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Super Wild Card Weekend, This Guy/That Guy, More or Less, Giants upset? Cowboys/Bucs, and Over/Unders

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The GameDay View Podcast begins with Super Wild Card Weekend Matchups. Hosts Rachel Bonnetta, Gregg Rosenthal, Cynthia Frelund, and Patrick Claybon discuss the Seahawks chances against the 49ers.  Will the Chargers get revenge from a blowout loss to the Jaguars earlier in the season?    Find out why Patrick has taken the Vikings every week since Thanksgiving, but one analyst is calling for a Giants upset.  Without Lamar Jackson, how can the Ravens challenge the Bengals? Hear why the table is split on the outcome of Cowboys/Bucs.  We run through Over/Unders before finding out what to 'Write This Down' for next week!

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NFL. Game Debut is a production of the NFL in partnership with I Heart Radio. It's the plow spin open. Wait this means in a word to twit Lions, Well that's sad. I wonder what Dan Campbell's up to. I'm just I love that for you, coach, and I love these games. Six rematches. She knows in the playoffs, you know, Greg loves that. I love that they're playing the forty Niners, the team I picked to win every single week this season. Wait,

does that mean me a Niners? Feels like Claybone's Ravens have a chance to knock off last year's ANFC champs. And wait, does city get a ring if the Bills win? Yes. Game Debut, presented by Little Caesars, the official pizza sponsor of Super Bowl fifty seven, starts now, Hey, coach, save a drink for me and I'll bring you a slice. Hello, Hello, welcome to Game A View. Well, I want to know the answer to that, Cynthia Brillain, do you get a ring if the Bills go all the way and do

the whole thing? Come on, I'm we need to talk to my agent. I did not negotiate that there's still time. What was that scooter and why we're at that's Josh Allen scooter and he gave one of them to each one of his offensive linemen and we did that in training camp, and then he got a discount because we tweeted it out, so he got there. You go, Josh Allen a ring? There you go. Okay, let's let's take a look at what happened last week. We had our chance, guys.

Gregg came out and basically had a perfect week. Eighteen week. You lost only one game. He's four up on Patrick with thirteen games to go. That means I think this means he gets a pizza party. Little teezers, we'll hook it up. I probably should have checked with them first, but I said it, I've said it on live. Has to happen, Greg, any words, I missed pizza parties, no speech, don't try to jink, and don't try to say this news that I had a good week through such gritted teeth,

gritted at all. Look at we're twins East today. I'm just trying to get a little bit of this, like a magical winning power to rub off. All right, let's start picking some games here, let's start with the Seahawks. Niners. San Francisco won both games in the regular season. Patrick, I'm gonna start with you. Will they make it a clean sweep this weekend? They came out and the past

rush was a real problem. In that first match of Abraham Lucas and Charles Cross were playing in their second NFL game, Nick Bosa had five quarterback hits on Geno Smith. Then we fast forward towards the end of the season. Yes, Bosa does get one sec, but he hits Geno three times. I think having two tackles that are both young, they're going to get better. It's not like they're they're gonna be worse. I think the Seahawks do cover, but they

lose the Seahawks defense. Honestly, they've given up five almost five hundred more rushing yards after contact than the forty Niners have given up just playing rushing yards all season. I can't take the Seahawks in this one because of that defense, but I do think they get the This is a much closer score than I would have I would take that. As someone who wants good things for Gina, I would take that. I don't have it as close. I have the forty Niners winning this game thirty four

to seventeen. The thing I want most for Gino is is time, and you're right, Patrick, the tackles got better, but on the interior that's where the problem was. In the second matchup, Gino Smith had no hope and the Xiaox aren't really good at the things that could possibly beat the forty Niners, like quick game in screen game, and they want to throw the ball deep down the field, and Gino Smith can only get that done if they

have time. Ken Kenneth Walker can only run if he has some room to operate, and I just don't expect it. Rick Armstead came back late in the season made a huge difference. They're great with their stunts. They're just big and scary. And I don't like the forty Niners. I'm just sick of them just beating up on everyone, especially the seas. I think it's a terrible man seen such a mean score, almost as mean I have to seventeen.

