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Taylor Lewan
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Will Compton
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Taylor Lewan
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Will Compton
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Delaney Walker
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to an episode of the Locker Room. It is week 20. Sorry, it is episode 20. It is the divisional round. We're finding out who's who in the zoo when it comes to NFL. Also, the last game, who to determine who the national champion is, will be Notre Dame, Ohio State. They'll be discussed. As always, please subscribe. For the love of God, just do that. It helps us, you know, it doesn't hurt you at all. Then comment. A little extra work there, but once again, helps us. And then today, will Compton have one? Last week I decided to take my cap, put it in the ring. We are both doing some juicy little parlays for you. This is the locker room. Delaney Walker is here. Wolcompton is here. My name is Taylor Lawan. Let's have a hell of a day, Boys.
Taylor Lewan
Boys. 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 shit 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 all season long. Grab your football buddy, buy a round and reignite that rivalry flame. Fellas, I went one to nine last week. Listen, brother, I lost pretty much every pick.
Will Compton
It happens.
Delaney Walker
You're in a great position, I'll tell you that.
Will Compton
Yeah, you're in a great spot. You're still in first place.
Delaney Walker
You can't get much worse than that.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, but 1 and 9 is a bad weekend.
Will Compton
That is a bad week.
Delaney Walker
It's harder to go one and nine than nine and one.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
Yep.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, true. In the end, I cooked up a bomb of a playoff. Willie Parlay and shout out to 40,000 people that were in on that 40,000 people we lost in the first leg because of Delaney's Chargers. But I do have a stick of dynamite cooked up for the fireballsy parlay later to go along with.
Delaney Walker
I like that. And if people are thinking to themselves, I don't know if I want to tail Will again after having 40,000 and the first leg dies, I'm coming in. Also, I got a little sleeper. It's a little less odds than yours are, but I think both of them have massive potential. Massive potential.
Taylor Lewan
What happened to the Chargers last week?
Will Compton
God damn. You know, I.
Taylor Lewan
What happened to Herbert?
Will Compton
Tough week. It was a tough week, man. Tough week. You know, getting to that, you know, when you ain't been there before, sometimes you get those.
Delaney Walker
They've been there before.
Taylor Lewan
They've been there before.
Will Compton
Yeah, yeah. With Justin.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. Remember Jacksonville a couple years ago?
Taylor Lewan
He's starting to get the image of kind of like Lamar has been in the position before where you have a great regular season, you can't win a playoff game.
Delaney Walker
People are calling him Justin Yips. Herbert.
Will Compton
Nah, I mean, it happens. You know what I mean? I don't fault him. He taking a lot of blame right now, man. And hopefully he bounced back from all of that. But they just. They were bad. They just played very bad. And Houston had they number. It is hard playing in Houston. We all know that.
Taylor Lewan
I know, but you start off six to nothing and the score, like you guys know as players, you're like, this should be a 140 ball game. The fact that they're still kind of in this game.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, they. I mean, they got in their own way on offense, similar to the way that the packers did against the Philadelphia Eagles. It was just a kind of tough, tough. And the Houston kind of let them ruin the game for themselves. As opposed to being a shootout battle, both teams are playing well type of situation it was, you know, the Chargers got in their own way and that. That stuff happens. But you look back at Michigan, I hate to bring it back to them. Three years ago, they lost the first round of the playoffs. The next year, they lost again the first round. But then they won it all.
Will Compton
I see it.
Delaney Walker
Who knows? Harbaugh history, history, history might happen in a couple of years.
Taylor Lewan
Texas defense came alive.
Will Compton
Oh, my God.
Delaney Walker
Will Anderson is him. I was actually with Corey Levin, our boy Corey Levin and Dylan Radens. And while we're watching the game, like, hey, is he really like that? They're like, oh, yeah, he's really seen.
Taylor Lewan
Him at training camp.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, he looks like him. Yeah, he can Tie his shoes without bending over. Like, he's got everything.
Will Compton
That's what you look for.
Delaney Walker
He's got length, he's got bend. Yeah. Can he scratch his shins without moving? Yep, he's gonna be solid.
Taylor Lewan
We were in. When we were in Chicago and Groom was there, he was breaking down the whole length thing. And they'll. They'll measure out, like, you know, they get your height, then they get. Get your wingspan. But if your wingspan is like, more than your height, it's like, you know, say you're plus six. That's when you know a guy, like, has length. Like, if you have like a plus six.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
You know, a guy's working with length. You know what you guess what your.
Delaney Walker
Boy was minus four.
Will Compton
Three and a half zero.
Taylor Lewan
I'm a perfect square.
Delaney Walker
Let's go, Ken. Come on, man.
Taylor Lewan
Okay.
Delaney Walker
You got some length on you. Yeah.
Will Compton
I don't know.
Delaney Walker
But you do got big arms, so it's like you can't really tell.
Taylor Lewan
Stand up for a second.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, you guys turn around.
Taylor Lewan
Because I. I struggle.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. I mean, dudes put his full form in his pockets. That is true. The length thing, the thing for offensive lineman is like, you can have all the length in the world, but a lot of guys don't even use it. We watch Lane Johnson, guy's got crazy length. Doesn't really use his length. He's like a. He likes to.
Will Compton
I want over here. I like to be like. Because then I can hold you. When I, like, extend that hold, get outside of my frame. You see it. But if I pull you right here and it start getting out of my frame, I just kind of go with it. You know what I mean?
Delaney Walker
See, I was like that in college, where I would like to get everybody in here nice and tight because I was just stronger than guys. But then I got to the league.
Will Compton
And they were strong.
Delaney Walker
The size of my legs really started to get exposed, and I was like, bro, I got to use this length for real. Mike Sullivan was like, listen, you can't be just playing basketball out here. You need to use your length. Without Mike Sullivan, I'm not here.
Taylor Lewan
Before we dive into the games and before you say anything. I won't say anything. You were in the group chat.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
The unfolding of the thousand dollar bet on Shadir Sanders.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Will Compton
Did you read it? Did you read it?
Delaney Walker
You not to say anything. So do you want me to.
Taylor Lewan
I don't want us to say anything. Like, what's your opinion?
Will Compton
What's your opinion on it? What's your Opinion on it, then we gonna. Anybody else who heard it out here, I want to hear their opinion, too. What's your opinion?
Taylor Lewan
Delaney's trying to get out of the bag.
Will Compton
I ain't trying to.
Delaney Walker
He said bet off.
Will Compton
You said bet off. I said bet off. If he becomes a head coach in NFL, if Deion Sanders become a coach in the NFL, the bet is off. He realizes he may not. His son may not go in the first round. Why leave?
Taylor Lewan
That's why you think he's trying to get in the league because his son's not going to go in the first round.
Will Compton
He wants to coach his son. He said it.
Taylor Lewan
He, you know, comments are just going to go, oh, here you go. Delaney just standing on business. I don't know what he's saying right now.
Delaney Walker
My favorite thing about this show is that Delaney has no idea what he's talking about yet he still talks.
Will Compton
Delaney, are you crazy? And I always win. I haven't lost a bet to Will yet, so it doesn't matter. I can say whatever you want and.
Taylor Lewan
Oh, that's all that matters. And you trying to get out of a battle.
Will Compton
I'm not trying to get out. If he becomes a head coach. Come on, bro. If you had a son and you had an opportunity to be a head coach, would you draft your son in the field?
Delaney Walker
Depends if he earned it or not.
Will Compton
Shut the fuck up, man.
Delaney Walker
I don't deal with.
Taylor Lewan
I'm not gonna sit here and take my son if he's like, like, if it was me and I was like an undrafted cat. I'm not becoming a head coach to draft Will in the first round.
Will Compton
Yeah, you will.
Delaney Walker
Bill's not drafting.
Taylor Lewan
I mean, I might. Yeah. Like, I might because. But I'm saying, you actually think Deion's trying to be a head coach so his son can get drafted in the first round?
Will Compton
Definitely.
Delaney Walker
Delaney, that is.
Will Compton
I mean, definitely.
Delaney Walker
I love the fact that you guys are like, taylor, we want to hear your opinion. We're not going to say anything. Then proceed to say all the things. But I will say this.
Will Compton
Like the bet, the bet you made.
Delaney Walker
The bet you made originally, it's a bad bet. He's going to get drafted in the top three rounds. There's no doubt about it.
Will Compton
I win. If he get drafted. If he get drafted in the third round, I win.
Delaney Walker
There's like a 90. Okay, so there's a 99% chance. There's a 99% chance he gets drafted in the first two rounds. 99% chance. We'll see for him, his dad becoming a head coach, does it add a little extra oomph to it? Yeah. You made the bet. You're going to stand by the bet.
