Taylor Lewan: “Eagles Look STRONG vs Packers”; Will Compton Says Steelers Stand NO CHANCE vs Ravens

Summary

Bussin' With The Boys: Episode Summary Title: Taylor Lewan: “Eagles Look STRONG vs Packers”; Will Compton Says Steelers Stand NO CHANCE vs Ravens
Host/Author: Barstool Sports
Release Date: January 8, 2025

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Introduction

In this high-energy episode of Bussin' With The Boys, NFL insiders Will Compton and Taylor Lewan dive deep into the NFL Playoffs, offering their expert analyses, predictions, and spirited debates on the upcoming wild card weekend matchups. Joined by Tara Lawan and occasional contributions from Delaney Walker and other guests, the hosts navigate through team performances, player statistics, and betting insights to provide listeners with a comprehensive breakdown of the postseason battles.

Wild Card Weekend Predictions

Chargers vs. Texans

• Prediction: Chargers favored by 2.5 points
• Key Points:
  • Will Compton expresses strong confidence in the Chargers' balanced offense and robust defense. He highlights Justin Herbert's versatility and the Chargers' ability to perform under playoff pressure.

    "I think the Chargers take this one. I do think it's going to be a blowout. Two and a half is fair." [07:30]

  • Tara Lawan agrees, emphasizing the Chargers' cultural buy-in and improved team dynamics under Coach Harbaugh.

    "They are fully bought into the culture. They believe the Chargers are on the up and up." [07:15]

Steelers vs. Ravens

• Prediction: Ravens favored by 9.5 points
• Key Points:
  • Will Compton asserts that the Steelers have no realistic chance against the Ravens, citing their recent offensive struggles and the Ravens' top-tier defense.

    "I think they have no chance of winning this game. They have no shot at winning this game." [12:17]

  • Tara Lawan counters by acknowledging the Steelers' historical ability to challenge the Ravens but maintains her skepticism about their current form.

    "Because of the Steelers, because of Tomlin. That's the reason why you can see the Steelers keeping this within a 10 point." [18:06]

Broncos vs. Bills

• Prediction: Bills favored by 8.5 points; Will opts for Broncos with the spread.
• Key Points:
  • Tara Lawan champions the Bills, praising Josh Allen's leadership and the team's consistent performance throughout the season.

    "I think it's a great team. I like them a lot. I'm taking the Bills with the points." [19:13]

  • Will Compton chooses the Broncos, highlighting potential vulnerabilities in the Bills' morning routine performances but still believes the Bills will ultimately win.

    "I think the Bills will take care of business and win this game." [20:11]

Packers vs. Eagles

• Prediction: Eagles favored by 4.5 points; over under 46.5
• Key Points:
  • Tara Lawan supports the Eagles, citing their improved end-of-season strength and the emergence of key players like Saquon Barkley.

    "The Eagles have flipped the script on what their seasons looked like from '24. I think the Eagles are very strong." [22:07]

  • Unknown Speaker and Will Compton also back the Packers with varying reasons, leading to a lively debate on the game's outcome.

Commanders vs. Buccaneers

• Prediction: Buccaneers favored by 3 points
• Key Points:
  • Tara Lawan and Will Compton both favor the Buccaneers, praising Baker Mayfield's performance and the team's cohesive effort under Coach Quinn.

    "I like the Chiefs. I think the Commanders might be the pick here or the over." [25:16] "I like the Bucks with the three points." [25:54]

Vikings vs. Rams

• Prediction: Rams favored by 1.5 points
• Key Points:
  • Will Compton expresses uncertainty but ultimately sides with the Rams, appreciating their late-season surge and strategic playbook adjustments.

    "I'm going to take the Rams money line. I think the Rams win this game." [35:31]

  • Tara Lawan concurs, analyzing the Rams' defensive improvements and the Vikings' inconsistency due to injuries.

    "I think the Rams being at the Rams is a win, that's a win." [36:39]

Betting Insights and Parlays

Throughout the episode, the hosts engage in discussions about betting strategies, culminating in the creation of a complex parlay bet covering multiple games and specific player performances. Will Compton introduces a parlay that includes money lines, point spreads, and touchdown predictions, encouraging listeners to engage with the game actively.

"Chargers money line. Bucks money line. Bill's money line. And then the Steelers, Ravens, under 43 and a half. And then the Packers, Eagles, over 45 and a half. Plus 30,073 Five bucks to win 1500." [42:35]

Team Dynamics and Player Performances

• Chargers: Highlighted for their balanced offense, strong defense, and Herbert's leadership.
• Steelers: Criticized for offensive struggles but acknowledged for potential resilience.
• Bills: Commended for Josh Allen's leadership and team consistency.
• Eagles: Praised for late-season strength and player performances, especially Saquon Barkley.
• Buccaneers: Supported due to Baker Mayfield's performance and team cohesion.
• Rams: Favored for their defensive improvements and strategic playmaking.
• Vikings: Discussed with mixed opinions, noting their resilience but concerns over injuries and inconsistency.

Notable Quotes

• Will Compton:

  "I think the Steelers have no chance of winning this game." [12:17]
  "Chargers money line." [42:20]

• Tara Lawan:

  "The Eagles have flipped the script on what their seasons looked like from '24." [22:07]
  "I think it's a great team. I like them a lot." [19:13]

• Unknown Speaker:

  "He's a good quarterback going in the first round." [04:04]
  "I think it's a hit." [43:38]

Conclusion

This episode of Bussin' With The Boys offers a passionate and in-depth analysis of the NFL Playoffs, blending expert insights with engaging banter. Will Compton and Taylor Lewan, along with their panel, provide listeners with valuable predictions and betting advice, making it a must-listen for NFL enthusiasts gearing up for the wild card weekend. Whether you're a seasoned bettor or a casual fan, the dynamic discussions and expert opinions presented in this episode are sure to enhance your playoff experience.

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Transcript

[Will Compton]

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[Delaney Walker]

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[Tara Lawan]

Welcome back to the locker room. It is wild card weekend. At the beginning of the season, there were 32 teams with hopes and dreams and aspirations of making it to the dance and finally winning a Super Bowl. Only 14 teams remain. We got six games. We are going to give you picks on all six of those games. Do me a favor, subscribe, rate five stars and comment. If you do it all it does, it doesn't affect you at all. And it helps us a whole bunch. We love you guys. We got Delaney Walker, Will Compton, myself, Tara Lawan. We're going to have a hell of a show today. Let's win them all big hugs, tiny kisses.

[Will Compton]

All right. Welcome to the locker room. We are presented by Fireball Whiskey. So many things make football great. But you know what the best thing is? Kicking the living out of your rival. And there's absolutely no better feeling as an athlete or fan. And Fireball Whiskey is here to give you the spark to ignite that rivalry flame all season long. Grab your football buddy, buy a round and reignite that rivalry. Rivalry flame. Wild card weekend.

[Tara Lawan]

I can't believe we're here.

[Will Compton]

Hey, before we get going, I got you got to hear this bet.

[Unknown Speaker]

Let's do it.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Will Compton]

So I come in and he's just talking nonsense. Always Sanders not going to get drafted in the first round because he probably saw a tweet that said a couple scouts doesn't have him as a first round grade.

[Tara Lawan]

That sounds like the.

[Unknown Speaker]

And I graded him our bet.

[Will Compton]

A thousand. You graded him?

[Unknown Speaker]

What the.

[Will Compton]

What do you know about quarterback? Nothing. $1,000. Bet this dude a thousand dollar bet that he goes in the top two rounds. If he goes beyond that, Delaney wins.