I think that the game is going to come down to all of the different weapons at Brock Purty's disposal, or maybe I should say at Kyle Shanahan's disposable, and we don't really talk enough about Eli Mitchell, who since the beginning of last season has averaged four point two yards after contact per rush against stacked boxes. So you've seen Brock Purtty use lots of stiffs and motions. In fact, he has twelve touchdowns using those which leads to the

league since Week thirteen. And when I'm watching this, it's like, well, now you've got Eli Mitchell as well. So you've got to remember, in a game where there's potentially torrential downpours and lots of bad weather, the run game is going to be even more important. We already know what Christian McCaffrey can do, so you've got the duo now of christ McCaffrey Andyli Mitchell. So that's what I'm looking at.

You know, since this might be the last time we get to talk about Gino on the show, and you and I have loved talking about the Seahawks all season long, I just want to take a little walk down memory lane. Okay, remember I don't even remember what week it was because it feels so long ago now so much has happened, But the Seahawks went on a four game winnings. Greg, do you remember this. We were geno, this geno that we were even talking about their deep ends at times.

It was fun and this economy was so long ago. And then they went to Munich and they lost to the Box and it's just not been the same ever since. So I'm going to take the forty Niners as well, but in the same tone as Patrick, I am keeping it a little bit closer. I think they are going to cover the Seahawks post to this, like really wholesome post. The other day, all these kids from the Seahawk region wrote letters and drew pictures, and one of them was

just like, just try your best. Even the kids don't believe the Hawks. We just go out there and have fun. But the forty Niners are probably gonna win twenty. Okay, it is time to play this guy or that guy. Greg. The line is one and a half touchdowns for Gino and Purty. Who is more likely to go over to the fun question, Well, I'm going both. They're going over and no way, I'm going Gino under. I think Purty is more likely because I have them scoring thirty four

points even in the rain. He get the ball out of his hands quickly, and I think Kyle Shanahan will look at replacement middle linebacker for the Seahawks Tanner Muse and think that's the guy I'm picking on this week. With passes over the middle, whether it's the George Kittle or whether it's to the running backs, he always picks one or two guys. Maybe it's Jonathan Abram, Remember the Raiders safety now playing snaps for the Seahawks. Kyle Shannon will pick on the mismatch pretty gets a couple of

touch times. Cynthia Kittle went off in Week fifteen against the Seahawks. Who is more likely to have over forty five receiving yards in this game? Kittle or Brandan You He said forty five, and I'm saying both in this one. Even though I do think that maybe we should talk a little bit about the secondary for the Seahawks. They could be getting a little bit healthier. They could have the safety back. Obviously, it's really better for them if they have Ryan Neal. We have a good picture of him,

like stopping George. I don't think that happens in this matchup forty five yards or just too few. I think both of them surpass it. Okay, Patrick, in this game, you need the Lions in this game. That would have been really fun. You wait, would have put up a fight. Come on, belief Patrick. On the flip side, you've got Tyler Lockett Dk Metcalf, who has over sixty one receiving

arts well. Like Greg and Cything, I wish I could take both here, but the forty Niners are very good, uh, And I will take Dk Metcalf because the way that Demiko and the forty Niners approached him in the last game, it was a lot of Jimmy Ward one on one, and I think DK is more likely to get one big play. Tyler Lockett of course open deep a whole lot playing with nine fingers essentially still great. But if I had to pick one, I would take dk Metcalf in this because I think he's going to get more

singled up covers in real quick. Greg mentioned the rain. Do you have like a rain adjustment in your model? Does the does the model say like, hmm, smells like rain? And then it's usually teams with good defenses have the advantage in that matchup, which means especially defensive fronts, because that the most likely time for something bad to happen is either when the ball is snapped or when the ball is caught. So if you can stop the pass,

you have a major advantage. Model Soon everything it's doing it all, folks. Okay, moving on to this next game. Back in Week three, the Jet Eggs blew the doors off the Chargers thirty eight to ten, the biggest win for Jacksonville in five seasons. That's actually crazy. The offense had over four hundred yards held the Chargers to a season low twenty six yards rushing in what was also one of Justin Herbert's worst games of the season. It's

