. So hopefully, hopefully with less games to kind of parse through, I will have better predictions because, as we'll get into, not been my show so far this year, it's been tough with the prediction streets, So we're going to get better with only six games to break down.

some good games. Though, you know, part of the narrative we talked about earlier in the week too was a little bit of chalk. There's kind of some like you look, and it's like it's hard to envision a handful of games that are going to have these big setups or upsets, but you know, we'll see how it goes.

wrong about the Steelers in Jalen Warren. You were wrong about Tony Pollard. He did get twenty two rushes, but he didn't get his needed eighty three yards. He did not get any of the two touchdowns. Not only did Carson Wentz not throw a touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins, he didn't throw a touchdown passes to anybody. It was

a thirty eight to nothing lost to Denver. However, you were right about the Jags mostly, you know, spiritually correct, and also of course you were correct about Brian Thomas Junior in that game, officially getting the leading all rookies and receiving this season, So that was a big hit by you, and of course the big one you were

spot on about Geno Smith and the Seahaw. Those incentives played off really well for you Welsh You had Michael Pennix did get his two touchdown day, but all was passing did go to Drake London instead of Kyle Pitts. So thankfully almost Pitt's finished the season with another whimper, we don't have to be tricked into going for him next year. JK. Dobbins did not get one hundred yards, but he did get sixty three against the Raiders for

the incentives there. Brock Bauers got nine targets but only came down with four passes, not the big day we expected from Jameson Williams. And finally, Mike Evans did not get his hundred yards, but of course he did get his thousand yard season, which was really one of the highlights of the day seeing the whole sideline celebrate and like I'm not even I'm not here for the people who are like the defense was soft, they were kind of letting him have it like it was cool to

see the dudes of Hall of Famer. He missed a bunch of games this year. The game was already over. It's not like they took a loss to give it to him, and like they didn't like guide him down the field. It was maybe a little softer covered us.

No excitement, no nothing, know anything. Then they get the ball back, he goes back in. He's cold. Kids, the catch, he's super excited. He just leaves and I was like, Okay, what's going on?

I think you might hurt the relationship a little bit with this guy who would be like the face of the organization moving forward Hall of Famer if five yards short they didn't pay him out in some capacity. Do you guys think I'm way off on that? Was?

and the yards to collect the three million dollars. So he was sitting on the bench five yards short of three million dollars because he didn't have those yards, and they had just scored that touchdown, and he was just kind of sitting there away from his teammates, staring off into the abyss and I get it, it's three million dollars and stuff like that, but it was so disconnected from the team. And then just for me, he gets it.

He celebrated and he just leaps and he just walks off the field, and it was I was like what's going on here? And then you know, top it off at the end, he's like, I'm gonna go to the casino and I was like, all right, I'm like disliking Mike Evans. I was like, rooting for him was the coolest moment ever. But I'm like, I don't like any of this, but I just couldn't get over the poudiness and like, dude, they're gonna like they gotta take care

of you, I guess. And to your point, there are nickel and dime ownerships that would have just laughed in their face and not paid it off. And you know, there are teams that bench players and stuff like. I just don't think you would have done that for the face of the Buccaneers. He's the number one face of that organization and it'll be for a long time moving forward. If it meant that much, then I can't imagine they

would have not paid him out. So I just it was more about, like, why are you pouting so much? I understand the money, but you should get taken care of.

same time slot. So this is definitely the Texans Invitational. Ericson what is your big prediction for Chargers Texans.

it from the lack of offensive efficiency. They're one of the worst teams in the NFL overall in overall success rate, like next to the Cleveland Browns, who have played four different quarterbacks all year long, so I think this is more of the same. And again, if this was the Chargers of old, the nong Harbaugh Chargers, this would be a really easy game to be Oh, well, this is where the Texans they get a win, right, But it's not.