[Unknown Speaker]

What you think of that bet?

[Tara Lawan]

I think you're gonna lose a thousand dollars.

[Unknown Speaker]

He ain't going. You crazy?

[Will Compton]

He said, he said he goes. He said Shadur is going to slip to the fifth round. Mark my words.

[Tara Lawan]

Delaney. Delaney.

[Unknown Speaker]

All right. On name alone, that don't mean anything.

[Tara Lawan]

He could have a will Levis situation where he falls in the second round, but he's not going past the second.

[Will Compton]

It's a watered down class, bro. I'm telling you. These teams are going to reach.

[Unknown Speaker]

But this is an offensive line draft this year. A lot of old line going to go. That's going to push a lot draft every year, bro. Sometimes it should be, but it's not. It's watch. It's going to push this draft back. That's what happens. Once O line's going to go, then it's going to go D line, then running back, then quarterbacks. Watch. Just wait.

[Tara Lawan]

First off, I think you did see the couple of reports that I saw the same ones and you got really froggy on that. You probably drove in your car, called three of your buddies, said, hey, listen, I got some huge insight on Shadur Sanders. You. This is so premature.

[Will Compton]

Jacket halfway on.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, he's the whole time. Well, you had only half cold.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm just chilling.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

You know what I'm saying?

[Will Compton]

Swagging with that look, right?

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah. You think I'm swagging? I didn't even say that.

[Tara Lawan]

He got one of those four mirrors, you know.

[Will Compton]

I ain't say he had one of.

[Tara Lawan]

Those full mirrors at his house. He sat there for a little bit with a chair.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Nah, y'all crazy. This. I slept in this.

[Tara Lawan]

It's way too early. It's way too early. I slept in this. It's way too early to figure it out.

[Unknown Speaker]

Like it's way too early.

[Tara Lawan]

Combine has to happen. Interviews have to happen. Like he's going to find his way into that first round. He will find his way into that first round. And he lost a thousand dollars.

[Will Compton]

He's a good quarterback.

[Tara Lawan]

Give him a chance.

[Unknown Speaker]

He not going in.

[Will Compton]

A good quarterback going in the first round.

[Tara Lawan]

Take the bet back.

[Unknown Speaker]

I ain't taking it back.

[Tara Lawan]

No, no, no, no.

[Unknown Speaker]

I ain't taking it back.

[Will Compton]

We shook. He was so confident. We shook twice on that bet.

[Tara Lawan]

Oh, shit.

[Unknown Speaker]

Twice. He not going in the first round.

[Tara Lawan]

When I came in here and sat.

[Unknown Speaker]

Down better than him right now. Cam, Cam.

[Will Compton]

That's one quarterback and he the only.

[Unknown Speaker]

One that's going to go in the top first, second. First and second round. Then it's only one quarterback is going.

[Will Compton]

To be drafted in the top two.

[Tara Lawan]

That would be crazy.

[Will Compton]

Out of your mind, bro.

[Tara Lawan]

We need to find out when the last time that happened.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, I was trying to tell him.

[Will Compton]

About the watered down class. I think it was around, like 2010, where Christian Ponder ends up going like top 10. He's like, oh, because he's white. Like, oh, because Shadur is black. He won't just go in the first or second round.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

All right. Onward. I mean, Caleb Williams, crazy.

[Will Compton]

Lamar Jackson.

[Unknown Speaker]

Lamar Jackson, Beast, mixed.

[Will Compton]

Jayden Daniels, mixed. Anthony Richardson, beast.

[Unknown Speaker]

And the performance he put on at the combine.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, but they're black and they're in the first round.

[Unknown Speaker]

It's a whole new era.

[Tara Lawan]

I want to come up here, look at the stats, look at how many black guys are drafting the first round. How many black guys are drafted in the first round compared to White House?

[Unknown Speaker]

20, 25. Way more white guys drafted in the first round.

[Tara Lawan]

I mean, that's crazy.

[Unknown Speaker]

Way more white guys.

[Tara Lawan]

What are you talk.

[Unknown Speaker]

And it's in the NFL. 98% black and it's still more white dudes drafted in the first round.

[Tara Lawan]

You're literally just saying words.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm not. It's true.

[Tara Lawan]

20, 24, you looking it up.

[Will Compton]

Aunt J.P. drake, may Joe alt, Scroll, scroll. J.J. mcCarthy, Bo Nix, Brock Bowers.

[Tara Lawan]

You better hope that back full hands right there.

[Will Compton]

He's got five. Five fingers up that Graham Barton at six and Ricky Pierce saw seven, and then everybody else was black.

[Tara Lawan]

That's seven out of 32 picks.

[Unknown Speaker]

Hey, hey. Yeah, you gotta fact check me, son. I don't believe it unless I see it.

[Tara Lawan]

Delaney. You do see it. Do you watch the draft?

[Unknown Speaker]

I don't watch the draft.

[Will Compton]

But you, you, you. You say it like it's.

[Unknown Speaker]

It's true. I'm Donald Trump on this bitch, Delaney.

[Tara Lawan]

So you don't. You don't pay attention to the draft?

[Unknown Speaker]

No.

[Tara Lawan]

You don't pay attention to the draft at all?

[Unknown Speaker]

Hell no.

[Tara Lawan]

So why are you making a bet based on the draft?

[Unknown Speaker]

Because I'm a win. This is what I do.

[Tara Lawan]

Okay?

[Unknown Speaker]

I just do this.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

All right.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm telling you right now.

[Will Compton]

Should we start with this favorite team?

[Tara Lawan]

Let's start with this.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

The favorite, the Chargers at the Texans. Chargers are fair by two and a half. The over under on this game is 43 and a half, boys. Two and a half seems a bit. Seems a bit small.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

Why is that you think the Chargers are going to do.

[Will Compton]

I feel like the Chargers. Yeah, I feel like the Chargers should be favored pretty heavily.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Texans have no receivers at the moment, but Nico. And then they Added Deontay Johnson at the moment.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, I just like hardball. I like. I like the Chargers. I like the makeup. They have a good defense. They play balance on offense. They have a running game. Your boy Herbert can throw the ball around. And I just like. I like.

[Unknown Speaker]

He ran for. You saw the touchdown. Well, he. I don't know if he's.

[Tara Lawan]

Did he score on that play, but he ran.

[Unknown Speaker]

He did run for.

[Tara Lawan]

He ran. He got, he got wheels, too.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, the kids.

[Tara Lawan]

He's. He's got some stats that. He's in a league of one right now. Like, the kid is an absolute stud.

[Will Compton]

He is a league of one.

[Tara Lawan]

Chargers playing up this cat.

[Unknown Speaker]

Why are you. Why you hate on Justin?

[Will Compton]

I don't hate on him.

[Tara Lawan]

He's got just.

[Will Compton]

It's. It's just like the league of one. It's like, okay, well, Joe Burrow's not in this.

[Tara Lawan]

Lamar Jackson, some stats that would make him in a league of one. That's a, that's a fair and factual statement.

[Will Compton]

Oh, like his. Only his stats are his and his alone. So he's an elite.

[Tara Lawan]

That's one way to look at it. The other way is how many yards he's thrown for in the first however many years of his NFL career is the highest.

[Unknown Speaker]

Is the highest.

[Tara Lawan]

Putting him in the one category, that would be a stat that put him in one of one. All right. Did I say that he's a top two quarterback?

[Will Compton]

No, you said he's a league of one.