time to talk. Who's punching their ticket? Presented by ticket Master Patrick, The Charges are favored in a close one on Saturday night. Do you agree with the desert here? I do not agree with the desert here. I think the marquee player for me in this game is going to be Travis cy T, and he's having a great season over five point one yards per carry. You know who else is having a great season running the football? Literally, anybody playing the Los Angeles Chargers. They have given five

point four yards per carried this season. Barry Sanders only hit that number once in his career. NFL MVP seasons by Terrell Davis, Emmett Smith, La Danian Tomlinson. They never hit five point four yards per Essentially, you're a Hall of Famer if you're playing the Los Angeles charges at the running back position. I have the Jags winning by two in a fun game, but if you can't stop the run, I'm not going to pick you on the

road in the playoffs. You know what happens when you can run the ball really effectively, you can use play action really effectively too. And you know what the key for our quarterback his hair so beautiful. Trevor Lawrence gets play action when play action has been working for him. That has been like this trick the secret, and that's

been how they've been in each game. It seems like it's a different pass catcher that they're targeting, sometimes this Christian Kirk, sometimes it's even Ingram, but ultimately it is the play action, especially missing their left tackle. Obviously, pressure is going to be a big factor in that last matchup. They didn't necessarily have to see as much of Abosa. He did not play that game where he left early

from that game with an injury. But I think if you can keep it nice and easy, that's how the upset happens one point one just one as really is the hair battle. It's not just Trevor Lawrence just hair wise have some similarities. And that's a compliment. You know both of you that I feel complimented. I am taking the Chargers in this game. It's partly out of self interest.

I don't want to hear all off season that Mike Williams's injury he's not playing in this game is the reason the charge I just can't deal with the discourse. So I want to imagine a word that Justin Herbert overcomes it all, and you know what he can do it He is the chosen one. You look at Trevor Lawrence and people think he's the god. Right, he's the number one over I'll pick Trevor Lawrence. He does all the things about no Justin Herbert has been a better

player since the moment he entered the league. In a matchup like this, where I don't think there's much separating these two teams, similar defenses, similar offenses, I'm going with Justin Herbert. I choose him. Rachel chosen before the season when she was looking for it to bring this. He can do special things on the move, in a way that I don't think Lawrence can. He wouldn't have just had one first down in his last five drives like the Jaguars did a week ago. I trust Justin Herbert

to save us for a terrible discourse off. Some may say Trevor Lawrence has overcome more in the last season the coach he had last season. He's younger, Greg. I was with you this morning, but I've changed before. The change my mind did is now four. They have been so fun the last few weeks watching these guys. I know that Trevor Lawrence has improved a lot. Right before the bye, he kind of started making these changes. He's

looked way better. He's also matured. I was watching him in like a postgame presser last week and I was just like, he has like grown five years in the last twelve months. He's going to lead his team here four first playoff game in Jacksonville. Seen he loved to see it. Okay, it's I'm more more or less. Patrick, We're starting with you. Josh Allen had over three hundred yards in both games against the Dolphins. Van Duel has

his number at two sixty and a half. What say you more if it was crazy, but obviously I would take more. But the problem is I think that there's gonna be a lot Bill's running game in this one. I will take less. Of the option here is to Josh Allen perhaps be less at risk against an offense that really should struggle in Skyler Thompson. Or perhaps there's a chance that we get some Teddy Bridgewater. But either way, with backup quarterbacks and Dolphins have not been what they

have been with two, I'm taking less for Josh Allen. Okay, up next, Stefan Diggs had a hundred yards in two of his three career playoff games at high Mark Stadium. Will he have more than seventy nine and a half yards against Miami. I am gonna go more here because I don't know what's on the other side of this pill. Also because it's Stefon Diggs. Why wouldn't you go more with Stefan Diggs one of the best route runners I have ever seen, and he's gonna be mashed up a

lot in this game against Xavian Howard. I watched Howard a week ago against the Jets. He was not the same Xavian Howard we're used to. He is playing through an injury clearly not at a hundred percent and fighting through it. Like so much of this Dolphins teams, I think Diggs picks on them. I love that the last two weeks without two a, Tyreek Hill had only six catches for seventy yards. Sin, will you have more or less than sixty one and a half? Can you that pillow?