Taylor Lewan
That's what you made the bet. And that's always been a rumor the entire time.
Will Compton
So now it's been a rumor. Oh, my God. Is he contradicting himself right now?
Taylor Lewan
Guys, he just shut the thumbs up. Yeah, you just. But I'm saying when he makes the bet, he understands all.
Will Compton
I didn't realize that because I understand.
Taylor Lewan
It's always been a topic of discussion.
Will Compton
I said, do y'all think Deion Sanders leave to go to the NFL? Y'all literally said on the show. No. Why would he. The Colorado is balling. Why would he do that?
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, but it's still an option. It's still talked about that he would go.
Delaney Walker
There's always an option of him going. Any, any. Jerry. He talked to Jerry Jones.
Will Compton
I was gonna say he, he can't.
Taylor Lewan
Go become a head coach of Dallas the same way Variable's gonna become a head coach.
Will Compton
If he go to. Look, this is all I'm saying. If he go to Dallas, bet still on. Cause they not gonna get rid of Dak because the pay. They gotta pay Dak. They're not gonna drop the first round quarterback. I'll take that bet. If he go to the Raiders.
Delaney Walker
I think you should bet that. Actually I go.
Will Compton
If I go to the. If he go to the Raiders.
Taylor Lewan
Cut it. Cut it.
Will Compton
If they go to the Raiders.
Delaney Walker
Cut it. You should go with a new bet. If Deion goes to Dallas.
Will Compton
The best still.
Delaney Walker
That's where Shadir Sanders is going to go. He will go to. He will go to Dallas.
Will Compton
Well, not as a first round draft pick. Let's take that. Because they. You think they going. They going to cut Dak where they owe him all of that money. You crazy? Let's take that bet. If we go to the Raiders. If we go to the Raiders bet off because they gonna draft him in the first round. I guarantee it.
Taylor Lewan
We have a bet in place.
Delaney Walker
The bet stands. Like Delaney, I told you the minute you made that bet, regardless of what's transpired in the last week and a couple of days, you made a bad bet.
Will Compton
No, at the Sanders bet is the Deion Sanders thing is crazy, bro. The Deion, if he go to the. They just don't make sense.
Delaney Walker
And also you could run.
Will Compton
That's like the people in the come.
Delaney Walker
Back from last year.
Will Compton
That's like the people in the chat.
Delaney Walker
He literally goes. I don't Even follow the draft. I don't follow college football. And then he wants to make a bet about college football, kids going to the draft. Two things he does. He's literally said I don't know about who's there.
Will Compton
I go to the draft. Who goes to the combine every year? Me. Who sees all of that? Me. I know what's going to happen. I've talked to these scouts. I've sat in the rooms with tight ends, running backs and quarterbacks as they do they interviews. I'm in the rooms. Come on. I know who's been there every year.
Delaney Walker
How many years in a row they have it. I was there the last three years.
Will Compton
I've been there three years in a row. We three years in a row.
Taylor Lewan
Should Delaney be tied to his word and his handshake to not get out of this bet?
Delaney Walker
Is Delaney a real man or is he not?
Taylor Lewan
He can avoid his bet if Deion Sanders becomes a head coach. Because the bet is if Shadur Sanders doesn't get drafted in the top in the first two rounds. In the first two rounds, Danny wins a thousand dollars. If he gets drafted in the first two rounds because he's a good quarterback, he wins. He's going to be graded out. Well, I'm going to win the bet. He's going to get drafted in the first round.
Will Compton
So matter then take. Let's do it. Let's put that. Let's.
Taylor Lewan
We have a bet. We'll let the audience decide.
Will Compton
You so guaranteed that he's going to get drafted even without his pops. Let's do the bet. If his pops go to the NFL and becomes a head coach only for the Raiders. Bet off anywhere. Anywhere else. Oh, also the Giants. Anywhere else is the is off.
Delaney Walker
Delaney. Delaney, yeah.
Taylor Lewan
Or Bears.
Will Compton
You can go to the Bears. He can go to the Bears. They ain't going to draft the quarterback in the first round. I'm telling you where it's a quarterback. If he goes there it ain't. They ain't drafting quarterback Delaney.
Delaney Walker
The way the way my mind works is you've made a bet. That bet stands. If you want to make another bet, you're more than welcome to talk.
Will Compton
No bet changes when stuff like that. That happens though, bro, because we.
Delaney Walker
We have a question.
Taylor Lewan
Hang on.
Delaney Walker
I have a question.
Matthew McConaughey
Because it does appear to be a two on one. Delaney's outnumbered. I just wanted to help Delaney out.
Taylor Lewan
Of course you do.
Matthew McConaughey
I think an easy fix here. If Dion drafts Shador bets off.
Will Compton
There you go. There you go.
Matthew McConaughey
Draft should door in the first two rounds. That's off.
Will Compton
I like that. I like that. Hey, is that fair?
Delaney Walker
Another voice, the same thing.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah. He's trying to voice the same thing Delaney was saying in the group chat.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
Where he's like, bet off. Yeah, deontay coach, bet off.
Delaney Walker
Sherman is at his house with that loud ass fan on next to his wife playing Call of Duty and thinking.
Will Compton
Man, he needed for his girl, you know, she pregnant.
Delaney Walker
She.
Will Compton
She get hot faster. You know that.
Delaney Walker
It's a sound machine. Oh, a sound machine. A sound machine that can't go on mute when we're all playing Call of Duty. She getting hot. I'll say. I. I think Delaney. What do you think? I think it just depends on what kind of man Delaney wants to be. Does he want to be a guy that runs and hides when things don't go right? Or does he want to be a man?
Will Compton
I want to be a fair man.
Delaney Walker
Takes one of the chin.
Will Compton
I want to be a fair man.
Delaney Walker
A fair man shakes a hand.
Will Compton
I don't throw. I don't throw games. I don't throw games. This is like throwing a game.
Delaney Walker
I think this is a fun conversation, but if you end up going the sherm route, hey, let's just.
Will Compton
Let's get to the show. This could. We could talk about this all.
Delaney Walker
Let the people decide.
Will Compton
The people decide.
Delaney Walker
The people decide. I will say though, delay had a good showing on the stream last week. The people might be on the side.
Taylor Lewan
It might be.
Delaney Walker
It might be on the side. Let's talk ball. Let's talk ball.
Taylor Lewan
If you're outside. If Deion's a head coach, it doesn't pertain to him getting drafted in the second round. It's. If Dion's a head coach and he's like a top five pick and Deion's picking like maybe that.
Will Compton
Whatever, bro.
Taylor Lewan
We'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. Figure it out. First game. First game. Texans at the Chiefs. Chiefs are favored by eight and a half. The over under is 41 and a half. Delaney.
Will Compton
I'm taking the Texas the COVID I'm taking the Texas to cover because we.
Delaney Walker
Pretend this is a show. We need something behind that.
Will Compton
No, I'm just. I'm just saying I'm giving. Look, C.J. what C.J. and them did to the Chargers. Obviously I wanted the Chargers to win. Houston came out, smacked me in the face. I was sitting there watching the game. Oh my God. I couldn't believe it. And I made a bet on Willie Paychecks parlay. And I lost that bet. And it was all because of Chargers, man. They let me down. But the Houston defense came through. They made plays. They had four takeaways, really put them ahead of the game. The offense did what they had. They had mixing out there, giving them the business. Nico came back looking good. I really just think that Houston is going to be on fire this game, man. And I'm not saying they going to win the game, but I think they going to keep the game close. So I'm taking Texans to cover.
Taylor Lewan
You know me, I like Texas to win this game outright.
Delaney Walker
I know you're taking the money line.
Taylor Lewan
Well, I'm taking them with the points, but I can see this game going. Texans win 27, 24. Like the Chiefs offense hasn't been like that explosive throughout the entire year. Like they don't average that many points. Yeah and I think too what you saw with the Texans last week, that defensive line just came alive like Daniel Hunter. Why am I blanking Alabama Will Anderson. Will Anderson Jr. Nick or beautiful brain in the world. Shahir. Al Shahir flying around taking heads off.
Will Compton
He could be pushing back to his.
Taylor Lewan
Stingley having a couple picks. Stingley has like they were coming alive. They helped the offense get their in order. CJ Stroud started to toss it around a little bit. The question mark is going to be can they play in the elements. It's going to be cold out there in Kansas City. I do think the Chiefs having some time to kind of game plan this. They could come out hot and jump on them early. But you guys know I'm a hater of the Chiefs. I like the Texans with the points because I think they can keep it close. But you can also see like a field goal game here to when they went where they win like 27, 24.