[Tara Lawan]

He's got a league of one in some of the stats that he has.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, his stats. His stats that are his own.

[Tara Lawan]

I, I think the charger, 21,000 pass.

[Will Compton]

Yards in his first five.

[Tara Lawan]

Houston, the Houston Texans, it's a, it's a difficult place to play, especially in the playoffs. I haven't played there, but in the playoffs. However, playing there in general, that dome, when that place is rocking, is a very difficult place to play. Chargers do have to travel all the way to Houston. I think when you look at Harbaugh, the enthusiasm that he came in at first, I'm sure a lot of guys were like, what the hell are we doing? This college type shit is not going to work in the NFL. All of a sudden you start to win some close games that you would have lost last year now turn into wins this year. He is owning the culture, and I think every guy there, all 53 guys on that team, are drinking every bit of Kool Aid that he's pouring for them right now. They are fully bought into the culture. They Believe the Chargers on the up and up. They're stoked to be a part of this franchise. And then you look at the Texans. Texans start what, six, two. They start six and two in the season. You think, all right, Texas are going to be the Texans yet again. They've had a very turbulent, rocky back half of the year. They sustained some injuries. They lose Diggs, they lose Bell. And it just doesn't feel like the dangerous team that they were in the beginning half of the year. And I like to look at these playoffs as what team is doing this at the right time. You look at the Philadelphia Eagles, who we'll talk about later. You look at them last year, the way they finish their season, as opposed to starting their season, showed a big way in the playoffs. For that reason, I'm going to take the Chargers. I don't know if it's going to be a blowout. I think two and a half is fair. I think they're going to win this game. I think when you get in the playoffs, all of these games are relatively competitive. Like, these are the best. These are the best of the best. These are the 14 teams that deserve to be in. And I think the Chargers take this one.

[Will Compton]

And wild card weekends, usually. Fireworks.

[Tara Lawan]

Fireworks. There's going to be an upset in here somewhere. Haven't sniffed it out yet, but I have an idea of who it might be.

[Will Compton]

Were you with Harbaugh his first year at the Niners?

[Unknown Speaker]

I was.

[Will Compton]

How far did you guys go?

[Unknown Speaker]

We went to the NFC Championship game.

[Will Compton]

Right. It's like it's building off of the thought of, like, this is what's college going to do? Like, carball is proven to come in first year and just turn.

[Unknown Speaker]

Turn shit around.

[Will Compton]

And I do. I like riding that. I like riding that wave with the Chargers right now, especially against the Texans.

[Tara Lawan]

We're all in Chargers. That's the only thing that's kind of giving me some. Some nerves.

[Will Compton]

I think it's going to go like you were talking like this fiery team in the beginning of the year, too. Even when they were 6 and 2, they were kind of like, it didn't seem like they were progressing from how they ended the year last year or building off that. Like, I feel like they've been kind of turbulent all year long. So it just. And the Chargers are clicking at the right time. And again, playoff football, I feel like the Chargers are built for. I feel like their team overall is built for the playoffs.

[Tara Lawan]

If you look at, like, you just remember playing, like, how, like short memory, you'd have like, you win a game one week and kind of vibes are high. You lose the next week, vibes are low. So when you end the season in a way, like the next team, we're going to talk about who's lost four in a row, like, the vibes in that room, it's like, yeah, we're here. But like, how much better is it going to get? Better?

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

As opposed to winning a few games, fighting your way into the playoffs and being like, hey, we're going into this thing kind of firing all cylinders. There's just a different mentality with those things when you're winning games. Like, it's hard not to jump on the roller coaster that is the NFL season.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah. And I mean, you got JK back and they brought Haskin in. Didn't he go to Michigan?

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, he went to Michigan. He won a hardball's class and he's. Yeah, he's actually playing well.

[Unknown Speaker]

He been playing pretty well so far.

[Tara Lawan]

He's been playing well.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think they Firing all cylinders. The Chargers look good to me.

[Tara Lawan]

I like it. That's. That's a sneaky team in this playoff.

[Unknown Speaker]

It is. Very sneaky.

[Tara Lawan]

Very sneaky.

[Will Compton]

Perform well. And they. They continue to hit this like they. They'll be the ones traveling to the Chiefs.

[Unknown Speaker]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Compton]

Which.

[Unknown Speaker]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Compton]

I'd be fired up for.

[Tara Lawan]

I bet you would. I'd be fired up for the next game. Steelers are at the Ravens in division game. Ravens are favorite at nine and a in the game is 44 and a half. Will. Where you at, babe?

[Will Compton]

I think I like the Steelers with the points. I think they have no chance of winning this game. I think they have no shot at winning this game. They were scoreless in the first quarter last week. When we were talking in the locker room, they had been like six games where they. They haven't scored a touchdown. Now they're at four games, I think, in a row to where they haven't even put points on the board in the first quarter. I think they're going to start slow. I just don't think they have offense, bro. I don't think they have offense going for them right now. I don't think they can run the ball. They're just. They're always behind the chains. The Ravens defense is top notch. It is in division. And historically, the Steelers kind of have the Ravens numbers.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

Even though the Ravens beat him like 34 to 17 last game.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And with Mitch here, they're 13 and three against the spread when they're Getting points against the Baltimore Ravens. They might have that little bit of life to where. That's why I'm going to take the Steelers with the points. But the Ravens are winning this game.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, that's a fantastic stat, Mitch. That is, that's. That's a great stat.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, I think that, yeah, this is a Ravens ball game, but with nine and a half points, it's like the Steelers are pretty much dead. I know they're, they're a team that's in the playoffs but shouldn't be in the playoffs based on how they've kind of ended the year.

[Unknown Speaker]

Like you said, they limped they ass up in their playoffs, bro.

[Will Compton]

You'd like to see the Bengals get in over the.

[Unknown Speaker]

I would have rather see the Bengals. The performance would have been a lot better.

[Tara Lawan]

But the Chiefs that trending in the right direction at the end of the year, man, you really want to hope they get them in. I know all of our bets last week were kind of revolved around hey, let's get the Bengals in the playoffs. As if our awards are going to do anything.

[Unknown Speaker]

The Chiefs fucked us.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, I like the Ravens. I could see the Ravens covering this game. I'm going to take the Steelers with the points just because it's an in division game. Tomlin, I think his leadership as a coach, wild card. This game is going to come down to game plans. And I think you see the Ravens, the. They're. They've consistently dominated the regular season. Lamar Jackson has consistently been in the MVP race. And then we get in the playoffs and it's like what's happened to the Ravens. The thing that I think is different this year is their run game is the opportunity to not just have Lamar run the ball, but 22 in the back.

[Will Compton]

Benjamin Button.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, Benjamin Button. He has the most yards of any running back over the age of 30 in a season like he is proving that father time is one of those father Time guys. And to be able to give the almost a Delaney Derrick Henry the ball 20 plus times a game and take some of that pressure off Lamar so he can make the throws downfield he has and take it every once in a while, that's a huge recipe for success and sustaining time of possession. That's when you start to break down and the guys that you're playing this late in the season, in the playoffs when the snow's possibly on the ground, those ailments, those bumps, those bruises, they start to feel like a little bit more. And so I love the Ravens. I hope their game plan Revolves around run first because that is their recipe for success. You watch them in the playoffs last year they tried to do this high flying things and Lamar unfortunately missed few throws when they could have just ran the ball and probably gotten away with that game. If they commit to the run game like it's already proven in their stats. When they commit to the run game with Derrick Henry, they win games and their defense plays well, which they have consistently. They're going to have the Steelers thinking about Cabo San Lucas by halftime. That's. That's what their. Their goal should be is break them down and so they're feeling all those pains. They know it's the end of the year. The season's going to be over after this game. Break their will in the first 30 minutes of that game. I'm still going to take the Steelers to points because of Tomlin.