Thank you? Alright? Perfect? Going with more here? Why because when you give Mike McDonald enough time to be able to orchestrate something great to happen, he's going to get Tyreek Hill in space. When you have Tyreek Hill in space, you've got a problem. So it's less about the opportunity for with the quarterback. Yeah, that's that's not ideal. But the reality is is if you can get some space for Hill, he can do after the catch and he can make him probable catches next to the staff ranks

him highest and kind of both of those metrics. So yes, more, okay, love it, less time to piss, time to pick the game, Gregg. That spreads almost two touchdowns yea yeah, can Miami keep it closer? Do you expect the Bills to pull away? I think the Bills win this game easy because of their defense, and because Skyler Thompson is starting for the Dolphins, if Teddy was starting to give them a chance story.

Josh Allen, on the other hand, is starting for the Bills, and last week I think he got back to world's destroyer Josh Allen mode. It's sort of got lost in the shuffle because of the kickoff returns and because the game was very competitive when the Bills had the ball and the Patriots had the ball and everything. But Josh Allen played one of the best games I think any

quarterbacks played all season. He had six or seven throws in that game that were just outrageous, and it reminded me of Week eighteen a year ago against the Patriots and then the playoff run that Josh Allen went on. I think he's healthier, I think he's throwing the ball better, he's gonna run the ball more, and I just do not want to get in this dude's way at this

time of year. When to eleven, Okay, so I have right now an eleven point win in this so when I'm looking at this one to eighteen, I think that the Dolphins are gonna have to do some yolo things here to kind of figure out what's going on, which means we saw in their first matchup they blitzed Josh Allen a ton. We saw in their second matchup they didn't.

So I think Dawson Knox, who has had a touchdown reception in four straight games, is going to be another crucial factor here because if they going to do some wild yolo things on this defense, than like blitztart bringing extra Russian or social disguises, things that maybe we haven't seen before, like go to your resourceful outlet, that guy that's been so absolutely stable for you, especially over the past four games. So I loved Austin Knox in this matchup.

I like a lot of people away as well. He scored touchdowns in four games. Right, you're right, that's right, I'm right, thank you for Cynthia is right. I agree with Cynthia, except I'm gonna shave a couple of points off that nine for me in this one, because honestly, this matchup is depriving us of what we really enjoyed the first two times with two a ton of volos

on the field. This is a much better football team, severe hampering of the offense without him, And I'm looking at a Buffalo team that's probably going to lean on that top ten rushing attack a lot in this one. And we've seen a lot of James Cook in the past few weeks. Uh snap percentage has gone up every single week. He's actually outtouched Devin Singletary in weeks seventeen and eighteen. Wasn't because it was late in the season, was because he's come on, he's on the field, That's

all I know. I think we're going to see a heavy dose of him and Singletary as well, maybe a little Josh Allen, not too much, but loads of scoring game Bills. I agree with you Patrick, it's such a bummer that we're not able to enjoy two out there. He's so much fun to watch. I'm glad he's not playing, though. I'm gonna take Bills thirty one, I will say. I mean, like betting on a backup quarterback in the regular season

is one thing. Betting on them in the playoffs against a Bills team that got their playoff dreams ripped away from them by a coin last season. They are going into this postseason with like, oh my goodness, everything that they've been through in the last two weeks and then the memory of that last season. I have the Bills going all the way to the super Bowl and maybe even winning the whole thing. They should be terrifying to

everybody that they meet in the next few weeks. So Bills all the way and it's more tip of the cap presented by new era. Patrick. You have picked the Vikings every week since Thanksgiving. Every single week, Patrick has been on the Vikings. Are you gonna do it? Yes, I'm going to do it again. Skull everything. And here's something people need to understand about Kirk Cousins. People love to get jokes off. It's one of the It's one

of Twitter's favorite things to do. Jokes are good. It's not necessarily reality that people, oh, what times the game. Kirk Cousins is Kirk Cousins. He's going to perform and what he did a few weeks ago when Wink Martindale was blitzing all of the time. He comes out, goes fourteen to twenty one, has over a passer rating, and throws two touchdowns and a comeback win in the fourth quarter. Kirk is Kirk. The Vikings win four to nineteen. They do it again easy. I'm actually going to call for

the upset here. I'm very popular in Minnesota these days. I have the Giants winning this one. Why because of their past rush We've seen Kirk Cousins have weird results when he's pressured. What's been going on by the way, you know, winks gonna pressure that he blitz. It's like it's it's like the time, that's just what he does. Right.

