Simon Hunter (17:16)
Right? And it's like, it's. People are going too far one way. But my favorite thing about football, it isn't every given Sunday can for one day can he outplay Drake May, who's in a hostile environment on the road facing the number two scoring defensive football. Yes, like that. That is more realistic than saying he can outplay the potential MVP of the NFL this season. So, yeah, the back and forth has been a little tough to digest. You know, the numbers like I talked about, I don't want to poo poo the Patriots. I do want to give them respect. I think I talked about a little bit that Drake May is 8. No, straight up this season, 7:1 against the spread. On the road. He's been the best road quarterback. So as much as you want to say he struggled with adversity or he will in the. In this game because he's on the road. I mean, yeah, it's a soft schedule, but he showed up in those games. Right. It's not cakewalk that went on the road, let alone in Buffalo, which is what he did. You know, I've been impressed by what Drake's done, the road, but this is a total different beast. Like the playoffs on the road. Not even that. A playoff on the road against a team that is rallying around an injured quarterback. And that's what's been so oppressive with Denver, is even Bo Nicks talking about his, like, farewell or whatever. His report after he got hurt, I think he put on Instagram or something. Just basically talked about how the whole team is round around Stedham and like, it's like his good friend and he believes in him and all this stuff. It just seems like and now that's giving me the Nick Foles vibes. It kind of is, right? It's like a team that's like, well, no one's counting us, counting on us anymore. Everyone's going against us. And you know, it's. If you're New England as good as you are, it's fair for us to have questions about your team, right? It is fair to question that you've had an easy schedule. It's fair to question that you face two quarterbacks that have totally melted in the playoffs. And if Stenham can just play within the Champagne offense, I do think he could succeed. And you know, looking at their injury report, Chad, they're going to have Franklin back. They're going to have all these receivers back. And you could say, well, who cares about Franklin? This is a guy that he had a ton of work, not only in the preseason but in a lot of practice. He was a guy that played a lot of second team reps, which to me is a big deal. And when you break it down, you go through their roster. Franklin was number two in their team in touchdowns. He was Sutton at seven. Franklin had six. So again, it's to shove my hand a little bit on props. You have to bet a Franklin touchdown anytime prop. Like they've moved it down a little bit. It did open a Plus 350. It's come down a little bit. I think most people have what I have, which is a ton of info that he's worked a lot with Franklin these last two years. It's been a guy that he stays after practice with him and Bo Nicks and works on reps and running routes. That's a real thing. Those type of connections. When the bullets start flying and he's starting to panic, he'll throw into coverage to a guy like Franklin, someone that he has a rapport with and trust with. So that was something that jumped out right away where it's like, okay, me and Chad have to make some type of prop bet. I don't imagine. I don't mind attacking Franklin's type of props of either receptions or his over receiving yards. He feels like he's gonna be the forgotten man because we already know Chris Gonzalez is going to be on Sutton. They're gonna, I'm assuming they'll have Chris Gonzalez, Sutton, who's been, you know, he did have bad drops last week, but he has been their number one shiver this year, the Broncos, no doubt about it. So I, I am leaning a little bit into Franklin here and I saw Dobbins possibly can come back here, which is a huge deal. Yeah, that run game. So you know, the injuries, it's brutal about Knicks, the rest of their team for Denver seems like it's getting healthy at the right time. And you know, the more numbers I dive into defensively, I think they're going to be able to give Drake May some real problems. So yeah, like I, I keep saying I'm highly confident in you, but just like highly confident in Denver but just like you. It feels like every pro I know, everyone I've talked to, yeah, it's becoming too much.