[Will Compton]

I think it's a big game too for the Ravens tight end room. Yeah likely big challenge.

[Tara Lawan]

Isaiah. Likely dude is. I like him. He's not talked about enough. He had a fantastic game against the Chiefs in week one Thursday Night Football. Literally his toe right was the difference in that game. But he is. He's got wiggle. He's got a little.

[Will Compton]

Can I give a little sneak preview?

[Tara Lawan]

Go ahead.

[Will Compton]

At the boys parlay.

[Tara Lawan]

Go ahead.

[Unknown Speaker]

Mark Andrews is beasting too though.

[Will Compton]

I like a likely touchdown.

[Tara Lawan]

I love that.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think that's a good. I think that's a good. I think that's a good one.

[Tara Lawan]

He's got. But he's got just enough wiggle to him. Yeah, he's got that kind of like kind of that Travis Kelsey ask where.

[Unknown Speaker]

It'S like literally that's what his body's.

[Tara Lawan]

Going one way but his, you know it looks like he's going the other. I do like likely quite a bit.

[Will Compton]

And you watch the Chiefs game too. You throw in some window dressing and take advantage of the linebacker room for the Steelers. Their eyes like Travis Kelce's wide open on so many different occasions. Yeah play action that play action screens like just get guys anticipating. You got to shut down Derek Henry and building some creative plays off of those.

[Tara Lawan]

And when he's. And when you're with the Ravens action.

[Unknown Speaker]

We got to watch Lamar.

[Tara Lawan]

When you're Ravens you're throwing the ball. It's like if your game plan consists of inside the hashes to out and you're utilizing those tight ends quite a bit because they have two tight ends as receiving weapons. That's a big deal. That's a quick way to get those small chunks if your run game's getting stuffed a little bit. And then back to the run game.

[Unknown Speaker]

And again, y'all said it. The tight ends, it actually helps because you got to spy Lamar. So that middle linebacker, whoever it is, the spy queen, chasing him around, chasing around. So you do the play action. He steps to the side, that linebacker flows middle open, put to the tight ends over the ball always works.

[Tara Lawan]

You brought up a good point about how to game plan Lamar. When you, when you're playing a guy like Lamar, if you're rushing your four guys, the idea should be with your edge rushers, don't go past the quarterback. It allows too much holes. And then condense the middle of the pocket and then slowly, like a boa constrictor, come in on him. And hopefully your back end can, can hold coverage. When you have A guy like T.J. watt, who is supremely talented, who's unbelievable and makes amazing plays, but he makes a lot of plays the way his brother made plays, he's not extremely gap sound. He likes to run around the edge a whole lot. He'll take the chance and the opportunity to use the B gap in the run game and leave his C gap, which is probably his responsibility. And he makes a lot of TFLs. That's when guys like Lamar who have that, like that elite athletic ability will kind of hurt you in a lot of ways because he'll feel that pressure on the back end and be able to scoop under that B gap and kind of wiggle his way out. And that's where you see the explosive runs. It's about those 11 guys condensing the pocket and keeping everything in front of you from the back end standpoint.

[Will Compton]

But I said that too. And then on the flip side, it's like the Steelers have always kind of found a way to defeat Lamar Jackson, right? So it is kind of like a little bit of a mind fuck, because you're right saying all those things when you're a defense sitting in there, those are all the rules you want to play when you're playing Lamar Jackson. And TJ Watt does go rogue, but it's something the Steelers, for whatever reason, they've been able to figure out ways to defeat Lamar.

[Tara Lawan]

And exactly what you're talking about is the reason, the hesitation, why I'm not taking the big line with the Ravens. Because the Steelers have kind of always found a way to have some sort of success or at least keep it close against a great Ravens football team. If this was a different team with the Same record and the same everybody with a different name. I'm taking the Ravens minus nine and a half, but because of the Steelers, because of Tomlin. That's the reason why you can see the Steelers keeping this within a 10 point.

[Unknown Speaker]

You could say Tomlin, but he ain't out there playing like last week. Russ could have got out of bounds, saved some time on the clock so them to get down there and at least get a field goal. But he fucking kamikaze ran right into the db. So fucking stupid runs the clock down like I'm taking the Ravens -9 and.

[Tara Lawan]

A half and just that play in general. As a veteran quarterback, a Super bowl champion quarterback, you have to understand that situation.

[Unknown Speaker]

Throw the ball out of bounds, do.

[Tara Lawan]

Something like what you want to have that hero's mentality. Just trying to be the hero for one.

[Unknown Speaker]

Just trying to be the hero and.

[Tara Lawan]

End up hurting the team more.

[Unknown Speaker]

Definitely.

[Tara Lawan]

Broncos at Bills. Are we going to talk about this for a long time?

[Unknown Speaker]

No.

[Tara Lawan]

I mean, no, it's. I'm going Bills all the way. I think Josh Allen is.

[Will Compton]

You don't think Denver can make it interesting?

[Tara Lawan]

No, I don't. I don't think. I don't. I think the Denver fourth quarter win going up to the Northeast. I think Bo, Knicks, they've. They've won one of their last three games and the one game they won was a team that sat all of their players. Otherwise we're not looking at this team in the playoffs right now at all. I have no belief in the Broncos. I think it's outstanding what they did in the turnaround they've had with Bo Nix. I think the Brazil, Payton, I think if you're sitting mile high country right now, you're really excited about the Broncos and what they're going to do for you because Sean Payton, Bo Nix, they mesh together really well. This seems like a year that we could really be talking about the Bills in February. The Bills just seem different. They seem very different right now. I like them a lot. I'm taking the Bills with the points. The Bills, by the way, I didn't say this. The Bills are favored at eight and a half points, 12 points. That game is 47 and a half.

[Will Compton]

I think I'm going to go Broncos with the points. I do think the Bills win. They take care of business. But I think that the Bills, this is like they have to win their morning routine. This is their morning routine game where they got to get up, they got to get a workout in and everything else because they are hungry. You know they want. It's that AFC championship game against the Chiefs. So I don't. I'm not saying they're going to overlook it. I think it's. It's extremely difficult to go out to Buffalo at this point in the year, in January. I do think the Bills will take care of business and win this game. Yeah, I think the Broncos, I think they can be a little frisky. I'm going to take the eight and a half points. I do think the Bills win. Not like late. Like they're going to come from behind and win. I just think it's going to be a close game all the way down to the end. So I'm going to take the Broncos.

[Tara Lawan]

With the points AFC in the books still. I need you to take the Bills of the Broncos.

[Will Compton]

And two, you look at how the ball kind of bounced around in the end zone, like a play that the Chiefs usually get right where it bounce off all the different defenders. And then Sutton comes down with the ball for. For a touchdown like those. You need the ball to bounce your way a little bit. They might have a little bit of luck going to their wild card weekend. I mean, it was playing even though the, the. The Chiefs are sitting a lot of people and they weren't playing with their stars and Carson Wentz was playing like, offensively, the confidence, you still put up 38 points. Like you still. You still practice squat.

[Tara Lawan]

I'm sure if you're all playing, but yeah, I'm sure if you're Sean Payton, that's the narrative you're trying to play. Hey, boys, when we do it right, this is what we. We can put on the board. We can put these types of points on the board, but every player in there that knows what they're talking about is like, yeah, we didn't play against nobody.