But between Cavon Thibodeau really coming on and Dexter Lawrence, who does not get enough love for being kind of right up there among the league's best, only trailing and like he writes, maybe number two or number three in almost every single pressure metric that we have, does not get enough love, does not get enough respect or admiration

for him. Between the two of them, I think it's going to be very difficult, especially if their center who has been banged up and not playing, especially if he's not a hundred percent, which even if he's out there, I don't know if that makes makes him percent, even if he's playing right. I sometimes trying to come up with like a different point than Cynthia, to like be diversified, but sometimes Cynthia just has the right point. And the Giants are winning this game, and it is because of

their defense. Two Giants. I've been guilty of saying, Oh, the Giants aren't that talented. They've been getting lucky. Like, look at this defensive line. It might be the most talented defensive line in the NFL. Dexter Lawrence is an All Pro. You mentioned how great Thibodeau has been. Azizolari got hurt in that first game. He's back and playing great.

Like the fourth best line the year is Leonard Williams, who's been an All Pro in the past two and they're going against an offensive line who's let Kirk Cousins be hit more than any quarterback in the entire NFL. He was sacked eighteen times more this season than a year ago. And Kirk's great. I hear you, Patrick, but you don't want to just get brutalize all game long. I think it's an offensive game, and I think Danny Dimes is ready for this moment. Wow, Okay, we're gonna

play that back next week. I know Patrick made this like new role on the show. No more jokes about the Vikings. Remember the Vikings website this morning, And I gotta say there was something that made me really laugh. The headline on the front page of the Vikings website say, experts say close game expected. What is it a close game with the Vikings? When have we not expected that all season long? And I am choosing another close win

by the Vikings twenty. They are going to continue to give Minnesotan's the heart attacks that they do not deserve. One good thing here. The Giants were not able to figure out Justin Jefferson the first time that they've late and hopefully they won't do it again. Jefferson had sixteen targets, twelve receptions, a hundred and thirty three receiving yards, most receiving yards and second most receptions allowed to a player

by the New York Giants this year. That is the wrong person to let run wild all over the field. So hopefully he's able to do it again. Okay, coming up next, we're talking Ravens Bengals. Baby coming up next up play it again? Okay to Sad for pizza. Pizza pregame predictions presented by Little and can you show with the other people this is and said, I think this is a bread I because I love We had a good laugh. Okay, we all Rode with the Bengals last

week against the Ravens. Not sure much has changed in the last seven days, but let's check and find out. Greig, I am changing my mind that it's gonna be close. I think this week the Ravens defense keeps the Bengals score low. It's twenty to sixteen. Bengals win the game, but the Ravens defense will be the toughest matchup this Bengals offense faces in the entire postseason. I think they

are built to stop the Bengals. And what I mean by that is they have a lot of fast range, athletic players in their secondary, whether it's Marcus Williams you brought in, Kyle Hamilton's Chuck Clark, Marcus Peters is returning for this game. They have just so many different options that they can take away the players on the perimeter. When I watched this Bengals Ravens game a week ago, I was kind of stunned that the Ravens defense gave

it to him. Now, Tyler Huntley starting at quarterback for the Ravens, we assume and I don't think they'll score enough to keep up. And the Bengals are a great, great team, But I think this is a big time challenge playing a division opponent again. So I have a seven point when to nineteen in this matchup for the Bengals, I'm looking at the right side of the is that right whatever, the right side of their old line where Lyle Collins isn't and then there's even more injuries now.

So when I'm looking at Joe Burrow and what's going on with a sack situation for him, people say very nicely he's turned into a kind of more of a checking down quarterback, which is a good thing because you don't get sacked as often. Only forty one sacks in the regular season, which is down from ten more fifty one last season, so he's also not taking as many sacks.