It's the Harbor Chargers. We've seen this team over this past season really take what Harball brought to the table and run with it and be pretty successful in his first year, make the postseason and his first year as the head coach. So I think the quarterback advantage is with the Chargers. I think that the coaching advantage is

with the Chargers. So yeah, they're playing on the road, but the Chargers play on the road every single week because they played Sofi Stadium, which is essentially a road game. So I like them to win this game. And I think that Joe Mixon is going to kind of continue his late season struggles. We're starting some of these venter running back kind of run out of gas at the end of the season. He's rushed for under seventy rushing

yards in five of his last seven games. He's actually played a full lot in a snap, so it's not even counting last week where he barely played, so his prop is around seventy two and a half rushing yards. This week, I think he's gonna finish under seventy two and a half rushing yards. And there's a chance that after Damian Pierce popped off last week, maybe they hey, like, let's go with this two man backfield that they kept

talking up the entire offseason. But like, yeah, we're gonna have a two headed monster, but Damian Piers and Joe Mixon, which they never did, so who knows. With Joe Mixic kind of slowing down, maybe Pierce gets a little bit more involved. So just kind of fading the Texans as we've done most of the season and going with the Chargers here.

want to watch him play football right now. That's the problem. He does not look like that CJ Stroud that we had all build up for. So it puts it in a really tough situation where it's like, you know, I don't care if at home road, it doesn't really matter to me. Like he has not been shocked, Like you're betting his overs on interceptions every single game and you're cashing it. The weapons haven't been there, I mean obviously,

like they're a little bit more healthy. You've got mixing going, You've got Nico getting to go a little bit but I think the Chargers are just too tough of a team right now, and as they are getting healthy, getting JK. Dobbins back the other big thing. And this is so obviously like my game prediction is Colts are going to win. They're going to cover that two and a half on the spread, So we can put that as my prediction is they'll cover the spread, but my in game prediction

is going to be around Lad McConkey. So if you're taking a mix and under, I love my overs, and I'm gonna go with Lad McConkey over his receiving yard prop which was early set at seventy two and a half. He's currently set up against the Texans with the second best wide receiver quarterback matchup of the weekend according to PFF.

So you love that he's hit this yards prop at seventy two and a half and six of his last seven games and he has had six or more receptions in five of his last seven games, while, by the way, from a target perspective, eighteen targets over his last two games. So I mean he has gone on into overdrive as far as being the guy for this team. And this is how they're gonna win. They're going to be getting the ball to Lad all day. So I love Lad

having a great, big day. As far as my predictions go, hitting that receiving yard prop and the Chargers covering.

I don't kind of trust some of the other very large lines that we're gonna get to some of these other games, particularly in the AFC. I think the biggest blowout of the weekend is Chargers over Texans.

when him and Stroud have that connection. But Stroud has just consistently been on off on all and it's just like there isn't like three quarters that are even stitched together that look phenomenal like that Stroud of old. So yeah, I think this could go in a really bad direction.

got a lot of credit last year about CJ. Stroud's rookie year emergence, and he'd worked previously with the Chargers with Justin Herbert and when the Chargers brought him back from Houston, Justin Herbert was really pumped up. So just another element of something to pay attention during the offseason where it's not always the offensive coordinators moving from team to team, but like these quarterback coaches and who was

like working day to day with these quarterbacks. So I was going back in some of my old articles from the Quarterbacks to Avoid, and I talked about Stroud and that was one of the things I mentioned where Hey, he lost Shane Day, and Shane Day had a lot of success with him his rookie year. He had a

lot of success with Herbert. And that's kind of why we see these two teams, these two quarterbacks kind of go in different directions, whereas justin Herbert bounced back after a tough year last season, and obviously we've seen CJ. Stroud regress. So I think we're gonna come and just see more of the same here in this matchup.