[Unknown Speaker]

Nobody.

[Tara Lawan]

And it's. It goes. It kind of. It's a theme. Right. Like these teams are kind of doing this at the end of the year. They kind of just had a little blip because they beat a team sitting all their guys.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

As opposed to the Bills. That. Dude, I really. Other than their defense can be being shaky sometimes, I truly believe in the Bills this year.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah. It's going to be. It's going to be a cold game, too, boy. Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Very cold.

[Will Compton]

Packers NFC now Packers at Eagles. Eagles are fair by four and a half. The over under on this game is 46 and a half.

[Unknown Speaker]

This is my ballsy pick, man.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, we taking Eagles, packers minus one and a half.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm Taking the Packers.

[Will Compton]

Oh, I think the Packers.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'll take it to parents.

[Will Compton]

You look at who they've lost. You like, you could throw the, the Bears game out of the window, but they lost the Vikings twice. They lost the Lions twice, and I think they lost to Eagles very early in the year by a few points. Yeah, yeah, Packers. The packers can play, man. They have a very good defense. Yes, Alexander is on ir. But if they can shut down, which is a tall task, if they can. They're not going to shut down Saquon Barkley, but keep them at bay.

[Unknown Speaker]

Keep them at Bay.

[Will Compton]

Under 90ish yards rushing, like the packers are going to have a shot. I like the Packers.

[Unknown Speaker]

I mean, you got two good running backs in this game. You got Jacobs and you got Barkley. Like, I mean, this is going to be a game. I see this.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, this could be the best, the best game of the weekend, actually. I says in the last bullet point here might be the best game of the week. Okay, I like that. I like the Eagles. You can see the pain on Saquon's Barkley face as he's doing a locker room interview, talking about wanting the record, talking with his family about it. The coach coming in saying, hey, we're going to sit you this week. I know it's not what you want. However, we have to think about the big picture of things that any true competitor, when they are told something they don't want to hear, they take that and they take that chip and they just place that thing gently on their shoulder as if it's a seed and they water it a couple times a day. Now that seed, he's got a chip, he's like, I wasn't able to get this record, but I'm sure there's some sort of playoff rushing record that he's going to look at and be like, fuck it, I'm going to beat that instead. That's the big difference between this Eagles team from last year, this year plus their record going in like the records were similar. However, the way they got to that record is much different. Strength in the beginning of the year, weakness at the end of the year, that is now flipped to where the Eagles are very strong at the end of the year and they're firing in a lot of ways. AJ Brown's pissed off, right? You got a Brandon Graham, he's doing a radio show saying 11 and 1. We don't know if they're getting along. All of a sudden, the next week, he's tossing it to AJ. AJ's got a smile on his face. You get in the playoffs, all that petty bullshit in the locker room kind of goes away because you realize that you have a squad and you have a roster that can fight for something that's bigger than yourself. The regular season, your stats are what your stats are. Now. It's about how do we get more points than the other team for three more times. That's all you have to do is win three more games. I love the Eagles in this pick. I think the Eagles, four and a half. I think Saquon Barkley has a massive game. Not taking anything away from the Packers. I love the Packers. They're in the strongest division. And the game, the teams they lost to is just, you know, that's a huge selling point. But I love how the Eagles have kind of flipped the script on what their seasons looked like from 24. From 23 to 24. I think the Eagles are very strong.

[Will Compton]

I like it.

[Tara Lawan]

I like it.

[Will Compton]

We go Commanders. Commanders at Buccaneers, buccaneers favored by three. The over under on this game is 50 and a half. What are we feeling? What are we feeling with the Commanders?

[Tara Lawan]

I like the Bucks.

[Will Compton]

I like the Bucks, too. I like the part of me that doesn't. I don't know if the Commanders are as good as I assume them to be. I think when you look at the turnaround, when you look at Coach Quinn, they have between. Between guys on the Pro bowl roster and alternates. They have 13 guys in the Pro bowl this year. You know how many of those are from Ron Rivera? Zero.

[Tara Lawan]

Really?

[Will Compton]

Zero.

[Tara Lawan]

Because Gruden, that's a great stat.

[Will Compton]

Gruden drafted. Scary Terry. But the turnaround that the Commanders have had, they've had an incredible season, but they've been playing just okay against. Against not very good football teams throughout the back half of the year. I think the Bucs, they just trend. You got Mike Evans, who you know how many consecutive seasons over 2011. I think they're cooking. I think Baker Mayfield's ready to go. I think that offense is ready to go. The defense is going to play a little bit. I mean, it is the playoff season. Everybody's going to up their game a little bit more. And I just think that they have too much for the Commanders and they're at home in Tampa. I like the Bucks with the three points.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Hey, just like Mitch said, Commanders, that's the pick here.

[Will Compton]

So I'm going. Commanders, he likes.

[Tara Lawan]

I think Commanders might be the pick here or the over.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm taking the Commanders.

[Tara Lawan]

B. I think the Commanders as A franchise are very happy with the outcome of this season. They feel very proud. They're. They're like, we know we have a quarterback for the future. We feel good about it. Dan Quinn, we feel great about that. Obviously, the Pro bowl thing, I didn't know that. That's. That's an incredible stat. So as a franchise that's been in turmoil for so long, you see this season, you're like, we don't know if this is our year, but fuck, we are so excited about the future of this team. We know we got the right head coach. We know we got the right quarterback. They're ecstatic about what the future is going to bring. I don't think they're focused as much as the Bucs. The Bucs have quietly become a fantastic franchise. The ownership stays out of it. Bulles has done a great job. He speaks softly, but carries a big stick type of mentality. And they bring in a guy at Baker Mayfield after Tom Brady to kind of take over the reins. There's a lot of confusion of whether or not he's going to be able to do that. He has obviously done his $100 million contract. The way the team rallies around a guy like Mike Evans when he catches that ball. They don't even get a first down. But gets himself 1,000 yards for the 11th straight season. And the whole team.

[Unknown Speaker]

The crowd, was it three yards? Stadium shit.

[Tara Lawan]

The whole team clears the benches just to celebrate for a moment. There's not a bum in a seat that entire time. That's an exciting thing that, you know, is only great for one guy. Like, that's awesome. But it's really just one guy. Yeah. And I think there's something about this Tampa Bay team that they are rallying around something special. They're trying to do something special this year. As opposed to a franchise that is happy to be happy to be there, but more excited about their future. And I think Baker Mayfield, he's got one little piece left to kind of get some, like, get the official first overall pick stench off him. And that's winning playoff games.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, like, this is a dude, this is a quarterback. This is all the other big dog.

[Tara Lawan]

You win this game, you're officially, like, now you're being talked about as one of the top tier quarterbacks. Now you're getting talked about like, oh, we know Tampa Bay's got a great quarterback. They don't have to worry about that. As opposed to, you know, every year it's like, okay, do you keep Baker? What do you do? Like, there's always. There's always a narrative around him in the offseason going like.

[Will Compton]

I love the way Baker plays to, like, the dude just ball.

[Tara Lawan]

He's a winner.

[Will Compton]

He's a. Yeah, he's a winner. Good quarterback because he's like, top five.

[Tara Lawan]

And he's a playoff quarterback.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

The majority of categories and a better person.

[Tara Lawan]

I think I'm stoked for both these franchises. I get a warm, fuzzy feeling when I think about the Commanders and the Bucs. I think the Bucs take this one minus three.

