What's Wright - NFL Week 16 Predictions: Packers-Bears, Jaguars-Broncos, Chiefs-Titans, Patriots-Ravens & more!

Summary

The Herd with Colin Cowherd — "What's Wright: NFL Week 16 Predictions"

Date: December 20, 2025
Episode: 406

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Overview

This episode of "What's Wright" dives into NFL Week 16 predictions with in-depth betting analysis and game breakdowns. The conversation, led by the Sports Analyst and Co-host, explores which games to avoid, offers key picks against the spread, and delivers candid commentary on standout players and coaching decisions. The episode is geared toward NFL fans seeking smart betting angles, real talk on NFL trends, and behind-the-scenes stories on sports betting.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Review of Week 15 Picks and Season Standing (02:45–07:32)

• Performance Recap:

  • Previous week: 2-3 on the picks (37-36-2 on the year; slightly above .500, but not profitable).
  • Analyst admits, "only one pick that I hate the process on... the only one where the process was bad was [Cincinnati]... bad job by me on the Bengals pick." (06:04)

• Competitive Context:

  • Compared performance to other major sports betting podcasts: “...every show’s like five games, six games, eight games under .500—we’re just muddling along at .500. Not feeling great about it, but we’d be crushing over there.” (05:56)

• Sponsor Shoutouts:

  • Regular reminders that picks are presented by Hard Rock Bet.

2. “Stay Away” Games (Games NOT Worth Betting) (07:32–16:18)

The analyst and co-host systematically explain which games they’re avoiding and the reasoning:

• Philly at Washington (-6.5):

  • “Divisional home dog getting almost a touchdown against a shaky offense… feels like a spot I should jump on Washington… but I have to be open to the possibility that [Philly] figured some stuff out.” Lean: Washington if forced, but stay away. (07:40–08:43)

• Green Bay at Chicago (+1):

  • Analyst uncertain due to Green Bay’s defense injuries and Caleb (Chicago) being “a roller coaster.”
  • Direct quote: “He was so bad in the first half but then so good in the second half… it feels like a coin flip.” (08:49–09:49)

• Jets at New Orleans (-4.5):

  • “If it’s a game this bad between teams this bad, I don’t want to spend emotional energy on it.” (09:55)

• Cincinnati at Miami (-4):

  • Can't back a 7th-round rookie (Quinn Ewers) in his first start; can't lay points with inconsistent Cincy either. (10:41)

• Buffalo at Cleveland (+10):

  • Considered Buffalo, but feels like a “trap game spot.” Leans Buffalo but skips. (11:21–12:11)

• Minnesota at Giants (+3):

  • “Jackson Dart just lives in the concussion tent… Giants just want the season to be over.” No faith in either. (12:18)

• Atlanta at Arizona (+3):

  • “So square to take a bad team on the road and lay points.” Lays off. (12:47–13:26)

• Pittsburgh at Detroit (-7):

  • Likes Detroit but “laying a full touchdown against a Mike Tomlin team in December has not been historically a great bet.” (13:37–15:08)

• Vegas at Houston (-14):

  • Houston hasn’t consistently blown teams out, 14 is a lot, and the Raiders are so bad it’s tempting. Ultimately, passes. (15:08–16:18)

• San Francisco at Indy (+6):

  • “Really stared at San Francisco… but not backing Rivers against Salah’s defense.” (16:23)

Notable Quote:

On betting philosophy:

“If I were a professional sports bettor...I would have an obligation to handicap every game. But at this point, if it’s a game this bad...I don’t want to spend emotional energy on it.” — Sports Analyst (09:55)

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3. Main Picks & Deep Dives (20:02–30:52)

A. Tennessee Titans (+3.5) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (20:02–24:04)

• Analyst strongly predicts a Titans upset:
  • “I think the Titans are going to win this game outright…combination of the drop-off from Mahomes to Minshew and everything Patrick was papering over… devastating offensive line injuries…” (20:13–21:17)
• Additional factors:
  • “If Travis has one moment left in him…that’s going to be his final home game next week at Arrowhead…”
  • Analyst shares a story about a recurring Chiefs bet rivalry in his group chat—a humorous behind-the-scenes look. (21:56–23:59)

B. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-3) at Carolina Panthers (24:04–25:40)

• “Just a line in the sand game—flatly, Tampa Bay wins this game and they essentially lock up the division… I think they can rebound…I love this game at 2.5, I’m okay with it at 3.” (24:09–25:28)

C. Dallas Cowboys (-2) vs. Los Angeles Chargers (25:40–28:24)

• Dallas needs the win much more than LAC, who essentially have a playoff spot locked in.
• Analyst mentions Dallas as a “week-to-week team” but believes it’s a key bounce-back opportunity.
• “Pickens needs a bounce-back, Dak is going to perform, I just think Dallas is a good spot here...” (25:43–28:24)

D. Jacksonville Jaguars (+3) at Denver Broncos (28:24–30:00)

• Deep stat: Teams on 11+ game win streaks (like Denver) are only 14–36 ATS since 1990.
• “I’ll take the Jags getting three points…” (28:28)

E. New England Patriots (+3) at Baltimore Ravens (30:00–31:59)

• “I think New England’s better and I’m getting the points. I don’t believe in the Ravens… I just think the Patriots coming off a terrible loss… I’m getting the better team and the better coach right now.” (30:02)

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4. Teaser Bets & Betting Process Talk (31:59–34:12)

• Recap of Last Week’s “Teaser” Loss (32:18–32:55)

  • Lost due to a last-minute defensive play; recounted as a “heartbreaker” for bettors.

• This Week’s Three-Team Eight-Point Teaser (+100) (32:55–34:09)

  • Teaser legs:
    • Tennessee up to +11.5
    • Buffalo down to -2
    • Pittsburgh up to +15
  • Analyst feedback: “Buffalo is a great leg, the Titans are an excellent leg… I’ll give you an A.” (33:29)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It helps us out a ton if you like, rate, subscribe, review…” (02:45)
• “Only one pick that I hate the process on… the only one where the process was bad was [Cincinnati]...” (06:04)
• “It's so funny, it's like dude you got dropped by the Jets, bro, you're an outcast.” — on the Rogers “castoff” press conference (13:57)
• “I think the Titans are going to win this game outright, guys.” (20:13)
• “If I were a professional sports bettor… I would have an obligation to handicap every game. But at this point, if it’s a game this bad between teams this bad, I don’t want to spend emotional energy on it.” (09:55)
• “Teams on insane winning streaks historically have been terrible covering…” (28:28)
• “I think New England’s better and I’m getting the points...” (30:02)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:45 — Opening and Week 15 recap
• 07:32 — “Stay away” games and spread logic
• 13:57 — Rogers “castoff” press conference discussion
• 20:02 — Titans vs. Chiefs pick and backstory
• 24:04 — Buccaneers at Panthers pick
• 25:40 — Cowboys vs. Chargers pick
• 28:24 — Jaguars at Broncos pick
• 30:00 — Patriots at Ravens pick
• 31:59 — Teaser segment and betting process talk
• 33:29 — Analyst feedback on teaser bet

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Final Picks Recap

• Titans +3.5 vs. Chiefs (20:02)
• Buccaneers -3 at Panthers (24:04)
• Cowboys -2 vs. Chargers (25:40)
• Jaguars +3 at Broncos (28:24)
• Patriots +3 at Ravens (30:00)

Teaser:

• Tennessee +11.5, Buffalo -2, Pittsburgh +15 (32:55)

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Summary Tone & Style

Conversation blends analytical rigor with laid-back, humorous sports talk. The hosts give honest self-assessments, admit betting blunders, and trade stories of community betting rivalries, all while delivering sharp insights and actionable picks for NFL Week 16.