I just think that with this rebuilt old line, who actually has been playing better, it's going to be a much bigger challenge against this defense, and it's something that going into further in the playoffs. I got a special eye on that one. I'm I'm a little concerned about. I want Joe Burrow to be upright. Please, Yes, I like upright quarterbacks. I wish number eight was playing for the Baltimore Ravens and guys know the trend, uh, Lamar

know me as far as I'm concerned. And I don't know why we thought a quarterback with torn ligaments was going to be making a quick bounce back and playing in the regular season or the playoffs. But the running back j K. Dobbins is the reason that I think the Baltimore Ravens are gonna get seventeen points at all. I have seventy Bengals and not a close game. But if you're looking at the game for daily fantasy purposes, in weeks fourteen through seventeen, j K Dobbins led the

NFL in rushing. Took week or eighteen off because rest is good. It's something that helps when when you're not playing football to be rested. Disagrees, it's too sad. Let's not talk about that. Yeah, it's it's nice to have rest, and I think j K. Dobbins is gonna have a good week after a week of rest. You said, no, Lamar, no me. How about no, Lamar no me? Sorry about that. I'm playing. I'm ruining the Bengals big time. Thirty to ten.

You know what can be interesting here to think about though all of these Ravens players who are going to be left behind by Lamar not playing, whether he's choosing to do it or because he's actually very much hurt. We were just discussing this in the commercial break. You know, they might have a little bit of a chip on their shoulder. The past few weeks, everyone has been like counting the Ravens out because they have not had Lamar

Jackson as their quarterback. They've had backups. I could see them playing a little bit into overdrive to be like, we're here too. We still got into the playoffs. They've been talking at am I in the last two years, a lot of trash who had a Cincinnati the Bengals that smack. What is a bummer, because otherwise this game is gold. I would have picked Baltimore. Okay, it's time for mistakes were made, folks. We gotta do it all right. Look, you pick almost three games, you're gonna have some duds,

some line spots. I couldn't figure out the Raiders for most of the season. Who could Greg was constantly wrong about the Jags. The Packers were not great for Patrick, but Cynthia, Cynthia, Cynthia, Cynthia. Literally every week we would beg plead Greg would cry and just ask you to pick the Lions, and he refused. Yes, I think to say this year the Lions broke gook you for breaking. If a team's gonna do it like Lions and Jets, good ones. Do you see yourself picking more Lions games

next season if they get better players than yes, drafty draft. Well, the Lions broke the model and Cynthia broke their heart. Put that on a T shirt. I'll wear that, Tom right against the Cowboys. WHOA this shouldn't be good America's team up against Man America, America's Man America. It is time for in It to win It. Presented by into a Turbo Tax. We kicked off our very first show this year talking about box Cowboys. It was a clean sweep for Tampa back in Week one, Patrick, who do

you like this time around? I like the Dallas Cowboys in this matchup. And there's been so much discussion about Dak Prescott in his predilection for throwing interceptions since Dad came back. He left that game in Week one. The Cowboys have had the number one offense in the NFL. They've scored thirty two points per game. I'm not worried

about the interceptions. But what I do think that we will get is Dak running the ball in the postseason, especially considering the problems that the defense has had since early December when Anthony Brown left that secondary dan Quinn has struggled to replace him. They've gone to the streets to pick up this on some guys to play cornerback.

I think Dallas is gonna score twenty five points, and I think they're gonna need every single one of them in Tampa who Sometimes the show is predictable and it's me and Patrick defending Dak Prescott's honors. They gave all the rest of the country is zaggy. I'm taking the Cowboys as well, twenty one to twenty. Dak Prescott's the

best quarterback in this game. It hurts me to say that as a as a longtime Patriots fan and Brady fan, but Dak Prescott's average game is better than Brady's average game. Dak Prescott's best game is way better at this point than Tom Brady's best game e p a per play since Dak Prescott returned. That's offensive efficiency. The Cowboys are fifth, the Bucks are eighteen. I look at all the things that can do, not only with his legs, but before the snap, and I think he's not gonna get pressured.