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history of this rivalry. I can not ever remember seeing like a double digit spread or even close to it in this arrival. Even when when this spread is like seven, I think that's too high for any Steelers Ravens game. And here it is in the playoffs, it's nine and a half. Ericson, what is your prediction.

throw a little bit more at Lamar Jackson. I think he's gonna finish under two hundred and twenty passing yards. Looking at this matchup, have seen it twice this season, which goes back to why I just think this line is absolutely bonkers because it was Ravens minus seven like three weeks ago, and now it's nine and a half. Despite the fact that Steelers have playing with six or

seven guys that didn't even play in that game. Thickens is back Joey Porter Junior is back, a lot of defensive backs and defensive tackles are playing for the Steelers, and you know who the Ravens don't have. Their number one Pro Bowl wide receiver is A Flowers. He's not

going to play in this game. So again, don't need to go more in depth about the spread and what it is, but Lamar I think he's going to struggle a little bit here as a passer, as traditionally has been the case, with him facing the Pittsburgh Steelers defense both games this year, exactly two hundred and seven passing yards. His prop is at two hundred and twenty and a half passing yards. So I'm gonna take the under. He's been under that three straight games, five of his last

seven contests. And when the Ravens beat the Steelers the last time they played, who was the big playmaker was not Bateman, it was not Andrews, it was A Flowers, who is not going to play in this game. So I'm going under on Lamar Jackson passing yards.

at least for this week. I do not if the Ravens win by ten or more points, it will be because Derek Henry, you know, blew up. It won't be because Lamar threw for two hundred and fifty passing yards. So I I could not agree with you more ericson. I do not get this line at all. Obviously, I hope it's right. As a Ravens fan, that would be delightful, but I am certainly expecting a lower scoring game than

the total wood tjest. I'm certainly expecting fewer passing yards. Well, Shaw, do you see this one?

talk about the outlet, I think that opens up. I guess I've kind of been like an Isaiah Likely guy some this year. We've done it on the Prop show. You might get more of that, but I think they're going to struggle with a lot more deep ball stuff.

But with them holding a lead and especially in time clock management, I think what that's going to lead to is obviously the Steelers being able to cover, is they're going to get back to what they have done early on the year and they've really lacked success as of recent It's just slanging the ball, just Russ getting back and slaying it. And that comes to my prop of getting George Pickens back involved in this game. And we're

going to go with this longest reception. So this is a very betty you know, like in the betting show that we would talk about, but you want to hit this is George Pickens twenty three point five longest reception on the year. Prior to the last game where he just got shut out, he had hit this in eight straight games. He has had a already actually thirty yard reception or bigger in eight straight games prior to this. Eleven of fourteen games this season, he has also just

hit that marker. He had twelve targets versus the Ravens in his last outing and had a thirty seven yeard reception. So I think the Steelers are going to be playing from behind in a lot of this, and I think that is going to obviously get them throwing the ball deep. They've got to get picked I mean, I know they can keep doing this game where it's like, oh the pickens is you know, he's having this awful game, or

they're just moving to other targets. I think the Ravens are going to do a good job of shutting down Pat Fryermouth, who was the outlet passer, and you can throw a bit against the Baltimore Ravens. So I think they're going to do that. You're going to get pickings back involved. So from a prediction standpoint, it's very betty prediction. He's going to go over he's going to have a big reception in this game. To what capacity ends up being doesn't matter because we just want twenty three point

five over. So that's my big George Pickens play Ravens win, Steelers cover pretty chock.

like entirely without contexts. He has four losses and three of them came like four, five and six years ago in like just very different circumstances than he's in now. So like, I think the playoff stuff with Lamar is really overblown and like not, I think it's a mischaracterization of him. I don't think that's through the Steelers' problems. I think those are very legitimate, and the Steelers, like just specifically, do play him well and like I will

not be surprised if he struggles in this game. Statistically speaking, I do think they will win ultimately. But as I've said a bunch, I don't get this line really at all. So we'll see, how do you think it should be?

I think people are overreacting to the last game. To Erickson's point, this is a healthier Steelers team than they were in that game, and the Ravens are more depleted, they don't Not having save Flowers is a huge deal. And again, I still think the Ravens will win again. I would love nothing more than to be wrong and to see them blow out their bitter rival. But I just it's really hard for me to play out the scenario where that actually happens.

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script I'm projecting here. I'm projecting the Buffalo Bills to be playing here with a strong lead, and that leads me to taking the under on I know he's a favorite of us Worm and actually Welsh as well. Welsh was the guy that was first pounding Younger. The first under Welsh ever took was on object Estima, which he was right, and I'm going to trace the I'm going to follow him here. Aldric Estime is going to fish with under six and a half carries against the Buffalo Bills.