Will Compton
I can see that happen. I can see that happen.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. I think when it comes to the Chiefs like last year when they, when I was going to the playoffs, everyone's like Chiefs kind of fizzled out. Their offense is not as great. Their defense is playing better than their offense has. Then they get in the playoffs and they just understand that time of year better than any other team. I think that, I think I like I'm going with you guys with Texans plus eight and a half. But this is Mahomes time. Like this is, this is a team. You don't have to worry about having a bye weekly. Understand the process. They, they're very used to having an extra week watching other teams play. They're going to be the most comfortable in the same than any other Team in the end of the NFL landscape right now. Last time they played too. I'm sure CJ Stroud feels some type of way about it because everyone kind of walked away from that game being like, wow, Houston sucks. And they lost the game by eight. I think they come in, they have a little more firepower behind them, but I think that defense stands up. We talked about Houston and the Chargers before and last week Chargers lost that game more than Houston wanted. Like Chargers, Houston's defense played really well, but like the offense was like not like spectacular by any means. They just took advantage of that. They hung around long enough from the Chargers offense.
Taylor Lewan
They started to get it going with Nico. Joe Mixon came alive.
Will Compton
Came alive.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. And Denico Autry, he needs a special shout out. They had a couple of highlights of this guy. He had. He beats guys with power, he's got that length, he's got the leverage. He's a guy that has been sneaky, good sneaky. Like you got to worry about this guy every year he's been in the NFL. Dude that wasn't drafted out or maybe not drafted at all and has worked his way into, you know, having some good checks and playing on multiple teams and doing really well. Had the opportunity to play with him at the Titans for a little bit. I like the Texans. I think this game is competitive. But if you're thinking about the script, if you're thinking about the refs throwing the flags, like, this is not where the Chiefs lives. They end, it's going to have to be in an AFC championship game or most likely at the Super Bowls when they, when they really go away, when the story kind of ends. You had a team going after a three peat. I like the Texans plus eight and a half. Hopefully they keep it that close.
Will Compton
Yeah, it's going to be a defensive game. I feel like both defenses firing on all cylinders.
Taylor Lewan
So yeah, I think it might be.
Delaney Walker
Chiefs, Chiefs, what to cover, because all three of us, that's the only thing.
Taylor Lewan
Like the Houston Texans offense, their offensive line is one of the more penalized offensive lines in the game. Like again, going out to Kansas City in a playoff game in that type of environment, you got to be able to start fast. And the defense of the Chiefs has. Is a very good defense.
Delaney Walker
Right. And look at the, like just the game plan revolves around the Chiefs. Keep their offense off of the field, get yourself to third and manageable situations. Contain Patrick Mahomes from a pocket standpoint and make them earn every single yard. Like, don't let them take shots Downfield, stack the box when they got their certain personnel in their formations. It's going to be a difficult game for the Texans, a game that I think they match up well in from a defensive standpoint. I just think when you have Houston's offense versus the Chiefs defense with Spags in the back calling like he's, he's understanding they're a championship caliber team. Their, their scores throughout the year and how they've won doesn't say championship team, but their record sure as hell does in their last two years. Sure as hell does. So it's like it's kind of hard to not believe in the Chiefs. I think this is a Chiefs win. I don't think we're thinking about like the Texans winning this game unless you're. You're a vendetta type of guy, which I fully understand and embrace going through the college landscape area.
Taylor Lewan
But Chiefs minus eight and a half.
Delaney Walker
Okay, I like that.
Will Compton
Wait, did you. What about is your parlay, though?
Taylor Lewan
My parlay involves the overlay. My parlay involves the over and the Chiefs having 21 and a half plus.
Delaney Walker
Okay.
Taylor Lewan
So I'm thinking like if Texas win that 27, 24, both those things.
Will Compton
Yeah, they both hit. Yeah. Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
But I like it's. I. The more I think about it, Mitch has got a great stat on here too. C.J. stroud was the most, second most sacked quarterback being sacked 52 times. And the Texans have only won. Have one win against a team with a winning record at the end of the 2024 season.
Will Compton
Yeah. Does the weather scare you guys at all?
Delaney Walker
It's supposed to be 16 degrees is cold.
Will Compton
That's cold at kickoff and drop down to like.
Taylor Lewan
I think it plays into the Chiefs favor more.
Will Compton
No doubt. Texans are an indoor. I would say that Texans are an indoor team. We went out there and blew them. We beat they ass in the cold.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Will Compton
I mean. What do you mean? You guys have an outdoor stadium though. Texans have a indoor stadium. I give you that. That's a good. That's a good.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, I like. I don't know. I never. The cold never bothered me.
Will Compton
It never bothered me.
Delaney Walker
It was the heat. It was, it was December. Going to Jacksonville and It'd be like 80 degrees all the time. You're like, yeah, that, that, that's, that's the shit that was like. You get used to kind of the cold and then you jump into one hot game, one humid game. That's the, that I was always like, man, this is draining.
Will Compton
Draining.
Delaney Walker
But when it comes to like cold, it's like nothing that you gotta smile when it's cold outside. Like you kind of like got. Hey, we're Miami Dolphins.
Will Compton
We're here.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. We hear different mentalities, different strokes for different folks.
Will Compton
We hear that's what you guys say.
Delaney Walker
I like the Texans plus eight and a half. I would not be surprised if the Chiefs just run over. Run them over. The thing that makes me most nervous is you now taking the Chiefs.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah. I'm just thinking penalized offensive line. You got spags in the back. And they've had extra time to prepare for this. Getting after CJ Stroud's ass because he's the second most sacked quarterback.
Delaney Walker
The injuries that the Texans receivers have sustained throughout the year.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, yeah.
Will Compton
They only got.
Taylor Lewan
The more we talk about it, the more penalties.
Delaney Walker
Oh, this is playoff football is like, you need to take care of the football and eliminate penalties, eliminate dumb mistakes. That is how. That is the only way to win at this point in the year. You cannot fuck around and have false starts, holdings, personal fouls, someone swings at you. That's the. This is the only time of the year that you walk away. Walk away is the only time of the year that you just. You button it up and you get back in the huddle. So I'm with you because I think the Chiefs, I mean, they're so Are you.
Taylor Lewan
Texans plus eight and a half.
Delaney Walker
I'm staying. Texas plus.
Will Compton
Yeah, I'm staying Texas.
Taylor Lewan
All right, next one, we got commanders at. At the Lions spread. Lions are favored by nine and a half. The over under on this game. 55 and a half points.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. This game.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
I mean, it's. Jaden Daniels is your guy. If it's going to happen, if you're going to cover this game, it's going to be because Jay and Daniel plays out of his mind. Terry McClellan doesn't drop any. Any footballs in their defense. Plays the best football game of their life. The Lions have had so much adversity this year. They have had like 13, 14 guys on IR. You got Aiden Hutchinson sitting in a suite every single week and the whole news thing around him is like, could make it back for the Super Bowl. Dan Campbell's got the culture, he's got the players, he's got the offensive line, he's got the quarterback with the chip on his shoulder. I don't see. I don't see a way that the commanders come out and cover this game. I mean, it's got to be. To cover nine and a half versus this team is going to be difficult Let alone win. I got the Lions all the way in this one. I love them. I love the Lions.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, it's tough. It's like the two most efficient offenses in the league. They're both the highest scoring. They both go for it the most on fourth down. Commanders actually are better at going for it on fourth down. Yeah, they're better 85% to 65% that both teams defensively blitz over 30% of the time. So you're going to see a lot of the same things. To me, it comes down to the Lions have done a better job taking the ball away. And the Lions, to me, if you look at every position group, they're better in every category. The argument would be quarterback. Like, Jaden's had a better year than Jared Goff, but Jared Goff, you know, he's a great quarterback. He's a good quarterback. He's a great quarterback. He. He'll be able to function. And even if he gets shut down a little bit, they have so many ways to beat you offensively to, To. If the Commanders are going to win this game, Jaden has to play out of his mind. He has been all year long. He's going to have to play perfect. He's going to play. Going to have to play out of his mind. I'm kind of with you. I. I like the Lions too. I'm going to go Commanders because it's nine and a half points and I want to kind of homer him a little bit. It's going to be a very tough game for the, for the Washington Commanders.
Will Compton
Yeah, I just. After the Bronco playing the Buccaneers and winning by a field goal, I mean, I just. I don't think they got a chance with the Lions.
Delaney Walker
That's another thing, too.
Taylor Lewan
You get like Angelone back, like.
Delaney Walker
And the Commanders had multiple kickers this year. Multiple kickers. They've kind of cycled through revolving door. Whether it be injuries or guys just got to get the hell out of there this time of year. When you're in those close games, you need a kicker that you can trot out there and feel very comfortable with. They don't have that right now. And I know it seems like very small, but, like those three points are matter every single time. If you have the opportunity to get on the field and walk away with points, whether it be three or six, like, that is so incredibly important. And the Commanders don't have a guy that they feel comfortable with.