And the numbers when Dak Prescott does not get pressured and the Bucks do not have much much of a pass rush since losing Shack Barrett are outrageous. Dak Prescott gets it done well. So far, you guys have picked one point wins and I'll keep that trend going. But the other side Bucks, in this one, Man America, he is going to pass the ball to Mike Evans. You know why because Man America knows how to target the correct corner and Man America will find the corner that

is not named treyvon Dick. They have been getting guys off of the streets and Man America he will find the matchup for Mike Evans and that will be the difference maker in this one. Those deep passes to him, we saw three touchdowns just two weeks ago, and you know what, I think we see that again. Chris Godwin also very very good. But Man America to Mike Evans, that's what I like to see. Okay, So for those of you that are just tuning in, I meant to

call Tom Brady my sister America. I called him Man America. Didn't know what we're gonna go with it. It's a great nickname, it's a really good one. I'm on the box as well. I'm taking the Man America seven and twenty four. I think this might be a little bit

higher scoring. It's Tom Brady. It's in Tampa that he has never lost to the Cowboys before and after the body this latter half of the season, after the Cowboys put up like a fifty burger on the Colts and then they were favored by a lot in that next game against the Texas. Remember we called it a cheese game. They'll take the cheese. They kept that game very close. They lost the Jags, they lost the Commanders. There's been some weird games for the Cowboys here in the second

half of the season. Their holes okay, and Brady is going to expose them. Man America all the way, go okay in this time for more or less greg Tony Pollard had his first career one thousand yards season. Will you have more or less than forty five and a half fresh and year. I'm gonna say more because I'm gonna try to speak this into existence. I know Mike McCarthy watches the show. Please. Tony Pollard is one of the best running backs in the league per play efficiency,

big plays, all of it. He can do it all. Ezekiel Elliott is not. And Ezekiel Elliott has not been playing as well over the last half of the season as he was early in the season. The whole point of Ezekiel Elliott was to keep Tony Pollard fresh for this game. I think he will be Patrick. This next question goes to you if not for last week, Week one would have been Dak's worst game of the season. Will he have more than two and a half? He will? And Greg brought it up when he mentioned Shack Barrett

and Shack Barrett's absence, Dac had no time. He also didn't have a thumb, had to leave the game in that first matchup. I think Dak Prescott goes over to forty one. I think it's a solid game again at one point win. But I think Dak plays splendidly. And all these questions, all the consternation in Dallas sports talk radio,

they have to find something else to complain about. Okay, So in my favorite prop of the season, I really lit up this morning when I heard this one, Mr Man America and Tom Brady had a career load negative one yard rushing this year. His longest run two yards. Will you have more or less than half a yard rushing? Mandam America gets the ship right, he had the half of a yard, Man America. He's not gonna let that negative one yard America doesn't stand for that. Man America

doesn't stand for that. And Tom Brady half a rushing yard, by the way, some sometimes that some people think that's maybe not the favorite for him to have more. But the great qbakers of all time? Do you not like fun? Who doesn't like you have like three whole rushing yards? Man America. I'm gonna be watching for that alright. The over under in Santa Clara this weekend is forty two and a half. Will the mess defense in the NFL keep the score low? The four of us dain't so sure. Yeah,

we will see you all weekend long. We can't wait. Only one game in wild Card weekend last year had fewer than forty five points. Three of the games this year are currently listed under that. Giant Spiking is expected to be the highest scoring of the games, with the charges Jags just behind at forty seven and a half. Let's fin a little over runner. Let's start with the first game of the weekend. Seahawks Niners. Over under is forty two. I've got twenty seven and twenty. I am

going over. This forty Niners defense is very good. The Seahawks defense is not. Forty Niners are gonna put up points. That means Geno's just gonna have to sling it. You know, He's gonna just have the ball out right. He's still the best quarterback in this game. That's one of the reasons I've got the pillow out, Like what, I don't have this pillow out to go under. Uh. The running game might be a bigger factor in the rain, but I still think both of these offenses can get it done.

We go over. I still have over. I think forty two and a half is too low. I think it's gonna around forty five points in this matchup. I'm with you. The rain does bring everything down just a little bit, but not too much. The run game is strong for both teams of it. Yeah, the rain is not enough to bring me down. Let's make an unanimous love this. Seahawks are people who expect, and yes, the forty honors and the Seahawks run defense do not work out well

for Seattle. So yes, over over, over love it. Okay, Chargers Jags is up next. Forty seven and a half. That's pretty high, and I am going over first playoff game in Jacksonville since seventy thousand people are gonna watch Herbert versus Lawrence. It's the game of hair, folks. Okay, buy in, I'm going out. I'm buying in. It will be a great game, but I think it's gonna be a defensive game. I don't really trust Joe Lombardi, the Chargers offensive coordinator, to outscheme his opponent. But I do

trust Brandon Staley. We've picked on him this week for making some bad decisions and who is playing last week. He knows he's got to come up with a beautiful game plan. He is good at doing that, coming up with one plan to slow down Trevor Lawrence, low scoring game under You talk about that, but I think we go he's gonna come up with a good plan. We'll probably see more man defense, but it's still going to go over this game. You gotta remember we've seen Doug