So last week Estima had like the perfect game script. They're blowing out the backup teams. He had twelve carries for thirty four yards, scored a touchdown, but still operating behind Julia McLoughlin as the number one running back when it comes to working on early downs, and then Javonte Williams is kind of the running back that's sprinklinging on

third downs in passing situations. So in this game with their massive underdogs, I expect Jvonte Williams potentially lead the team in snaps because he can't think he's gonna running the most routes out of the backfield. And with estimate what his usage was in Week eighteen. He saw six of his twelve carries in the Broncos final drive in the fourth quarter, when the game was already well out of reach. I mean the Chiefs had their four stringers in at that point. During the first three quarters of

the game, McLoughlin had fourteen carries, Estima had two. He had two carries in the first three quarters of the game where they were blowing out the team the entire time, so he didn't get until straight up garbage time. So six and a half carries in a game where I don't expect them to be playing with the lead at any point potentially, That's how I feel really confident about

the usage here. So you know, projecting this Broncos backfield has always been really tough, so I'm going to the one time it's worked out has been hitting on the under, where Welsh was just so spot on with it and which went against everything in his being to take an under, but he did so accurately, So that stays in my

mind and that's why I'm going here with this. So I'm going to take the under here because again before the fourth quarter of last week's game, he was sitting on two carries for four yards, So against the Bills, that's going to be no bueno. So under six and a half carries for estimate.

bevy of wide receivers. It's funny because it's like the Broncos do a version of what the Bills do. The Bills just slang into a bunch of different receivers. They just do it really well. The Broncos are okay with it. I think everything is going to click on the Broncos side or the Bill side. The Broncos they don't have a running game, and I think that is going to hurt them. Obviously, the rookie quarterback situation is going to be in play here. I think the Bills are going

to blow the Broncos out in this situation. So that is my game script here where if I had to bet on one game where it's going to go in this direction, this is going to be the game. Because if Josh Allen can't sling the ball these this team breaks off huge, big runs. It's not like they're going to have some clock management where it's like, all right, you know, four yard, three yard boom, we've just killed six minutes. Like no, they'll break up fifty yard touchdowns

the next thing, you know. And it's twenty one to nothing in the second quarter and they've thrown the ball three times, and I don't think the Broncos have the pass wherewithal to be able to make up for that against the Bills, and they don't have a running game that's going to be able to chalk in. I think really easy first downs, like you know, third and three or anything like that. And that comes to where my prop is going to come into play. It's Bonnicks. I

think bo Nicks is going to be running again. He was running early on in the year, then it just he just stopped running, and then all of a sudden, over the last month or so, it's back. He started running again. Twenty three point five is his rushing yard prop in this game. I think he might smash this. To be honest with you, He's hit this in three

of his last four games. Bills, by the way, are giving up over right around five yards per carry to quarterbacks on the year, even though they haven't given up these big, huge games. Nicks on those five yards per carry, has had seven or more rushes in three of his last four games. And I think he is going to be the guy that's going to be doing that running. He's going to be the guy that has that quick

setback and boom, he's going to hit the middle. They don't have much of a running game, don't be surprised when bo Nicks has more carries than arodric estimate in this game. So I like him from that betting perspective to hit those rushing yards. And I really do think the Bills are probably going to beat up on the Broncos.

I think it's probably Sean Payton of the two, which I wouldn't have said a year ago. But I think he's really bounced back really well. And I'm just not convinced that the gap between Josh Allen and Bonix is alone. If you think the rest of it is fairly close, is worth the eight and a half. But it wouldn't totally stun me if this ended up being a blowout right right, like Ali could go nuclear.

a bunch of pieces. Like Veyle can be fun, Marvin Mims is obviously fun. But I mean you look at the Bills and it's like Amari Cooper leadership, Keon Coleman in saying great athleticism, Khalil should. I don't think it's particularly super close on the wide receivers. I don't think the running backs are remotely close offensive line on the Bill.