[Unknown Speaker]

About the Bucks. The Bucks have won against the Eagles, Lions, and took the Chiefs to overtime, but they lost to, like, the Cowboys, the Niners.

[Will Compton]

The Cowboys. What is it in the last seven games that. That's their one blemish?

[Unknown Speaker]

But they're so up and down, like, you just don't know what team you're going to get.

[Tara Lawan]

I think. I think there's, like, a lack of focus there. Like, you kind of. You start to drink your own Kool Aid. A little bit about how great you are. Everything kind of gets reset once you're in the playoffs. When you're in the playoffs, it's like, boys, it's a win or go home.

[Will Compton]

All hands on deck.

[Tara Lawan]

You could have some guys in the franchise that are like, kind of a win, win, we win, extra check, possible Super Bowl. You lose Cabo San Luis.

[Unknown Speaker]

I don't know, man. We went to the second round playoffs, motherfucker. The whole team seemed like bitches when we was playing the game. Which year was it when we went with.

[Tara Lawan]

Malarkey?

[Unknown Speaker]

My Larky.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, because no one believed in Malarkey.

[Unknown Speaker]

You. You crazy.

[Tara Lawan]

We knew that team was like, one.

[Will Compton]

Did, one didn't sitting on this.

[Unknown Speaker]

That's why we lost. That's why we fucking lost. I was the only one who balled out that game. You get what I'm saying?

[Tara Lawan]

A wild statement.

[Will Compton]

It's true.

[Tara Lawan]

Listen, that game we knew with. I mean, Terry Rubisky loved Terry Rubisky to death.

[Unknown Speaker]

I mean, yeah, that was.

[Tara Lawan]

He had the most predictable offense of all time. Our defense played really well. There was, like, question marks revolving around.

[Unknown Speaker]

You think Terry was calling plays?

[Tara Lawan]

I don't know who was.

[Unknown Speaker]

I want to say Mike Malarkey was calling the plays.

[Tara Lawan]

Okay, well, then Mike Malarkey called the most predictable plays of all time. It was duo inside zone, and then we're third and six. Hopefully Marcus and scramble and make a play, get it to delay.

[Unknown Speaker]

We was winning in the game early.

[Tara Lawan]

We were 9 and 7 and we.

[Unknown Speaker]

Were winning in that game early. And then it was that special teams incident that cost us to go downhill. We were winning in that. In the New England game early and then.

[Tara Lawan]

Are you talking about the game we lost 40 to 7?

[Will Compton]

You were up 7.

[Unknown Speaker]

We was up. We was up. No, we got. I don't know. I was 40 to.

[Tara Lawan]

We went into New England and Corey Davis had his first touchdown of the year in that game in the back half of the end zone where we run out. Other than that, we didn't do shit.

[Unknown Speaker]

We went into that special team, remember they jumped off sides and then they gave them a first down. And that's when Tom Brady started picking us up.

[Tara Lawan]

At what point in the game was that?

[Unknown Speaker]

It was probably second quarter, second, third quarter.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, there was not a whole lot we were not doing.

[Unknown Speaker]

I mean, we could have beat them though. It was just our team gave up. It was like, oh, yeah, this is. We can't win.

[Tara Lawan]

I think the Patriots wins the super bowl that year.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

And lost.

[Will Compton]

That was the Eagles there.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, they lost to the Eagles.

[Tara Lawan]

And I might be jumping around a lot in different games, but I specifically remember being in New England cold game and Corey Davis catching his first touchdown. It was like a crazy catch too. He caught it like.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, he caught it up. But it wasn't 47. Cause that game was the one I ran over old buddy over. And I went, you know, I ran for like 70 yards for a touchdown.

[Tara Lawan]

That was a regular season game.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, but it wasn't that. They beat us bad. That game wasn't the playoffs. They beat us 40 something. I don't remember.

[Tara Lawan]

What year was it?

[Unknown Speaker]

I'll just look it up real quick.2016.

[Will Compton]

Since we're talking Titans, do we have a reaction to Ran Carthon being fired?

[Unknown Speaker]

Damn. Yeah, man. That's fucked up.

[Will Compton]

I mean, you're tight end. I feel like with the Titans a.

[Unknown Speaker]

Little bit, I am tied in, but I don't make decisions. At the end of the day, are.

[Will Compton]

You surprised by the firing?

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm kind of surprised by the firing. I didn't think. I thought he would have got one more year to, you know, try to build that roster.

[Will Compton]

I built the roster pretty solid last year with what he had.

[Unknown Speaker]

I did too. You know, but at the end of the day, it's this new era of two years and out. If you don't do nothing in two years, you out.

[Will Compton]

Like what surprises me is, you know, it's like they fire J. Rob, keep Vrabel.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yep.

[Will Compton]

They bring in Rand.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yup.

[Will Compton]

Then they go rain and Vrabel. Then they fire variable. So they have ran, then they bring.

[Unknown Speaker]

In Callahan, then they fire ran them both.

[Will Compton]

They keep ran, then they. Now they fired, ran and keep Callahan. Like they're just not on the same. It's the new aligned in anything at the top.

[Unknown Speaker]

It's whoever knew is going to stay and the old is going to go.

[Will Compton]

But don't you think they need to be like two of the same? Like you need to bring in a GM and a head coach, that they're both on the same page and pushing the same boat, have kind of the same ideas. They're the ones in the room making decisions with each other, like doing it all their way.

[Unknown Speaker]

But it's like behind the scenes, you know, it's really like three GMs. It's not just one. Ran wasn't the only GM.

[Will Compton]

He was just the face.

[Unknown Speaker]

He was just the face because it's the other guy. You know the other guy name.

[Tara Lawan]

I know that. We lost to the New England Patriots 35, 14 that game. We scored seven in the first quarter and seven in the fourth quarter. They scored 21 in the second quarter and seven in the. We were getting blown out and you balled. You Balled out.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

Three catches for 49 yards.

[Unknown Speaker]

Balled out. I can't help. I can't help. I'm the only person on the team at that time.

[Tara Lawan]

Eric decker. Eric Decker. Six catches, 85 yards.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

Corey Davis, five catches, 63 yards.

[Unknown Speaker]

I was being double teamed the whole game.

[Tara Lawan]

I'm just saying. I'm just saying. What happened?

[Unknown Speaker]

Open it up for catches.

[Will Compton]

That's the Bill Belichick defense.

[Unknown Speaker]

There you go. What you mean?

[Tara Lawan]

You gotta stop at Ron Ran.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

He was asking, do you know the name of the other.

[Tara Lawan]

He's like, there's basically Cody, you know.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm talking about the dude. White dude.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, yeah, I know that.

[Unknown Speaker]

He gonna be the GM now. He gonna be the GM of the team. Watch. He just. They about to pass the ranks to him. He gonna be the.

[Will Compton]

So it's gonna be somebody in the same building.

[Unknown Speaker]

In the same building. So it ain't gonna be.

[Tara Lawan]

That sounds like a good Titans move. That sounds like the Titans move.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah. They ain't gonna. They ain't gonna like just break it apart. So it's gonna already be a guy that built Calhan already know. So it's not gonna be like, oh, let's bring in another GM and start this shit over with. It's not gonna be like that. That's why that move was so easy.

[Tara Lawan]

I think my personal opinion is the Titans have an interesting situation when it comes to football minded people in suits. I think Amy's kind of pulled in a direction of which one she should really listen to because suits don't know the game of football at all. But they make a lot of sense because they speak the same language as her.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yes.