Peterson figure this one out. And we've seen these teams score, so I'm going over in this one. Yeah. I think brand Say was a good coach, but I feel like if he had a secret plan to stop the run, he would have used it at some point. I've got about the run. We'll see, we will see. Look there, all right, Finally, Giants Vikings forty eight and a half. I am going under. Forty eight and a half is high close game expected. As the experts say, this just

doesn't really scream a high scoring game. To me, I totally disagree. I'm going with the foam finger here, old school. I think it goes way over. I trust both of these offenses more than I trust the defenses. I know, I said Kirk Cousin is gonna get hit a lot in this game, but I think it's gonna be a game where there's a lot of passing to keep up with each other. I feel great about this, I'm going. I mean you can feel great about that's good. I

like justin Jefferson. I think he's really valuable. But I think that this one comes out to you. I mean, we saw Danielle Hunter like really give it to Evan Neil last time. So I think under. I think it's gonna be a lot of defense in this one. Yeah, to get all the points they had that both teams have to combine for twenty eight points in the fourth quarter. Last time it was sixteen. Him going into that, I'm taking under as well. All right, that's that. Write this down.

Rihanna's halftime performance is going to be the best of all time. Literally, the best concert I've ever been to in my life is Rihanna. But real quick, before we get into this, write this down. What is your favorite halftime performance? And you wouldn't have have to be there? Okay? Which one have I been to? I mean, also, my favorite concert I've ever been to Prince Prince was incredible. Prince was incredible. I saw him at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, like amazing and the best half Hatrick.

Do you have a favorite halftime? Yeah, I've only I got to go with the one across the street. It was pretty good. I loved everything. I guess I gotta go with the obvious choice stuff for a concert. What is it? It's Janet Jackson, right, and that was like a great moment. Bestbo is gonna be this one. Coming up, Brianna. I'm calling it right now. Okay, it's time for write this down for Super wild Card weekend. I'm going gino here. I'm going gino all the way, baby. That tough forty

Niners defense. Like I said, you know, it's gonna be in the rain. Okay, listen, people wrote him off. He hasn't written back yet, and he plans to write back this weekend. They can't surprised us. Here is all I'm saying. I'm with you. You can right back from the Pro Bowl. Okay, I'm just saying he made the Pro Bowl. That's where he can be writing trying to support you. Maybe he'll make the Super Bowl. I don't think the Ravens are gonna win, but I think their defense is gonna play great.

So I'm gonna go Bengals under twenty five and a half points this weekend. Since ro Kuwan Smith showed up. This group is tough, and one thing I love about the playoffs just the physicality that some of these defenses bring is on another level, and I think Baltimore is going to be that defense. It's a division matchup, back to back week's third time this year. These teams know each other. Well, I just think this is going to be a defensive game. That number is way too high

for me. Well, you can say under things if you want. I'm going to say Dawson, not over everything. I like the reception, I like the yard. I have said a couple of ms today that the Chargers run defense is not very good. And then I saw that some people thought perhaps seventy eight and a half yard rushing yards against the Charges. With the number for Travis et N I say he's going to do better than that, because again I'm glad to be able to work with Ladanian Tomlinson.

In his MVP season, he didn't average five point four yards per carry the Chargers give that up to everybody. Yes, take Travis Etn way over seventy eight and a half. You know what just made There's really made makes me laugh right now. It's like we're the show leading into the big show on NFL Network. You know, a couple of you guys just tuned in, you're getting ready for the big pregame, and then there's this guy. Yeah, you're

trying to make a serious like pizza. We're journalists. Someone should just go over and take a bite a wise man once said to me, Pizza, Pizza. Enjoy the games, Enjoy wild card weekends. NFL Game Debut is a production of the NFL in partnership with I heart Radio. For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit the i heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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