So I know what you're saying here. Defensively, I'll take the Broncos, but I don't think there's any other piece that I would have even probably in the same territory Broncos to Bills. But I might be wrong. This is a big spread this might be some foolish one.

So we'll see how that one plays out. Let's go to the NFC matchups. For whatever reason, the uh, the NFL had the three AFC matchups first, and then NFC, NFC, NFC. Well, She'll start with you on this one, Packers Eagles. What's your prediction here?

brain from earlier in the season. Great game, but that Packer team is not there right now. I mean we saw this on display at the back half of this year where all of a sudden, Jordan Love they don't seem to have the same confidence every single week in Jordan Love to be slaying the ball. They've really really pushed to running the ball more. They lost Christian Watson as a big down the field guy, so I'm worried

about whatever is going on with Jordan Love. I'm worried about them being down one of those pieces in Christian Watson that spreads the ball really deep. People have been targeting out you can see on Twitter. You know, it's like the top two dropped passes wide receivers are Tobs and Wix right now. I mean they're like the dynamic duo of dropped passes. Jayden Reid hasn't been involved. It's Josh Jacobs. So what I'm getting at is like this

team I don't think even has a dimension. Where we then go back to the Eagles and what do we say. Pretty much through like twelve weeks of the Eagles, we're like, well, they're one dimensional. They have sakuon Barkley and they haven't been able to pass. Okay, maybe that has you know, rectified itself a little bit, but you've got this injured Jalen Hurts, you know, and like what obviously, like I think he's going to play, but the status has been

in question. But you know, their passing game puts this in question. So let's bring it all back. These both of these teams are going to establish a win on the ground. Both of these defenses, too, are top six and least points given up per game. So these are good defenses overall that are going to halt down the passing game. Their offenses are going to keep it on the ground. Yes, you know, they may score some points and they may be able to drive the ball. Saquon Barkle,

the best running back in the league. Josh Jacobs was phenomenal. But I really do think there is an opportunity that both of these teams are going to kill a lot o'clock. You might have a couple drives that are going to stall because we know the Packers aren't going to be throwing the ball super deep and there's been big inefficiencies from Jordan Love. So at the end of the day,

I want to play the under on this game. And frankly, this is very betting pros here, but like a little teaser of the under of this game and the Ravens game is calling to me and screaming to me, because that teas would then mean the points would go up and you'd have both of these games to score under fifty. I think that's in play. Obviously on paper, the Eagles and Packers looks like it could be this explosive, big

output of offense. I just don't think it is with stingier defenses and teams that have been thriving keeping the ball on the ground, So I'm going to play the under. But I do think that at the end of the day, the Eagles are going to run away with this.

surprised me at all. People start freaking out when the Packagers jump out to a lead and they end up losing in the end because the Eagles are playing at home. I think the Eagles always kind of rite the ship in the second half anyway. But I think the under is to play this game. To me, screams twenty three to twenty like that scores is kind of in my mind, like, yes, it'll get up over forty points, but eventually it just

won't get there. As like you're going to be sweating the under at the end of the game, Welsh, like you're in the first half, for you'd be like, all right, it's going to be ten to three in the first half, Packers ten to three, and I'm just like all.

So I do think they're going to cover here, but I think the Eagles pull it out. But kind of going off of the under of the points, I'm going under on Jordan Love in the passing yard. So two hundred twenty seven and a half passing yards. So he's been under this number in three straight games, five of his last seven games playing. That's just not concluding last week where he only played half the game. And we just look at the Eagles all season long, this has

been one of the best bets to make. Just take the under on the passing yards whoever is facing the Philadelphia Eagles since they're by week, only two quarterbacks have gone over their passing arts projection, Lamar Jackson and Jade and Daniels. Those are the only two guys that have been able to do it. So and then when you take out Christian Watson, out of the consideration of receivers

to throw to Love is three and seven. Going under his passing yards prop with Christian Watson, so thirty percent and over the last two seasons. But he's been on the road. He's only hit the over on his passing arts projection one time without Christian Watson in the lineup, So yes, can they replace Watson's production maybe with these other receivers, But considering all the drops, it's just it's not a good bet to make. Hey, this is gonna be the game where he can throw for three hundred

passing yards. Not without Christian wats it's even more unlikely that's going to happen. So kind of parlaying the under in the game totally probably means you're gonna see less passing yards overall. So I like the under on Jordan Love.