Taylor Lewan
I mean, now. Now the kicker is.
Delaney Walker
What's the kicker's name? What's that Zan Gonzalez and he's got, he's got the ocd, right? Like, he's got the wiping. He's taking his shoes off. All that hurricane situation where he's. Where he can't do all of those things and they're rushing the offense off the field goal team on. And he's got to go through all those things. That's very. I don't have ocd, but I'm assuming, like, you got to do your shit to feel comfortable about.
Will Compton
You're going to be.
Taylor Lewan
Just to counter that a little bit. Both of these offensives, their success rate on. On drives is over 50%. On putting points on the board.
Delaney Walker
That's. Yeah, that's awesome.
Will Compton
But they going into the Lions den like this is about to be.
Taylor Lewan
I know. I just think Aaron Glenn probably leaving both for head coaching jobs. Like, this is the. This is it here where it's all in for.
Will Compton
This is it.
Taylor Lewan
Like Washington's building on. Yeah, they're excited for the future. They got a big playoff win against the Bucks last week.
Will Compton
The Lions, are they about to make a lot of changes at the coaching staff after this year because a lot of these dudes about to get head coaching jobs.
Delaney Walker
Like, you got some fun stats on here, Mitch. You got some fun stats against the. About the spread.
Will Compton
Read that. Read that. Long one.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, the long one. Home teams in division round and division round coming off a buy are 33, 42 and one against the spread. That's 44% since. Since 2003. There are 17, 24, one against the number 42% as favorites of seven or more points off of a buy. Even against teams playing in the second straight postseason road game, the teams coming off the buy is still 15, 22 and one against a spread 41%.
Taylor Lewan
So all those stats, just that data makes me feel okay about the commanders, but I don't.
Will Compton
I don't.
Delaney Walker
One section Lions, they're 6 and 1 against the spread in the last seven. Against the Commanders, they're 14 and 5 against the spread in the last 19 games. They're 5 and 1 in their last six against NFC east opponents.
Will Compton
Yeah, like, then.
Delaney Walker
So there's. There's a bunch of different.
Will Compton
Yeah. Like you can say all. You can read all this and it confuses you every time.
Delaney Walker
All right, so. So just to, just to be clear, I'm going Lions, you're going Commanders.
Taylor Lewan
Don't feel good. Don't feel good. Big gold Commanders.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. And it's a great week for you to kind of tail you actually, because one in nine week. Yeah. A lot of people will go and say, oh, I'm fading everything he does, but really, this is like basically a trampoline. Like you've hit the bottom of the trampoline, never to sail into the air.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, you hope so? I hope so.
Delaney Walker
I hope not. Because we're kind of off. We're different right now.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah. Rams at the Eagles. Eagles favor by six and a half to over. Under on this game is 44 and a half points. I think this is a lock Eagles.
Will Compton
Mm.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. Let's break it down a little bit.
Taylor Lewan
Though, because the lock Eagles.
Delaney Walker
Matthew Stafford in the playoffs. Cooper Cup, Puka Nukua. Defense is, you know, the bottom. Bottom half in every category right now.
Taylor Lewan
They've been playing much better as of.
Delaney Walker
Late, but if you just look statistically, I think their best, like, I think overall defense, they're like 17. And then after that kind of fizzles out.
Taylor Lewan
Nine sacks last week.
Will Compton
Nine.
Taylor Lewan
Nine sacks last week.
Delaney Walker
Have a fantastic run game. They have a great offensive line. They got receivers that can burn you, that can get the yak.
Will Compton
That's physical.
Delaney Walker
Physical. I mean, but Sean McVeigh.
Will Compton
I like Sean McVeigh. I like seeing what he does with his team. On getting those guys prepared.
Delaney Walker
Gets them prepared. But you're flying across the country, going to Philadelphia, to Philly. Philadelphia. Guy just got fired for calling a girl. I'll see you next Tuesday during a game of packers girl. Poor, poor girl. Was just getting absolutely berated.
Will Compton
I thought that was like a. Like they fake that, though.
Delaney Walker
No, that's. That's a normal thing is what you're trying to say. I mean, I know that's a normal thing.
Will Compton
It happens, but they.
Delaney Walker
But this guy just gets caught on camera.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
Doing what all Philly fans seem like they do. Not saying all Philly fans. Well, let's say 80% of Philly fans out there.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
I like the Eagles.
Taylor Lewan
I think this is one too. You can really get caught up in the Rams having a good win over the Vikings.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
And it's a prime spot to think, hey, this could be upset for with the Rams.
Delaney Walker
Bo. Does it say all these games? It's like when I take the Chiefs, I'm thinking Houston versus the Chargers. Chargers kind of lost Their. Their offense played so poorly. And I think kind of the same thing against the Rams last week. Like, the Vikings go into a opportunity at the one seed against the Detroit Lions. Shit the bed in that situation. Then they go in this game and Sam Darnold kind of seems like the same Quarterback he was in the last week before. So now the whole narrative around the Vikings are like, hey, were they really good or they just have a nice little streak?
Taylor Lewan
It's, it's.
Delaney Walker
It's crazy how the mind can go in these situations.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah. Because the way Stafford finished the year, he was pretty average. And then he kind of comes alive last week. Like, the passing offense is what kept them in the game, along with their defense getting nine sacks. But a couple of little stats out there for you. Stafford is 2 and 4 in January and 1 and 6 in the rain. There's some winter mix, snow, rain that's going to be happening in Philly. It's going to be cold. I like Philly because it's the number one pass defense in the league. They got sacks everywhere across the board in their entire front seven. Like Dean and Bond can get after your ass up the middle. And they fly all around making plays everywhere. They got a great back end. I think the pass offense gets shut down, which is what's going to. That's what would keep the Rams in the game. I like the Eagles a lot because, again, this isn't, you know, the Vikings offensive line was banged up. Oh, boy. Their left tackle went down. A right tackle goes down mid game.
Delaney Walker
O'Neal.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, they kind of have some issues during the game. Like, the Eagles have a hell of an offensive line. They're smart, they're athletic, they're big, they're strong, they're physical. That's what I'm going to lean on. I like them. I like the Eagles to cover.
Will Compton
Is out. He tore his patel. Yeah, he got hurt.
Taylor Lewan
Who's this?
Will Compton
Nakobe Dean, the linebacker? You just said he's out. He's out.
Taylor Lewan
Yo, he's a hell of a player, right? He's going to be. He's going to have a long time.
Delaney Walker
I think these two big spreads you look at with the Lions and the Eagles, like, it comes down to the trenches and like the trench warfare in there. When you get into the cold weather, the rain, the snow, whatever it might be, that's when you lean on the big uglies and you really like, you really draw a line to stand up for toughness category. The Eagles have that. They have the offensive line to get that done.
Taylor Lewan
And when the Eagles beat their ass earlier in the year, they only gave up one sack. So, yeah, you can again get caught up in this young defensive line that's gotten better throughout the year. We're going to see. Because, you know, they're watching all the tape. I'M sure the offensive line room from the Eagles are looking at, watching the Vikings being like, how do you get beaten these one on one situations, not pick up these stunts? I think they'll be ready to go.
Will Compton
I like the Eagles to cover, man. I'm taking the rounds. I think Matt Stafford, you know, gonna come through. Get this. I'm taking, I'm taking them for the COVID I don't. I think the Eagles should win. But if they do happen to win this game, I know the Rams are looking forward to playing Detroit and that's what I'm looking for. I want to see that Rams, Detroit. I want to see the Rams vs. Detroit games going back to Detroit. Like, I want that. So I got. I'm taking the Rams, man, to cover. Hopefully they win the game. But again, y'all said a lot of good things about the Eagles. They are very good team. Got a good ball, great players over there.
Delaney Walker
And it's so different from last year. Like, the records are very similar, but like the way they started and finished the season are like polar opposites.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
Like they, they are so strong at the end of the year. They have that confidence. Sirianni seems like he's firing. Like. I like the Eagles. I like the Eagles a lot. I think it ends next week against the Lions. That's my first initial thoughts. We'll have to watch these games.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, yeah.
Delaney Walker
But. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm with it.
Taylor Lewan
Last one of the weekend. The big dog Ravens at Buffalo. Yeah, the spread on this. The Ravens are favored by 1 1/2 in Buffalo. The over under on this game is 511 1/2.
Will Compton
Steven, your opinion. No, I'm just fucking around.
Delaney Walker
What a shot. Holy shit.
Will Compton
His team is the Bill.
Delaney Walker
I know you're doing well, brother. Love you.
Will Compton
Hey. Hey. You know, I with you, Steven. Come on, man.
Delaney Walker
Go ahead.
