Welcome in What's Driving the Great? Episode three ninety seven. This episode of What Dripen the Great is presented to you by boost Mobile. Happy Thanksgiving everybody. Hopefully you're listening to this before Thanksgiving because it is our Week thirteen gambling show. If you're listening to it all in or after Thanksgiving we will it will still apply, so don't turn it off. But we are going to hit on the Thanksgiving games, which maybe you guys already know how
they went. If you do, hopefully the Chiefs won. Reminder everybody like rate, subscribe, review, and of course all lines are from our friends at hard Rock Bet. Last week we said, after our slow start of the year, we need to be above five hundred by Thanksgiving. It is at Thanksgiving we are thirty twenty nine and one thanks to a three to one and one week last week. That was, in my opinion, our best week of the season, not just record wise but where we were on the games.
We stayed away from the Chiefs minus three and a half because we didn't like the hook. The hook would have killed us. Chicago minus two and a half against Pittsburgh they win by three. The Jets plus thirteen and a half at Baltimore. They win. They lose by thirteen, but that game, Jets were in it in the second half. Losing that one would have been disastrous. Seattle minus thirteen and a half at Tennessee was a shameful loss in
that Seattle was dominating this game. Tennessee has a twenty minute drive at the end of the game to cut it to six. I still like our side in that game. Arizona plus three at Jacksonville. We set on the show how important it was to get the full three and not just the two and a half. Now, I wanted Arizona to win outright. If you were listening to yesterday show, you know why. I had a big bet tied up in that but didn't happen. Arizona loses by three in overtime.
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not betting. But I had a feel on or A didn't. I'll tell you green Bay getting two and a half at Detroit. I do really like Detroit. I am staying away only because I'm a little worried about Goff's ability to stay upright against that Green Bay pass rush. But if I were playing this, I would be playing Detroit minus two and a half. Pardon me, I almost assuredly Thanksgiving morning will bet Detroit minus two and a half.
But it's not one of the five picks. The fact that it's not one of the five picks means I have a pretty I feel pretty strongly about the five games we are rolling with because I also really liked it, really likes too strong liked Cincinnati getting seven at Baltimore. I'm staying away purely because Joe Burrow first game in months, I don't know how he's gonna look, and that Baltimore
defense last month has been frisky. But getting seven with Cincinnati a team that if Burrow looks good, could win, uh. When Lamar has gone from a hamstring to a knee, to an ankle and now a toe injury. His lower body ailments are just moving south, you know, on his leg. That's concerning. He hasn't looked great in the last couple of weeks. So I definitely would not be laying the seven with Baltimore. But without seeing Burrow play, it's hard for me to include them in the picks. Even though
I thought about it. New Orleans at Miami. Miami is laying six points. What a slap in the face to New Orleans that the Miami Dolphins are a six point favorite against you. But I have no interest in that game. We're staying away from it. Excuse me. Houston at Indy, Houston getting four and a half. I like Houston in this spot extra rest with how well the defense is playing, but first came back for Stroud in like a month Indy the I think Indy could be teetering and that
Houston defense is unreal. But having not seen Stroud, I'm gonna stay away. But I do like Houston plus four and a half. Jacksonville laying six and a half at the Titans. Are the Titans going to get another win? That is is so are the Titans really going to go one in sixteen? Because if they're going to get another win, it's either this week or home against the Saints in week seventeen. So that made me kind of lean Tennessee, but it also might be they're not getting
another win, will stay away. The Rams laying ten and a half at Carolina. I lean Rams there, but this feels like a potential backdoor cover by the Panthers and a Rams just get out of there with a win, so we're staying away. Atlanta laying two and a half at the Jets. I don't think Kirk Cousins at this point in his career should be laying points on the road, so I do lean Jets. But I also don't think an Aaron Glenn coach team that I can bet them in good conscience getting less than a field goal, so
I'm gonna stay away there. Buffalo laying four at Pittsburgh. I stared at Pittsburgh for quite some time, but the uncertainty about who's playing quarterback, plus Buffalo on extra rest and Buffalo needing the game was enough for me to stay away. But if I was playing aside, it would be Pittsburgh getting four. Vegas geting nine and a half at the Chargers. Chargers off a by Vegas is in shambles.
Chargers would be the play, but the Chargers offensive line is in such a spot that laying nearly double digits with them in an advisual game seems reckless. Denver laying six and a half at Washington. I like Denver here that defense against Marcus Mariota, particularly Denver off a bye. Washington's also off a bye, but I like Denver in that spot, but I'm not betting it. I'll be totally honest.