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[Sports Analyst]

Welcome in episode four hundred six of what's right within right presented to you by our friends at boost mobile a reminder to everybody it helps us out a ton if you like rate subscribe review and also reminder next week next two weeks because christmas is on our regular christmas and new year's are on thursdays so we're going to do regular shows on tuesday and then our weekly gambling show will probably come out earlier in the week you know pro maybe wednesday maybe thursday morning i'm not sure each of the next two weeks so two shows a week for the next two weeks but right now we're going to we're going to get into week sixteen and first dean we have to look back on week fifteen which wasn't great but was not disastrous and honestly only one pick that i hate the process on even though two of my picks i got annihilated on so we went two and three which puts us on the year thirty seven thirty six and two above five hundred but not profitable but again i don't know if you guys have been following some of the other major podcasts out there that are do you know they have been publishing their the whole network is doing a picks contest everybody every show's like five games six games eight games under five hundred we're just muddling along at five hundred not feeling great about it we'd be crushing over there here were the picks buffalo minus one at new england winner seattle minus thirteen and a half against indy i don't care i like the process seattle kicks six field goals punch it in a few times guys vegas plus eleven half at philly again philly had blown out one team all year long i didn't think they could do it the raiders just awful san francisco minus twelve and a half against tennessee win by thirteen some of those you can say good bad picks whatever the only one where the process was bad was scentsy because i did a whole rant about joe burrow having an existential crisis about his future in the nfl and with the bengals and then i took them plus two and a half against baltimore like that was that was just dumb and so bad job by me on the bengals pick i was trying to remember whether or not because i if you guys remember i said there were some other picks i liked that i didn't you know put in one of them was cowboys minus six they lost outright so that one wouldn't have worked another one was the rams minus six that one would have worked but whatever two and three and still a really good chance to finish the year profitable we just need to have you know a four and one week here and there some three and two weeks and we'll be fine a game over five hundred as we enter the stretch run and as always all our spreads are brought to you by our friends at hard rock bet which is why it's a great time to tell you where i bet on sports during the holiday season hard rock bet not just because they're the presenting sponsor of our show because they make it easy to bet on my favorite teams players and leagues in a few simple taps especially with the brand new for you page that recommends picks based on my favorites and who i like to bet on i open the app go to my for you page and bet and find a bet i like and then bam bets place just in time for me to get back to wrapping presents and enjoying my favorite christmas movie sign up today bet dollar five on any game and if it wins you also score dollar one hundred fifty in bonus bets a winning bet plus an extra one hundred and fifty dollars to bet with now that is spreading holiday cheer plus hard rock bet fills your stockings with new promos daily so whenever you're listening just open the app and check out what they've got any day of the week download the hard rock bet app and make your first deposit today payable and bonus bets not a cash offer offered by the seminole tribe of florida in florida offered by seminole hard rock digital llc in all other states must be twenty one plus and physically present in arizona colorado florida illinois indiana new jersey ohio tennessee or virginia to play terms and conditions apply concerned about gambling in florida call one eight eight eight admit it in indiana if you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help call one eight oh nine with it gambling problem call one eight hundred gambler in arizona colorado illinois new jersey ohio tennessee or vir all right so damani let's get right into it the stay aways etc before we get to.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Our five picks our first stay away is philly at washington washington six and a half point dogs so here's why.

[Sports Analyst]

I'M staying away from this one damaz because a divisional home dog getting almost a touchdown against a shaky offense right feels like a spot that i should jump on washington plus six and a half however as skeptical as i am about philly i have to be open to the possibility that last week was not just about them playing the raiders that it also was they figured some stuff out and they are about to start rolling as they get ready to defend their championship that combined with the potential emotional letdown for washington of shutting jaden down for the year season from hell official i just rather stay away my lean in this game is washington getting the points but i'll stay away.

[Co-host/Analyst]

From it next one green bay at chicago chicago's one point dogs.

[Sports Analyst]

I i don't love i want to see green bay without micah and see how big of an impact it has on the defense because it felt like it impacted the defense within that game last week like that game flipped in part when he went out i also could see caleb because he is in the part of his career and he is he's not like a steady player yet the highs are high but the lows are lows he just had a great game i could see him regressing a bit okay and the first week first game against green bay two weeks ago it was just a tale of two halves he was so bad in the first half but then so good in the second half so in other words i don't have a good feel for this game i think my pick is chicago but it feels like a coin flip the line is a coin flip we'll stay away from it next jets at.

[Co-host/Analyst]

New orleans new orleans four and a half point favorites just not watching the game i imagine yeah i just didn't.