Will Compton
Oh, I, I let y'all go. Y'all go ahead, cuz y'all know who I'm going with, so I'll let y'all go.
Taylor Lewan
I like the Ravens. I, I love both these teams. Like, I'm. Weirdly, I got a futures on the Ravens. I put that in last week because I can't wait for you to bring out that data.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
I just think it's the Ravens, man. They beat the Bills ass earlier this year in week four.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
And this is when their defense wasn't even operating.
Will Compton
They weren't operating.
Delaney Walker
And their offense. Oh, you just said offense.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, well, their offense was. That was just starting to catch dry.
Delaney Walker
Trying to figure out what's it like.
Taylor Lewan
With Derek, they did whoop the Bills, but again, the way the defense was playing earlier in the year compared to the way they're playing now. Josh Allen's going to have to have an incredible game. They're going to have to find a way to have explosive plays. They're going to have to have like a terror Lawan esque Vegas trip with explosive plays to win this game. I really think so. Because their run game, Lamar, that defense, they're just, they're firing right now. They seem like they have the confidence and they have the team. They have the outfit to go into Buffalo and beat this team. So I, I like the Ravens.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. And yeah, their defense put. I think they gave up like 40 plus points multiple times during the year. They're the only team to do that.
Taylor Lewan
Milano is back.
Delaney Walker
And we talked about Milano last year. We love talking about Milano.
Will Compton
The.
Delaney Walker
Oh boy, beautiful individual.
Taylor Lewan
Flowers is back this week.
Will Compton
Is he back? Yeah, because I know they added Dante again on the roster. Dante Johnson.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah.
Will Compton
So I didn't know Deontay Johnson. I didn't know if Flowers was coming.
Taylor Lewan
Back because Flowers is going to be active this week which again gives them another wrinkle in their game because they were hitting them. They were killing Pittsburgh with that zone rebound, that zone reboot pulling Casson Reed, Lamar running everywhere.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
But I think the Bills are going to have a tough time keeping up.
Delaney Walker
I want to shout out Skip from Vegas there. Jackie Skip sent me a nice little piece of data. 2001, a 28 year old Trent Dillford won the super bowl for the Baltimore Ravens. Fast forward 12 years later, Flacco, 28 years old, wins the super bowl for the Ravens. Now we are 12 years from Flacco winning the super bowl and Lamar Jackson just celebrated his 28th birthday.
Will Compton
Oh, wow.
Delaney Walker
Which brings in, you know, time is. We're really just in a simulation at this point. Right. It's a cool piece of data. But for Raven fans, it's an interesting question. If you are watching the show, it's like, okay, let's say you go and you win the super bowl this year based on history. You have to wait another 12 years. Yeah, right. Would you rather win the super bowl this year or lose it and then break up that little history and maybe you can chunk out a couple in the next couple of years.
Will Compton
Fuck that.
Taylor Lewan
Winning.
Will Compton
Now you don't have a.
Delaney Walker
You never, you always win.
Will Compton
You never have.
Delaney Walker
But shout out to Skip on that, on that piece of data. He sent me that via Instagram and I saw That I was like, that is exactly what you're looking for when you get into the playoff times. What are you looking for? And that is awesome. That was a good 12 years apart.
Taylor Lewan
Because you had a Taylor Swift one last year.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, the 131 and 3 seed.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
The Taylor Swift's favorite number 13, Brock Purdy. Yeah, I actually then didn't come through either.
Taylor Lewan
What do you mean that didn't come through? Oh, you're saying it didn't win like it did?
Delaney Walker
I think we ended up taking the 49ers because of it.
Will Compton
Yeah, because you said because of the number, right? Yeah. Brock Reed.
Delaney Walker
So you flip it because it's like.
Taylor Lewan
Because it went into, like, mind game. I went into Brock instead of won that game.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, yeah, they got cheated.
Will Compton
Fuck that.
Taylor Lewan
So we're all Ravens.
Will Compton
Ravens, yeah, we're Ravens. I thought y'all was going to go Bills because I thought we was going to split it up.
Delaney Walker
And listen, I love. I love Josh Allen. I love the Bills. That's an awesome ball club out there. But I just think something's a little bit different when you put. To put a guy like Derrick Henry in there. Like, you watch the Ravens last couple of years, they go in with all this steam. Lamar Jackson's a front runner for the MVP on a consistent basis at this point. But they get into the playoffs and they try to beat them through the air. And you watch them last week and it's like, no, they're like, fuck that. Let's let the ground game open up the air for us. And then you got two tight ends, Likely and Andrews, that now you can work from the hash marks out. And it's just great to have. You can dish it off that. You can give it to Derek, give it to Derek. Hit a quick out with Andrews, and you got Likely in the corner, Lamar Jackson. When the. When the play starts to break down, there's no one better in the league of extending plays. I really like the Ravens this year. I think they're doing. They're doing special things.
Will Compton
Imagine you gotta tackle Derek in the cold.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, it's brutal.
Will Compton
You saw with Pittsburgh, you saw they started letting him go. He didn't want to tackle him.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, I like the Ravens. I like the Ravens. And I like the points, too. 51 and a half. I like the points.
Will Compton
I mean, I think his Bills are going to score.
Delaney Walker
Bills are going to score. But Raven Stevens is good.
Will Compton
They are good.
Delaney Walker
But I can see them both putting some points up now. All right, let's get to the fun.
Taylor Lewan
Fireballsy yeah. Yeah.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
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Delaney Walker
Fellas, let's get spicy.
Taylor Lewan
Let's get spicy.
Delaney Walker
Do you want to go first? You want me to go first?
Taylor Lewan
Doesn't matter. I can start rattling them off.
Delaney Walker
Rattle them off.
Taylor Lewan
Playoff. Willie Porter lane back in action. All right, fellas, hear me out. Hear me out. I believe it's 11 legs that I have. I was up until midnight putting this together. I'm rocking Scotty, putting her down, letting her know, hey, daddy might have a stick of dynamite this weekend that's going to shock the world. Leg number one.
Delaney Walker
Explosives and children, man. Nothing goes better together.
Taylor Lewan
Rams at Eagles over 43 1/2 points. Jalen hurts to have 40 plus rushing yards in the game. I think that defensive line gets after him a little bit. He's gonna have to make plays with his legs. He said over 40 plus like double digit times this year. Okay, leg number three, Eagles minus six. Leg number four, Amon Ross St. Brown. 80 plus reception yards, receiving yards. The Washington Detroit game. Over 47 and a half points. Jane Daniels.
Delaney Walker
Oh, oh. Sherman's allergic to money.
Taylor Lewan
Over 250 yards passing. Derek Henry, anytime. Touchdown. Derrick Henry. Over 97 and a half rushing yards. Houston, Kansas City over 41 and a half total points. And Nico Collins, anytime. Touchdown.
Delaney Walker
You got some terrifying picks in there, but give us the odds.
Taylor Lewan
That's the payoff. Willie Parlay, that is plus 1900 and 824.
Delaney Walker
19,824.
Taylor Lewan
Almost. Plus 20,000.
Will Compton
There we go.
Delaney Walker
Plus 1900.
Taylor Lewan
1800.
Delaney Walker
824.
Taylor Lewan
Let's get paid. Let's get paid. Come on now.
Delaney Walker
All right, I like it. If you.
Taylor Lewan
That'll be in the sports.
Delaney Walker
If you want to get crazy. You want to get crazy going, do that one. I want a little more conservative for you.
Taylor Lewan
This one's only. You want a more conservative one.
Delaney Walker
You want a more plus 16,000. This one's plus 16,000. It's only nine legs, so it's a lot easier looking at. This is if you feel comfortable with the picks that I, that I chose as well. I got Houston Texans plus eight and a half. Love that we're going to move the line on the Detroit Lions. They are now winning that game six and a half or more. So now we just got to win by a touchdown. That always makes me feel a little bit more comfortable when you get in that 8 range. Sometimes you get down to the last drive, they score a touchdown, it's like, well, fuck, they won by seven, but not eight.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
Okay. Six and a half. Ja'mar Gibbs, anytime. Touchdown. We love it. We love that one. We feel good about that.
Will Compton
We about to get paid now.
Delaney Walker
Stay sticking with the same game. Sam Laporta, plus 50 yards receiving. All we gotta get is dink and dunk. Let him know what's going on. How about a couple extra yards of Yak? I thought about going into the quarterback category of rush yards, but I cannot stand taking knees and sacks and having that go against your rush count. That always freaks me out a little bit.
Taylor Lewan
Love Laporta.