[Tara Lawan]

And then there's the football minded people who understand the game but don't necessarily speak the language to Amy Adams Strong, she can fully process and understand. Everything I've heard about Ran is speculation. It's things that I've just been heard or told or whatever. My understanding is that he was a GM that had to report to multiple people to make roster moves, which is very, you know, not normal for a team. But if they're going to make an internal move, like if they make an internal move, that just means that that piece of information that I had was true. Yeah, was. You know, I like Rand. He was on the show. He's one of those cats too. Like, you're around him. You love to be around him.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

And. But he did come from a successful franchise. Came from the 49ers for the 90s. I mean, he's. He was a stud there. Found some good cats.

[Unknown Speaker]

A lot of dudes love him on the Niners, man.

[Will Compton]

All right. Last game in the nfc. Vikings at the Rams. Vikings favorite by one and a half. The over under on this game is 47 and a half. I'm kind of conflicted because of the way the Lions beat the shit out of the Vikings last week. Like Stafford in the playoffs. McVeigh, you got a little bit of magic.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'mma follow. I'm going see what y'all gotta say, because I'm not really.

[Will Compton]

I'm gonna be honest. This is the one game where I'm kind of like split. I don't know. I don't know. I love the matchup. I love Kevin OConnell and Sammy D versus McVay and Stafford. I think they both had incredible seasons in their own respect. I. I love what the Vikings have done all year long. Like up until he got just whooped by the Lions in control last week. I'm sitting here thinking, like, yo, this could be the better team in the NFC than the Lions because the Lions have had so many injuries on defense. But the Lions just show time and time again that the culture that the next man up mentality, that everything that they got, the stuff that they're made of that Dan Campbell talks about, they have. So I am. I'm kind of torn on this game. I don't know if I'm being a prisoner at the moment. I'm thinking, man, maybe the Vikings are one and done in the playoffs this year against the Rams. I'm going to go Vikings. I've kind of been. I've kind of been on them all year long. I want to see them win. I'm like rooting for them in a way.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

So I'm going to go Vikings. I'm going to take the Vikings here. But it's going to be tough to go out to la. That young defense has gotten better. You got Fisk, you got Verse, who made his Pro bowl as a rookie. They've been firing as of late. They got a lot of weapons on offense.

[Unknown Speaker]

I know the Rams, they got all they players back pretty much the Rams.

[Tara Lawan]

I think having the head coach, having experience in these types of games is going to play a huge factor in these things. You look at the last couple of games of the season, they end up winning five straight going into last week. They end up sitting a bunch of their starters. A lot of teams had the. Are they going to sit guys? Are they not going to sit guys? When we set, when we shot the show last week, we're like, Saquon Barkley, he's going to go off. Then like literally 24 hours later, Saquon's not playing. The minute the Rams kind of were what they were in the playoffs, Sean McVay is like, I'm sitting all my. That's what I'm doing. The Rams beat the Vikings earlier in the year. They didn't have TJ Hawkinson, however. You know, I think Sean, knowing how to feel this pressure and how to have his team understand what's going into it, I think Stafford in the playoffs is as dangerous as dangerous gets dangerous. They've been a sneaky team all year long in that NFC west category. That was having a really difficult time shaking itself out until we got to the end of the season. I like the Rams, I like their juice going into this game. I feel for the Vikings because they are a team that, you know, I wasn't as high on them as Will was. However, it's awesome to see O'Connell and that culture and everybody had a rally around a guy like Sam Darnold. That kind of stuff fires me up. How big does that blowing defeat affect that locker room going to last week? How quickly can you turn the page is the question they have to ask themselves. But I think the Rams being at the Rams is. Is A win, that's a win. You don't have to travel. You stay in your area. Not going to a cold air. A cold area. Even though it's played in a dome, there's still the weather. There's still the holy shit, it's cold. When you're walking in from Hollywood hallway, it's a different environment. These guys need to stay at home. They are strong at the end of the year, and that's kind of where my picks have all been this week. But you kind of see that consistency when you watch the playoffs from years past. I'm going to take the Rams money line. I think the Rams win this game. It's one and a half spread. It's really a pick them. I'm going to take the Rams.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, I'm going to take the Rams, too. I just. After the Lions put the fuck Stafford sign up after the game, I'm like, why? My man taking shots, uncounted shots for it. I think he just taking strays and he need to get back to. I know he want to play them Lions get that opportunity to show those boys.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

So that's.

[Tara Lawan]

That's such a cool trade. Because when you watch a trade happen, you're like, holy, the Rams just dummied the Lions in this trade. They go win a Super bowl and then it's like, all right, Lions, that sucks for you guys. Now all of a sudden, Jared Goff is playing the way he is, and they're like, Goff's in his prime, though. Like they might have got away from at the right time.

[Unknown Speaker]

I know.

[Tara Lawan]

So it is. It is a cool little. Like both of them have won the trade. It's a. It's like, it's a fair.

[Unknown Speaker]

It was a great trade.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Honestly, great trade.

[Tara Lawan]

I kind of love the Lions telling Stafford to go fuck himself.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

Because, you know, as soon as he retires, they're like, we love you so much because you're in the heat of the moment. It's like he's now for the other team. Like, that's. That's just. That's a cool fan base move. If I'm Stafford, I'm. I'm so salty.

[Unknown Speaker]

He's salty. Oh, he's his wife. Be salty.

[Tara Lawan]

So mad about it. So. But when. As soon as he retires, he's probably going to go back.

[Unknown Speaker]

Oh, yeah. He going to be the man there.

[Tara Lawan]

Probably.

[Unknown Speaker]

He will be guaranteed.

[Tara Lawan]

I feel he's been in the Rams for a minute, though.

[Unknown Speaker]

But he does establish the Bengals for.

[Tara Lawan]

10 years and then wouldn't play for the Rams for six.

[Unknown Speaker]

And now he. The man with the Rams.

[Tara Lawan]

With the Rams. Exactly. Huh?

[Will Compton]

If golf wins Stafford.

[Unknown Speaker]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

He wouldn't be.

[Tara Lawan]

Which sucks because Stafford was doing incredible things at the Lions when they were.

[Unknown Speaker]

I know. And he done a lot in the city. A lot in the city.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, he did a lot for the city.

[Unknown Speaker]

So you're gonna learn everything you need.

[Will Compton]

To know about Sam Darnold in this game. Yeah, yeah. Like, because he was poopa. When I was. When I was watching that the Lions Vikings game, it was like fourth and two on the goal, like, on the goal line. And Justin Jefferson got open. He got enough separation to where Sam was comfortable in the pocket and just misses him. And to me, I watched that play and I was like, that right there might be the difference in a playoff game because playoff veteran quarterbacks that have been making moments that are built for those moments, like, that ain't a miss.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Mahomes ain't missing that.

[Unknown Speaker]

Nah, he was missing a lot of throws.

[Will Compton]

Josh Allen's not missing that throw. What?

[Tara Lawan]

Stafford the guy.

[Unknown Speaker]

Lamar Jackson, playoffs.

[Will Compton]

That's the only reason I was biting my tongue. Joe Burrow. Joe Burrows out. But that, that play right there was like, ah, the Vikings might not be a playoff team this year. Like that.

[Unknown Speaker]

He was playing terrible to me. I'm sorry. Against. He plays.

[Will Compton]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[Unknown Speaker]

Garbage.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah. I mean, they got blown out. Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

He was playing.

[Tara Lawan]

I mean, the red zone only came away with three points.