One of the reasons is because I'll be rooting for Washington, so I don't want to have my bet conflict with my route. And then the Giants getting seven and a half at New England. The play there would be New England, but I gotta see how they look given the offensive line injuries, so we are staying away. So that leaves
us with five games. Reminder, all lines are from hard Rock Bet and the first one hard Rock Bets helping me out because most shops have Kansas City laying three and a half, Hard Rock has Kansas City laying three. I will jump on Kansas City minus three at Dallas. Over the last twenty years, Thanksgiving favorites are fifty one and nine straight up and forty and twenty against the spread. Now, the Chiefs just played an overtime game and they're on
the road on a Thursday. That's typically a disaster. The counterpoint to that is the Chiefs overtime game ended earlier than the Cowboys game because the Cowboys were in the late window and the Chiefs overtime game was weird because the Colts barely had the ball, so I am I am not as concerned about that trend as I maybe normally would be. But also it's this, I think the Chiefs, whatever issues they have offensively, I think the Chiefs against bad secondaries still move the ball at will. I think
Dallas has a bad secondary. Will take Casey minus the three Chicago getting seven at Philadelphia. I just do not believe the Eagles deserve to be more than six point favorites against good teams right now because the offense is so herky jerky. Also, the lane Johnson's absence has been
a death knell for this team over the last few years. Really, and Ben Johnson after that, his hole the tush push is not an explosive play jab at Philadelphia that is probably a bigger deal on first things first than other shows. Knows he better have something ready for Philly. I think Chicago could win the game. I like getting the seven points. I'll take Chicago plus seven Tampa minus three against Arizona. Typically,
given the Baker injury, I'd stay away here. But Arizona and now am I mad at them for costing me my bet this past week? Sure? But Trevor gave him the ball four times, including a pick six, and they still couldn't win. Those were not like great defensive plays by Arizona. Those were Trevor making awful plays. I expect Baker to play Marvin Harrison junior. We still don't know what's going on with him post appendix removal. Bucky Irving
finally returns, Tampa pounds the run Tampa minus three. I think for the second streight week, my favorite bet of the week is Cleveland Cleveland getting six in the snow against the Niners. That defense against Brock Purty, fresh off those interceptions in the snow. I think this is a low scoring, low possession run the ball game, and Cleveland Cleveland's defense is so great that at home and inclement weather, maybe our first snow game of the year. I'll take
the six points, and I'll take them happily. And then last but not least, I don't know if Cleveland's my favorite pick or this one is. I'll lay the points even though it bit me. This past weekend again with Seattle Seattle laying ten and a half against Minnesota. The Vikings are on their third string quarterback McCarthy Wents and now, Gosh, Gosmer, what's his name, Sam Bosmer, Gosmer, whatever it is. I don't like his chances against Mike McDonald's Seattle defense, and
so can Seattle get to twenty one? That should be
enough to cover against the Vikings third string quarterback. I'll take Seattle at home, laying the ten and a half, So our five picks are as follows the Chiefs laying three, thanks to our rock bet for not making this lay three and a half at Dallas, Chicago getting seven at Philadelphia, Tampa Bay laying three at home against the hated Cardinals, Cleveland getting six at home against Rock Perty and the Niners in the snow, and Seattle laying ten and a
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Demanse's teaser two in a row. Now. Last week he had KC getting four and a half not an easy win, but a win, Cleveland getting eleven and a half an easy win, and Jacksonville getting five and a half sadly an easy win. I gave that a B minus. Let's check in with Demanse again with the week thirteen teaser.
All right, y'all back at it again with another three team eight point teaser for every week, and my child is alive. I want a teaser. Let's see if we can continue that street. This might be one of the last ones to do for you guys, because I'll be back in person soon. But first off, three team eight pointer, you know the deal. Kansas City at Dallas, We're gonna tease Dallas from plus three to plus eleven. And then next we have Arizona at Tampa Bay, gonna be teasing
Tampa Bay from minus three to plus five. And then Lastly, we have Chicago at Philly. The Chicago from plus seven to plus fifteen. Let's continue the street and I'll see you guys soon.
Thank you, great job, DeMont. Can't wait to see you tomorrow. Teasing through the zero with Tampa. I don't love I do love the Chicago leg, and I think I don't love the Chiefs leg the Dallas leg because again I do think there's the Chiefs wins aside from the Indie win have all been double digits. So if you think the Chiefs are gonna win, I don't know if eleven would be enough. I'm gonna give this a B minus. Part of that's for good luck because I gave him a B minus last week he won. I gave him
a half the week before he won. Touchdown Genie. This week, gonna stick with the Chiefs Cowboys game. And I could go easy and go Travis Kelsey because Kelsey is gonna score on Thanksgiving, but that's only plus one fifteen, so I'm gonna go big game hunting on touchdown Jeannie Patrick Mahomes. They've had some red zone struggles. The Cowboys have been susceptible to the quarterback run game. Patrick Mahomes anytime touchdown
at four to one. The offer last week was Shador over one sixty and a half an over one passing touchdown that would have cashed. I faded the producers and said switch to the Chador under which, by the way, that little swing pass if it's six inches more laterally that to run, not a pass, and then it cashes. This week, the producers are offering me Kareem Hunt over thirty three and a half rushing yards and where she rice seventy two and a half receiving yards a plus
two twenty five. Here is the problem, Isaiah Pacheco's back. So I do not think cream Hunt's gonna have a big game cream Hunt after thirty plus carries three days ago, so I would I will again go against the producers. I will take that offer, but it's gonna be under thirty three and a half rushing yards for Kaream Hunt over seventy two and a half receiving yards for a shoe rice that will still be plus two to twenty five. I'm gonna take that one. Thank you to everyone reminded
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