Delaney Walker
Ravens minus one and a half. Now, I want you guys to know I took the Ravens when they're a minus one. That's okay. It is what it is. This still feels very comfortable to me. We talked about their run game. I love it. Saquon Barkley, anytime. Touchdown, Philly. If you want to win the game, you want to win the game by a lot. You give the ball to Saquon Barkley. You took away his rushing record. Go ahead and give him a couple of touches.
Taylor Lewan
Imagine every leg hits and then Lamar or Saquon breaks and then just slides down, Right?
Will Compton
He will do that. He's a spark football player.
Delaney Walker
Saquon BARKLEY, More than 25 yards receiving. So I think.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
Screams hey. Yep, just, hey, check down Charlie's one screen. Let him have it real quick. Money in the bank.
Will Compton
You would say more than five receptions.
Delaney Walker
AJ Brown, how many. How many receptions did AJ have last week?
Taylor Lewan
One.
Delaney Walker
Uno. For those of you who speak Spanish, Uno. I got him plus six receptions. This time. AJ's going to the locker room. He's happy they won a game. At the same time, he's like, I really want their. And you know, Hertz walks over and pats him on the ass with, brother, we'll get you a couple. They go on that little team meeting room, the offensive meeting room, they're going to say, hey, aj, we're getting you started pretty quick. Couple of bubbles, couple of this, couple of slants. Buddy, be ready. You're in our top 15 plays. We're going to get you the ball multiple times. I feel good about that one. That probably is the Scariest one, though, however, because you're just kind of praying and hoping and wanting for receptions. Last one. Go ahead and check this box off real quick. That's Derek Henry anytime. Touchdown.
Will Compton
Easy.
Delaney Walker
You lock them boys in. I can promise you that. You have the opportunity to get plus 1600 5, 814. So almost plus 17,000. Almost plus 17,000.
Taylor Lewan
I feel good. You know what I had in my stick of dynamite before I tapered it down and went a little more conservative so we could kind of hand the money to people.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
I had Derek Henry, two touchdowns in there.
Will Compton
Oh, I mean, that ain't. That's doable.
Delaney Walker
I, I don't, I don't hate doable. What you mean the rush yard thing is really bad.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah. I try to say, like, I don't get too crazy.
Delaney Walker
Right? Right.
Taylor Lewan
Because the 30,000 didn't hit last week, but maybe the 20,000. That might be my sweet spot.
Will Compton
Yeah. When I saw those odds last year, I was like, here's what I love.
Delaney Walker
About the DraftKings sportsbook app. When you start putting in parlays and you. And you want to go up to nine legs or whatever, it'll start to section games off. Like same game parlays. I do love that. A nice little plus 140. Ravens minus 1.5. Derrick Henry, anytime. Touchdown. That's a nice little 140 for you. A little sauce, a little appetizer as you're jumping into this nine leg parlay. Another one that I really like.
Taylor Lewan
Oh, you're going to go through all the same game parlays.
Delaney Walker
Yep. Detroit, six and a half. Sam Laporta, 50 yards plus receiving. Jamar Gibbs, anytime touchdown. That's 284. I got an 850 in here. You guys don't get to hear it.
Taylor Lewan
What I appreciate from the DraftKings sportsbook, because they know you're going to lose, but they give you a no sweat bet. And I lost this 250 bet last week, but now I got to put that 250 and no sweat back. Get to put it back in the book.
Will Compton
In the book.
Taylor Lewan
I put 250 on that parlay. So I'm set to. I'm set. I put 250 in. I'm set to win over $50,000.
Will Compton
Nice. That's insane.
Taylor Lewan
God, that makes you flip it on their head.
Will Compton
You starting to bet him though, right?
Delaney Walker
They say, hey, don't worry about that.
Will Compton
We'll give you a free.
Delaney Walker
Got your ass. Yeah, I like it.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah. Don't give me an extra Life. Because I'm gonna do something with it.
Delaney Walker
There he goes.
Taylor Lewan
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Taylor Lewan
I don't think so, since it's like player props, right? The odds.
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Taylor Lewan
Oh, no. He's sitting over there with sunglasses on. Minus 800? Yeah. I mean, look, I feel great about it. This is instinct. This is instinct. This is what instinct gets it.
Delaney Walker
Sometimes the data will mess you up. Yeah, you start looking at too much data, you get all wacky.
Will Compton
You up, man.
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Delaney Walker
But no guarantees. We can't do guarantees. No guarantees. No guarantees. No guarantees.
Will Compton
We did say guarantee. If. Have we ever said guaranteed?
Delaney Walker
No, can't say guarantee.
Will Compton
I know. That's what I'm saying.
Delaney Walker
There's like a. There's like some fine print in there. You can't do. You can't take guarantee.
Taylor Lewan
1,800- gambler. 1,800, gambler, right?
Will Compton
Yeah. 1,800, gambler.
Delaney Walker
How do we feel? What do you want?
Taylor Lewan
How do you feel about this one, James Cook? I mean, Mitch gave us some nice little plugs here. James Cook. You got Derek Henry, you got Saquon.
Will Compton
I mean, God damn. Let's take the easiest one. Let's walk away with a dub.
Delaney Walker
We gave you Will and I's. Parlays are great.
Will Compton
Huh?
Delaney Walker
Like, we're, like. I'm talking about, you got plus 36,000.
Will Compton
Between me and Will, but you got so many legs you gotta hit. That's just. That's why they make it that way. Obviously, the odds are hitting all of them is harder. Obviously.
Taylor Lewan
I like David Montgomery.
Delaney Walker
I love it. I like Jamar Gibbs better. I like Jamar Gibbs. Jameer Gibbs. Excuse me, Jameer Gibbs.
Will Compton
I'm going. Derrick Henry. Cause if you want to win, let Derrick spin. That's just how I believe it.
Taylor Lewan
Hugo Montgomery. Derrick.
Delaney Walker
Throw in that second one.
Taylor Lewan
Which one?
Delaney Walker
That second one.
Taylor Lewan
Travis Kelce.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
David Montgomery. Travis Kelce. Derrick Henry.
Will Compton
How many touchdowns?
Delaney Walker
Lock it in.
Will Compton
How many touchdowns do Travis have this year, though? Three.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, that's. Those are gonna be awesome.
Will Compton
It's gonna be crazy, right?
Delaney Walker
And playoff Travis. Playoff Travis.
Will Compton
He is playoff Travis, which we know. He has the most receptions and any. I think that anybody in the playoffs, Right?
Delaney Walker
I think. Yeah.
Will Compton
Yeah, I think so. Is that true? Right? Because I thought he.
Taylor Lewan
Do we have those odds in the street?
Will Compton
Jerry Rice. Right? He just. He topped Jerry Rice last year. Correct. I thought.
Delaney Walker
Love it. Take it. Run with it.
Will Compton
Toast most. Yeah.
Delaney Walker
JP's fit. Throwing me off.
Will Compton
I just said Jerry Rice. I mean, that may go because he is playoff Travis. We all know. And Taylor Swift gonna be in the building. Gonna be crazy. That may be a good one. Yeah. Oh, Arrowhead. Always rocking.
Taylor Lewan
When is it not rocking for three in a row?
Will Compton
When is it not rocking? Y'all didn't have to walk through say.
Delaney Walker
When it wasn't rocking. Week one, 2014. That's when it wasn't rocking. Glenny. We beat that ass.
Will Compton
It was rocking until we. It was rocking until we. When we.
Delaney Walker
Till we beat that ass is what we did. Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
Travis Kelsey, David Montgomery, and Derrick Henry.
Delaney Walker
Love it. Love that.
Will Compton
Jesus.
Delaney Walker
They don't understand, Trav. Playoff Travis. Vegas does not understand playoff Travis.
Taylor Lewan
This. Plus 498.
Delaney Walker
Plus 498.
Taylor Lewan
We'll rock that one.
Delaney Walker
Beautiful.
Will Compton
That's a good bet.
Delaney Walker
Should we quickly go over college?
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, let's do it.
Delaney Walker
Let's quickly go over college. Let's jump in there. One game left. Ohio State. Notre Dame.
Taylor Lewan
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Will Compton
Notre Dame is favored by what, eight and a half.
Delaney Walker
Notre Dame is not favored. Ohio State.
Will Compton
I mean, Ohio State is favored.
Taylor Lewan
Ohio State is favored by eight and a half. The over under on that game 46, I think it's Ohio State. I saw this spicy video by Marcus Freeman at halftime talking about the seven point game like he was just feeding the boys some wisdom that got me a little lit up and like, hey, Notre Dame might be able to pull this off, but I don't overthink it. Ohio State is. They're, they're much more talented. They're going to be challenged in the run game against Notre Dame, but I think they're up for the task.
Delaney Walker
But Love's got that. He's got that right knee brace. Still didn't stop him from hurdling a guy and losing two yards on a rush. But, like, still, I think Jack Sawyer.