would want. You would want to get over one of those markers, those key indicators of betting, like you know, that's seven. If if a team was you know, minus one and a half or plus one and a half and you could tease them down, that would go over a touchdown. This would be over a touchdown and a field goal. So Packer, I agree with you. Packers are in play for this on the spread and probably like one of

those tease pieces. I would not be shocked if the Packers walked away with this, especially though this would have to kind of counter I think what Erickson is talking about, Jordan Love is going to have to be like that big spectacular Jordan Love where there's in the ball and you know they're finding Jane Reed just like comes alive the Undertaker mean, ooh, he's just back and he comes alive. Like they would need to have big plays. But I think that's the problem of what has gone away. Play

calling doesn't seem to trust him. But if they win this game, to me, this is him smashing all of that. He's going over three hundred yards, He's having three touchdowns like he's blown them up in the air.

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will be the best game of all of them. And my favorite from a prediction standpoint is betting on Bucky, which, by the way, I do think the Commanders can win this game. I'm going to lean on the Buccaneers here, and I'm going to lean on Bucky as I think they will as well. Bucky is going to go over one hundred on the ground and hit a touchdown, and that's actually something from a pure betting perspective, I'm going

to parlay together. So go Bucky plus one hundred and a touchdown get you two to one on your money. Bucky has had fifteen to twenty carries per game over the last month, and that was always the big early season thing. It was like, ah, we love Bucky, he's crazy, but it's like, I need more than twelve carries and then catches, and that's ended up happening. He's getting twenty touches per game. Washington is giving up the fourth most rushing yards to running backs on the year and sixth

most rushing yards over the last month. Jadan Daniels is going to keep them in the game the whole time. And that's why I think this game can be so great. They got Eckler back, they've got an established running game, they've got the passing game, and they've got Jadan Daniels. But if you can definitively tell me who the best quarterback in this matchup, is good on you. Because Baker's been great, but so is Daniels. So where's the big

defining factor here? And I think it is in the Buccaneers can run the ball at a very high level and Washington gives up a lot on the rushing side. So I think that's where the Buccaneers are going to be able to take over from this and I think Bucky is going to have a very big, big, established game, hopefully Mike Evans, who's back from the casino, and there's no incentives that he can pout about that he doesn't hit until the playoffs. But we're not gonna worry about

any of that. We're just going to play on Bucky. So this will be the best game, maybe the game we're talking about the most coming off of the weekend is that addiction and Bucky Irving one hundred rushing with a touchdown.

Two offenses that are very explosive, have dynamic weapons, so you're not gonna feel good about that ticket when you have two teams that rank respectively top three in points scored efficiency all in the fourth quarter, so your team may be winning entering the fourth quarter, it's not safe because that the lead's gonna flip and flop, So just take the points here. And to that point as well, maybe it should have been my prediction that the games is going to go over fifteen and a half points.

The Buccaneers have played eight games this year where the spread has been four and a half points or less, So whether they've been favored by four and a half points or underdogs bey four and a half points, eight games all overs, every single one is gone over the total. So when they play in games that we're projecting to be tight or back and forth in any capacity, it is back and forth. So I'm expecting points here. And that's why I love the Jade and Daniels prop so

over on his passing yards. We know the book this is. This is Rins his repeat with Todd Bulls defense since he entered the league. Right stuff to run throw all over us, And I think that's what you're gonna see from Jayden and Daniels. I think he's gonna throw and he's gonna run and him and Terry McLaurin, I think this could be like a monster game for McLaren So I'll just take the over on his receiving yards PROP sixty receiving yards against the Buccaneers, and Daniels has gone

over his passing arts PROP in three straight games. So look, he had the second half off of last week. They didn't play him because he was h Dallas's passers was getting after him real quick, So okay, let's take him out of the game get ready for again. That actually matters. So I think that he's just going to just completely ball out in this game. I don't know if they're gonna

end up winning it. He's gonna be honestly, might come down whoever has the possession last that wins this game, but it's gonna be a shootout, and I expect the offensive rookie of the year to ball out and McLaurin to be his number one guy.