[Will Compton]

Vikings are going to sit back and sit there and think about throwing this guy 40, $50 million, like, specifically look at and think like, those are the ones you got to make.

[Unknown Speaker]

And that's why we're not going to.

[Will Compton]

Pay you against those teams.

[Unknown Speaker]

Because they sitting up there like, that's why we not paying them. Right.

[Tara Lawan]

The person in the worst situation in that building is J.J. mcCarthy.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Does bad, right?

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah. If he does bad, like, they're still like, let's say they go to JJ that next year, if they don't match the record they have, it's like everyone's gonna be looking at J.J. like, yo.

[Unknown Speaker]

Get this out of here.

[Tara Lawan]

Get him out of here. We're Sam, we need sandbag.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

Meanwhile, he's going, you know, 500 at the Titans. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

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[Unknown Speaker]

Let's hear it.

[Tara Lawan]

I have a parlay for you.

[Will Compton]

All right. Chargers, money line.

[Tara Lawan]

Love it.

[Will Compton]

Steelers, Ravens, under 43 and a half.

[Tara Lawan]

Love that.

[Unknown Speaker]

Good.

[Will Compton]

Buccaneers, money line.

[Tara Lawan]

Love it.

[Will Compton]

Packers, Eagles, over 45 and a half. Okay, Bill's money line.

[Tara Lawan]

That's a thousand.

[Will Compton]

Those five picks plus 1046. Lock it in now before the sportsman finds out.

[Unknown Speaker]

Hey, wait. What you say about the bucks?

[Will Compton]

That's a hitter.

[Unknown Speaker]

What'd you say about the bucks?

[Will Compton]

I know, I know, but I'm just. You gotta think that these offense are gonna be on attack.

[Tara Lawan]

What's it without that.

[Will Compton]

Without that pick, without that one, it's plus 495.

[Unknown Speaker]

That's why. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

That'S what I'm saying. You gotta take a risk. Let's go for it. Let's go.

[Unknown Speaker]

Wait. Say it one more time, bro.

[Will Compton]

Let me add that one back in one more time. All right. Chargers money line. Bucks money line. Bill's money line. And then the Steelers, Ravens, under 43 and a half. And then the Packers, Eagles, over 45 and a half.

[Tara Lawan]

I'm in it.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think that's a hitter. I. Even though I'm going against my own six. You got scared, But I just saw a hand.

[Will Compton]

I was like.

[Tara Lawan]

Dude. Yeah. I actually. I. With that.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think it's a. I think it's a hit.

[Tara Lawan]

I.

[Will Compton]

With that.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think it's a hit.

[Tara Lawan]

Low key. Hey, the thing I told you about.

[Will Compton]

What?

[Tara Lawan]

I'll tell you later, okay? But I might. That might be the bet.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Oh.

[Unknown Speaker]

Oh. What the. Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Will Compton]

Just come up with something crazy.

[Unknown Speaker]

Crazy. Yeah. That's a hitter.

[Will Compton]

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[Unknown Speaker]

James Cook.

[Tara Lawan]

That's the one you picked off. That nameless.

[Will Compton]

I like the James Cook pick.

[Unknown Speaker]

James Cook.

[Will Compton]

I want to go likely. I want to go likely in the red zone anytime. Touchdown.

[Tara Lawan]

Are we going for odds here? Are we going for wins?

[Will Compton]

Both because you like. I like, like leave the odds.

[Tara Lawan]

I mean, you look at Derek Henry, it's like, clearly, clearly, clearly.

[Unknown Speaker]

I mean, we just need to hit another one. Let's just get a second win.

[Will Compton]

Should we go tight and heavy with TJ Hawkinson against the Rams?

[Unknown Speaker]

I don't know. I don't know. He ain't. He ain't scoring.

[Tara Lawan]

Let's get a second dub under our belt.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah.

[Tara Lawan]

Derek Henry.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm doing James Cook. He leads in.

[Will Compton]

So we got two guys on the rap in scoring.

[Tara Lawan]

Who? Oh, you chose likely. Let me get back to the drawing board. Gibbs, because I like Hawkins in this three.

[Unknown Speaker]

Cook and Gibbs.

[Will Compton]

Likely.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm going take Cook, though. I'm going take Cook, though.

[Will Compton]

What you mean Gibbs? For who?

[Tara Lawan]

Gibbs isn't playing this week.

[Unknown Speaker]

No, no, no.

[Will Compton]

Why you say that? Cuz he was starting to think about it.

[Unknown Speaker]

No, no, I was. I said I'm taking Cook. I was just talking about Gibbs because he said, Gibbs have four touchdowns. I'm taking Cook.

[Tara Lawan]

The thing about that is we have the film. We know if you're telling the truth or not.

[Unknown Speaker]

Cook, my man, know for a fact.

[Will Compton]

TJ Hawkinson and likely touchdowns. What's Likely's first name? Isaiah likely. Isaiah likely. T.J. hawkinson.

[Tara Lawan]

What's his first name?

[Will Compton]

Touchdowns.

[Tara Lawan]

Boys I love.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think that's a butt.

[Tara Lawan]

Hell of a sh.

[Will Compton]

That's a fun wild card parlay that's right there.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think it's a.

[Will Compton]

Yes.

[Unknown Speaker]

Butter.

[Tara Lawan]

That's a terrible.

[Will Compton]

All right, boys. Hell of a show. Make sure you're dropping comments. Thank you for watching the boys. Thank you for watching the locker room. Big cups, tiny kisses.

[Tara Lawan]

Hey, we have the odds.

[Will Compton]

Oh, we got the odds.

[Unknown Speaker]

What's the odds?

[Tara Lawan]

Plus 2017. For what?

[Unknown Speaker]

For what?

[Will Compton]

James Cook.

[Tara Lawan]

Isaiah Likely. Hawk.

[Unknown Speaker]

Are you serious?

[Will Compton]

Are you kidding me?

[Unknown Speaker]

That's because of Hopkins.

[Will Compton]

How about that bet? The voice parlay is what? Odd. Plus2017 and 17.

[Unknown Speaker]

God.

[Will Compton]

That is the first one.

[Tara Lawan]

Yes. The first one. Yes.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yo, that's. That is handicapped. I didn't want to say the other word, brother.

[Will Compton]

Will go broke together.

[Tara Lawan]

Will is. Will be it will go broke on a leg parlor if you say one or two.

[Will Compton]

Hey, hey hey.

[Tara Lawan]

This is plus a billion dude. Let's do this.

[Will Compton]

I gotta figure out what that is with all eight legs.

[Unknown Speaker]

That's gonna be nasty.

[Tara Lawan]

He's salivating.

[Will Compton]

Gotta be more than that. Listen to this one, boys. All eight together. I'll just read through them. Chargers money line Steelers, Ravens under Bucks money line Bills, money line Packers, Eagles over Isaiah likely touched down James Cook Touchdown T.J. hawkinson Touchdown Plus 30,073 Five bucks to win 1500. How dumb could they be? I'm gonna put 100.

[Unknown Speaker]

Hey, send me that. Hey, hey.

[Will Compton]

And I'm gonna win 30.

[Unknown Speaker]

30 racks. Hey, send me that. Hey, hey send me that Cuz you love it, right? Hell yeah, send me that. I'm a bet on that. God, that's nasty. Yeah, I may do it.

[Tara Lawan]

Well you better save up. You gotta pay a will too.

[Unknown Speaker]

I ain't gotta pay will nothing. I haven't lost the bet yet.

[Tara Lawan]

You win nothing. Good show.

[Will Compton]

Do what.