Taylor Lewan
Is going to get crazy, make a big play.
Delaney Walker
He's going to go nuts.
Taylor Lewan
I like Ohio State to win the national title, minus eight and a half. I like him to cover.
Will Compton
I mean, it's just. It's a tough one you got. Notre Dame ain't won one since Lou HOLTZ and since 1988, I want to say, won the national title and then Ohio State. What? They ain't won one since 2014 or something like that, or 2004. I mean, God damn, this is just tough. I feel like both teams are hungry. Both teams want it. And it's hard to go against a former player who played the game at a high level. Obviously, we know he went to Ohio State. Notre Dame head coach went to Ohio State, coached at Purdue. Now he's the head coach for Notre Dame.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah. What a moment.
Will Compton
What a moment.
Delaney Walker
What a moment.
Will Compton
What a moment. The player coaching his daddy against the.
Taylor Lewan
Team you played for.
Will Compton
It's like, damn, I want to root for Notre Dame so bad. Y'all know how I've been rooting for Notre Dame this whole time, but damn, Ohio State, they're so good. They're so good.
Delaney Walker
They're so good on both sides of the ball. And they have, like, their entire defense could go to the NFL.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
Right now, their best players are freshmen. Will Howard slinging the Ball around pretty well.
Taylor Lewan
There's like this side by side too. The recruits that they have like Ohio State has like 10, five stars on the team than Notre Dame. Zero.
Will Compton
Yeah, yeah.
Delaney Walker
I mean it's definitely. You look at the talent discrepancy, it's very, very one sided towards Ohio State. I love Marcus Freeman. I love the fact that he went to Ohio State. I saw a really cool story of him sitting down with. Is it Jim Trestle? That's the old Ohio State coach. He was sitting down with Jim Trestle and he was telling a story about him being at Ohio State knowing that his career was probably over. It was probably like, wasn't good enough to go to the NFL. He really wanted to get coaching. So we approached Jim Tressel about being a GA and just going about it. Literally after that conversation, he gets a call from the Indianapolis Colts, said, hey, come down, we're going to sign you to practice while we're going to see how it works out for you. So he gets in his car, he drives four or five hours from Columbus, Ohio down to Indianapolis, meets with them, does a physical, and before he leaves for that drive, he calls Trestle, who's a fantastic coach by the way. Whether I like Ohio State or not, he was a fantastic coach. And he says, listen, you could play as long as you can, coaching will always be here for you. You'll always have a job here. He goes down to Indianapolis, he does the workout, starts to get his physical done, and they find this, this thing in his heart, like enlarged artery in his heart. I'm not even, I'm not saying that correctly. Essentially they sit him down and say, we're not able to sign you because of this and all 31 other teams are not going to be able to sign you either. So he knew right then and there. He gets back in his car, starts driving up to Columbus and he talks about the story and he's like, I'm literally smiling to myself because even though this small little opportunity seemed like it presented itself, it was always coaching and I always want to stay in the game. And I love the game that I love Marcus Freeman, I love his.
Taylor Lewan
And the world kind of laid it out for me.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, like he, he referred to it as a God thing. Like this, like this was basically God telling me I am supposed to be coaching. I hate the fact that Ohio State's going to win this game. I hate the fact that Ohio State's going to cover this game.
Will Compton
I'm going Notre Dame just because of that.
Taylor Lewan
I mean, I know I'D be excited to see Notre Dame.
Delaney Walker
I would love it. And it really is. This is to me, when I was in the Big Ten, Notre Dame was so involved with Big Ten teams that I view Notre Dame as a Big Ten. This is a Big Ten national championship now. Since then, they've kind of played more ACC games. You kind of go back to 2012, and when the SEC was relevant, Notre Dame played in the national championship game against the Crimson Tide, and they lost the game 42 14. They had great leadership. They had a lot of talent in that team. It just didn't work out for them. I want it to be competitive. I just think when you see the fire that's been lit under Ohio State's ass and what they've been able to do, and just when you seem like Texas might come back and do it, there's that strip sack fumble by Sawyer for the touchdown. It's tough to say they're not going to win it. It's tough to say they're not going to win it and they're not going to cover.
Will Compton
I'm just going to do that. I know that Ohio State. I'm going to take Notre Dame to cover.
Delaney Walker
How cool is that story?
Will Compton
It was good.
Taylor Lewan
That was a good story.
Delaney Walker
I saw that as I was literally driving in. I had it, and I was kind of just, like, listening to it.
Will Compton
You don't think he's playing that right now for the team?
Delaney Walker
No, I don't. I think. I think. I think Marcus Freeman is not making it about himself. Guys. You guys want to believe. Watch me for a second.
Taylor Lewan
Watch this conversation I had with Coach Trash Wrestle. Yeah, I'm here, but it's.
Will Compton
Look, I got.
Taylor Lewan
Look where I am.
Delaney Walker
I'm stoked for Notre Dame. I was. I never grew up a big fan of Notre Dame. I know Sherman's not a big fan of Notre Dame. I know you grew up a huge Notre Dame fan. Want it for Shane. Want it for the people that you know in South Bend who treat us like. Like we played there when we go in, but it's tough to see it.
Taylor Lewan
Want it for college football tradition.
Delaney Walker
Yeah.
Taylor Lewan
And just to add to this, it's like, do what? Yeah, college football. Like college football tradition. Like Notre Dame win the national title.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. You want it for.
Taylor Lewan
Okay, you want to see, like, this. This comeback around. And to add off that, too, like, how just, you know, he's such a good dude that the players love to play for, because the moment that he got announced, when not Chip Kelly, Brian Kelly left, like, they were all ecstatic. Like who? Ron in the gym. The strength coach had him up. They announced that he was going to be it. And everybody rallied around him like, you know, this is a dude that they love to play for, that they would die for.
Delaney Walker
Yeah, that's cool. That's cool. I love it.
Taylor Lewan
You have something.
Unnamed Speaker
The storyline nobody is talking about is Lou Holtz has been chirping Ryan Day since day one.
Will Compton
Really?
Unnamed Speaker
And yesterday he came at him with this one. He said, if Notre Dame doesn't win, it's because we want to preserve Ryan Day's job. I was originally going to be at the game in spirit, but now I'll be dragging my body along as well. And it is. And Ryan Day, you remember when he lost his mind after they beat them, like a couple years ago. Lou Holtz is living rent free in his head. And Lou Holtz, he was born in 1937. The last time Notre Dame beat Ohio state was in 1936. In his lifetime, he's never seen Notre Dame beat Ohio State. That might change this weekend.
Delaney Walker
That's a beautiful stat.
Taylor Lewan
All white.
Delaney Walker
JP Is different, man. Hey.
Will Compton
All right, Eminem, Slim, Hobie, get in there.
Delaney Walker
J.P. hovey. J.P. hoveY. Yeah. Suck my dick, J.P. h. But, yeah, I, I, I wanted to come in here and find something to say. Ohio State's going to lose this game. It's just like, it's great, and I'm.
Taylor Lewan
So ready to get caught up in the emotion and just go, Notre Dame money line.
Delaney Walker
Do it right now.
Taylor Lewan
I'm so ready.
Delaney Walker
I'll do it with you. Do it for Lou Holtz. Do it for Lou Holt. Just think about you right now.
Taylor Lewan
Let's do it.
Will Compton
Money line.
Delaney Walker
Do it for Holtz. Do it for Freeman.
Will Compton
You're doing Money line. Notre Dame, let's go. Me, too.
Taylor Lewan
Notre Dame money line.
Delaney Walker
Notre Dame money line.
Taylor Lewan
Yeah, let's burn our money, Sherman. Yeah, let's burn the out of our money right now. All because we want to put our heart on the table. Father, son, and Marcus Freeman.
Will Compton
I got Northern. Beautiful. I'm taking the points, though. Not Money Line.
Delaney Walker
Just.
Will Compton
I'm gonna play you smart.
Delaney Walker
Delaney not a ride or guy guy. Not a team guy.
Will Compton
They not my team. Central Missouri.
Delaney Walker
All right, this is our ballsy fan calling this week presented by Fireball. The ballsy college pick of the week is sponsored by Fireball. Fireball is a perfect shot for game day. Whether you're buying those sneaky little shooters before going into the stadium or going big with a Fireball keg for your tailgate. Whether it's a pregame shot in the tailgate lot or a celebratory touchdown shot at the bar, no matter what, it's guaranteed to turn up your game day. This ballsy fan calling comes from. From who, Mitch?
Will Compton
This comes from Matthew McConaughey.
Taylor Lewan
Oh, Matthew McConaughey.
Delaney Walker
I want to thank Matthew. Thank you, Matthew McConaughey. For a long time, we don't know.