late afternoon, and Sunday night. I like the schedule we got, but this was the one where I was I was surprised to see it in sundayight football, and I think I love it.

you're like the Commanders and Bucks. It's going to be like the best We're gonna We're gonna love having that game there.

lot better. But Vikings win, they cover this spread. And in the player prediction market of my actual predictions, Jefferson, Justin Jefferson is going to have a big game. He got shut out in that last one. His reception yard prop is what I'm targeting. It's at six and a half nine or more targets he has seen in four straight games. They cooked him in that last outing. As I mentioned, I think he had nine targets only three catches, but he had hit this reception yard prop in five

straight games prior to that last game. He hit this also in the previous matchup against the Lions. So they are going to be hot and heavy getting the ball to Justin Jefferson. I don't know why Darnold didn't want to look at Jordan Addison. Maybe they'll rectify that wide opening the end zone. Don't worry about it. It's going to be all Justin Jefferson though, And I do think this team is going to be able to find a

much bigger success of throwing the ball. So I'm going to go with Justin Jefferson over six and a half receptions. By the way, I think I mentioned the last thing note I wrote incorrectly. I said he hit this in the last outing. I was referring to the Lions in that I don't know why I did that, but five straight games of hitting this reception yard prop, he's smashing this one. So give me Justin Jefferson over six and a half.

Week eighteen dud two. So yeah, I think going it's fun to bet overs when they're not totally like out of control on elite players, right, Like it's fun to be overs on justin Jefferson because he's nasty and he could do this in the first half. So especially against the Rams defense that's been terrible in the secondary all year long. I don't if they try to do what the lines did to the Vikings offense, I just don't

think it's gonna work. I don't think you're gonna see the Rams try to like, oh, we'll just the man coverage, it'll be great, Like it'll be fine, we'll just splitz. Maybe works. I mean, Donald's gonna bounce back. I mean, He's not going to complete under fifty percent of his passes for the second straight game. It just all eyes are on Donald and he just totally just failed to live up to the expectation. But he gets another shot at it here in the playoffs, so I think we're

going to see a bounce back effort from him. And also, the thing is the Rams offense hasn't nearly looked as good either, but they just rested their guys last week, so we didn't get to see Matthew Stafford kind of struggle, which has kind of been his case in the Rams offense over the last couple of weeks.

has done a wonderful job in terms of rematches. When I look at the quarterbacks that have faced the Vikings, five of the last eight quarterbacks who faced the Vikings have exceeded their passing yards prop by an average of almost one hundred passing yards. So you might think, wait, I thought you want to take the under on Matthew Stafford.

I do, because you look at the quarterbacks that have not exceeded the passing arts projection, they're all the quarterbacks that was the rematch the second time they played the Minnesota Vikings. Caleb Williams under second time, Jordan Love under second time, Jared Goff under second time. Rams Vikings rematch from week eight, Matthew Stafford under second time against the

Minnesota Vikings. So I'm trusting the process here with Brian Flores, trusting his defense to make adjustments and slow down this rams passing attack which has become Puka Nakua and Cooper c which Pooka Pooka, then Poka Pooka and more Pooka.

I don't know if it's going to be big play stuff, you know, the whole one of the one themes too, just to throw out with the Vikings that I just remember from like whatever it was we two or three when the forty nine ers were getting trounced by the Vikings, was like everyone's talked about schemes, like the defensive schemes that the Vikings have put together have really put weight on quarterbacks and you know, just bracketing coverages and stuff

like that. So I'm with this one. The only caveat would be I'm open to this game also blowing up like in favor of the Vikings and if that happens. That's then going to put the Rams in a situation where they're going to be constantly throwing the ball, and if you put enough volume on that, I think there could maybe a little bit of a problem with it. What was the number again on it on Stafford.

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