Taylor Lewan
They'Re going to show us my emotion. I think that's exciting. But if it's not him, it's gonna be okay.
Will Compton
Yeah. Yeah. It better be him.
Matthew McConaughey
It's your Uncle Matthew. Not really your uncle, but it is Matthew McConaughey. And heard the boys wanted me on the bus. What kind of bus do you guys have? Is there enough room for just me, or can I bring some friends, some family? It's all about being with friends and family. Playoff football, staying warm. Outside, it's getting colder and colder, but they're talking about this global warming. The world's almost over. NFL season's almost over. I like that word, though. A lot of people are scared of over. The over doesn't scare me. I'm taking the over in every game this weekend. I'm talking NFL and college. That's plus 2500 something odds. I like those odds. I'll take those odds. See you boys in the DraftKings sportsbook. All right, all right, all right.
Will Compton
Bravo, Matthew.
Delaney Walker
Bravo, Matthew.
Will Compton
Thank you. That was pretty good.
Delaney Walker
Incredible.
Taylor Lewan
I will say, I do like the overs as well.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
Yeah. It's all your entire parlay.
Taylor Lewan
I love the overs. I love the over.
Delaney Walker
So McConaughey's parlay is Commanders versus Lions over 55 and a half. Texas Chiefs over 41 and a half. Ravens, Bills over 51 and a half. Rams, Eagles over 43 and a half. Ohio State, Notre Dame over 46 and a half. A total of 2,543. I love it.
Taylor Lewan
Well done.
Will Compton
Well done, Matthew McConaughey.
Taylor Lewan
Thank you, Matthew McConaughey.
Delaney Walker
Thank you, Mr. McConaughey.
Taylor Lewan
Come on. Bus in.
Will Compton
Hey.
Taylor Lewan
Hell of a show.
Delaney Walker
Hell of a show.
Will Compton
Hell of a show.
Delaney Walker
Thank you, guys. As always. We'll be back next week. College football will be over.
Will Compton
Yeah.
Delaney Walker
Should we have a moment of silence? Thank you.
Taylor Lewan
Thank you. College football next week.
Delaney Walker
Afc, NFC Championship week. We'll see you then. Big hugs, tiny kisses. Please subscribe, Unsubscribe, resubscribe and comment like 5 stars.
Matthew McConaughey
Big.
Podcast Summary: Bussin' With The Boys – Episode: “Will Compton CONFIDENT In Ravens Against Bills; Taylor Lewan Hopeful Notre Dame Upsets Ohio State”
Release Date: January 17, 2025
Introduction
In this high-energy episode of Bussin' With The Boys, hosts Will Compton and Taylor Lewan delve deep into the excitement of the NFL playoffs, offering their insights, predictions, and betting strategies. Alongside their host Delaney Walker, the trio engages in passionate discussions about key playoff matchups, standout player performances, and the intriguing possibility of Notre Dame upsetting Ohio State in the college football finale.
1. NFL Playoff Matchups Analysis
Timestamp: 13:17 – 36:25
The core of the episode revolves around the NFL divisional round matchups. Will, Taylor, and Delaney dissect each game, analyzing team performances, key players, and potential outcomes.
Texans vs. Chiefs
Will Compton expresses confidence in the Kansas City Chiefs, highlighting their seasoned gameplay: “When it comes to the Chiefs like last year when they… understand that time of year better than any other team” (17:43).
Taylor Lewan counters by rooting for the Houston Texans, emphasizing their improving defense and the potential for a close game: “I like Texas plus eight and a half. I think they can keep it close” (14:45).
Delaney Walker provides a balanced perspective, acknowledging the Chiefs' championship pedigree while appreciating the Texans' defensive strengths.
Lions vs. Commanders
The hosts debate the Detroit Lions against the Washington Commanders, with Delaney strongly favoring Detroit due to their resilient season: “I got the Lions all the way in this one. I love them” (21:41).
Taylor analyzes both teams' offensive efficiencies but leans towards Detroit, citing their ability to take the ball away: “The Lions have done a better job taking the ball away” (21:39).
Will remains skeptical about the Commanders' chances, especially after their recent performances against other teams: “I don't think they got a chance with the Lions” (23:29).
Rams vs. Eagles
A spirited discussion ensues about the matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles. Will declares the Eagles as a lock: “I think this is a lock Eagles” (26:38).
Taylor highlights the Eagles' robust offensive line and defensive prowess, positioning them favorably against the Rams’ defense: “They have a great offensive line. They're smart, they're athletic… I liked the Eagles to cover” (29:36).
Delaney echoes similar sentiments, praising the Eagles' trench warfare and defensive strategies: “They have the offensive line to get that done” (29:32).
Ravens vs. Bills
The Baltimore Ravens take center stage against the Buffalo Bills. Taylor opts for the Ravens, noting their improved defense and Lamar Jackson's dynamic playmaking: “I think it's the Ravens, man” (32:08).
Delaney lauds the Ravens' strategic offense and defensive versatility: “Their defense put. I think they gave up like 40 plus points multiple times during the year” (35:56).
Will supports the Ravens, emphasizing their defensive strength and Lamar Jackson's ability to control the game: “I like the Ravens. I think they're doing special things” (35:56).
2. College Football Showdown: Notre Dame vs. Ohio State
Timestamp: 48:08 – 56:31
Shifting gears, the hosts delve into the highly anticipated college football national championship between Notre Dame and Ohio State.
Taylor Lewan expresses his support for Ohio State, citing their superior talent and coaching: “I like Ohio State to win the national title, minus eight and a half” (49:36).
Delaney Walker shares a compelling story about Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame’s head coach, highlighting his dedication and journey from player to coach. This narrative underscores the emotional weight and historical significance of the matchup: “He really wanted to get coaching. So we approached Jim Tressel about being a GA… it was always coaching and I always want to stay in the game” (51:07).
Will Compton initially leans towards Notre Dame, driven by the inspirational coaching story: “I'm going Notre Dame just because of that” (55:32), but ultimately faces the overwhelming talent disparity favoring Ohio State.
Despite the heartfelt support for Notre Dame, all three hosts acknowledge the formidable strength of Ohio State, making their predictions lean towards an Ohio State victory.
3. Betting Parlays and Picks
Timestamp: 36:25 – 58:38
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing betting strategies, parlays, and recommended picks for the playoff games.
Willow Parlay: Taylor introduces his “bomb” playoff parlay, featuring multiple games with over/under points and player-specific props, emphasizing high rewards: “Willie Parlay and shout out to 40,000 people… plus 1900 and 824” (02:25, 38:36).
Delaney’s Conservative Parlay: Delaney offers a more conservative bet, focusing on safer picks like the Texans covering their spread and Derrick Henry scoring a touchdown: “Houston Texans plus eight and a half… Derrick Henry anytime touchdown” (39:20).
Matthew McConaughey’s Special Pick: In a humorous twist, celebrity Matthew McConaughey joins to propose his own high-risk parlay, advocating for the over in every game: “I'll take the over in every game this weekend” (56:02).
Final Recommendations: The hosts encourage listeners to engage with their picks, leveraging platforms like DraftKings for placing bets, while responsibly acknowledging the inherent risks: “No guarantees” (45:25).
4. Insights and Conclusions
Timestamp: 36:25 – 59:37
Wrapping up the episode, the hosts reflect on the passion for football, the thrill of the playoffs, and the emotional investments tied to team performances and betting outcomes.
Delaney emphasizes the importance of defenses in playoff success, urging listeners to consider strategic plays: “When it comes to the trenches… that's when you lean on the big uglies” (29:23).
Will and Taylor share mutual respect for standout players like Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, highlighting their impact on the games: “I want to be a fair man… I don't throw games” (12:47, 46:31).
The episode concludes with light-hearted banter and a reminder to subscribe and engage with the show, ensuring listeners stay updated on future discussions and predictions: “Thank you. College football next week” (59:37).
Notable Quotes:
Taylor Lewan on Texas vs. Chiefs: “I like Texas plus eight and a half. I think they can keep it close” (14:45).
Will Compton on Deion Sanders Betting: “Do you want me to… If he becomes a head coach… you're going to have to…” (07:03).
Delaney Walker on Marcus Freeman’s Coaching Journey: “This was always coaching and I always want to stay in the game” (51:07).
Matthew McConaughey on Betting Over: “I'm taking the over in every game this weekend” (56:02).
Conclusion
This episode of Bussin' With The Boys offers a comprehensive and entertaining exploration of the NFL playoffs, intricate betting strategies, and a heartfelt look into college football's pinnacle showdown. Through engaging dialogue, expert analysis, and spirited debates, Will Compton and Taylor Lewan provide valuable insights for football enthusiasts and bettors alike, making it a must-listen for those eager to navigate the thrills of playoff season.