[Sports Analyst]

Want to listen this is if i were a professional sports better if it's how i made my money then you know i would have an obligation to handicap every game but at this point this late in the season if it's a game this bad between teams this bad i don't want to spend a lot of emotional energy on it i know listen tyler shucks played well as of late i still don't think we're at a point where laying more than a field goal with tyler schuck feels smart and we haven't been at a point all year we're betting the jets getting less than fourteen feels good so i'll just stay away from it next.

[Co-host/Analyst]

One cincinnati at miami miami's four point.

[Sports Analyst]

Dogs as cincinnati does not deserve to be road favorites of more than a field goal against anybody however getting his first start that's the thing that's that so that's the i can't bet on quinn ewers a seventh round pick getting his first start yeah without seeing him play and i also can't lay four points with cincinnati so we're staying away this one this next one demons i thought long and hard about yeah buffalo.

[Co-host/Analyst]

At cleveland cleveland's ten point dogs you wanted to take cleveland no i wanted to take oh you want to take.

[Sports Analyst]

Buffalo okay okay wanted to take buffalo but buffalo next week has the eagles they're coming off that huge comeback against the patriots feels like little trap game spot buffalo has not been a good first half team need them to cover ten so it's just to me i like buffalo but it just feels like a workman like win is at least possible rather than a blowout so and we know listen shador and cleveland will go they down seventeen going to go for a backdoor cover i'll just stay away from it stay away from buffalo but the lean was buffalo minus ten.

[Co-host/Analyst]

All right next is minnesota at the giants giants three point dogs yeah we're.

[Sports Analyst]

Just jackson dart just lives in the concussion tent the giants just want the season to be over jj mccarthy playing the best ball he's played as of late still don't feel like he's earned the right to be road full field goal favorites will stay away next what.

[Co-host/Analyst]

About nine though jj mccarthy that guy keep going okay next we got atlanta at the at the cardinals cardinals are.

[Sports Analyst]

Three point dogs again a lot of bad teams road favorites like we have cincinnati is a road favorite minnesota is a road favorite and now atlanta as a road favorite arizona has just been such a dead team as of late kirk is coming off the best game you know one of the best games he's played as a falcon i just still feel like it's so square to take a bad team on the road and lay points but i don't i'm not taking arizona getting a field just a field goal so i'm staying away.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Next next is pittsburgh at detroit detroit seven point favorites yeah so.

[Sports Analyst]

I thought long and hard about the lions here this feels like a lion season on the line at home against a steeler team that's kind of you know maybe flying a little too high i also thought the single funniest moment of the week was the rogers castoffs press conference.

[Co-host/Analyst]

I haven't seen it but i've heard it what how it went and like he got mad that they were classifying him as an outcast so funny it's like dude you got dropped by the jets bro you're an outcast it's so.

[Sports Analyst]

He does forty five seconds of and names teammates who he loves and about how they're cast offs oh in that fashion about his teammates about how they're all cast offs people didn't want them and now they're doing it and then the reporter says not like meanly it's like oh well you know do you by that do you consider yourself a cast off and rogers like can't help him so he's like no i'm not it was so funny a rod man right now but so i like detroit but laying a full touchdown against a mike tomlin team in december is has not been historically a great bet so i'll just stay away from it but man i i like detroit next next.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Is vegas at houston houston's fourteen point favorites honestly might be able to take that houston minus fourteen minus the fourteen.

[Sports Analyst]

I almost did but i.

[Co-host/Analyst]

I mean best defense in the nfl right now.

[Sports Analyst]

Raiders offensive line the raiders are such a mess i certainly can't take the raiders at this point but i don't like the zigzag for like i've been backing the raiders getting burnt i think the response to that is stay away from them not all of a sudden back the other side and then it's so not a lot of cj stroud.

[Co-host/Analyst]

He'S been good for the last few weeks but i mean he hasn't been.

[Sports Analyst]

But right and they hadn't been houston hadn't been throughout the year blowing anyone out that's changed a bit of late fourteen's a lot the raiders are so bad though i mean they're they're so bad all right last one monday night.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Football san fr san francisco at indie indy six point dogs.

[Sports Analyst]

I really stared at san francisco here the issue is this i because philip rivers showed us this past week he's just going to get the ball out immediately immediately and the niners have sixteen sacks as a team this year they've just been so bad so like are are the niners going to be able to exploit what you should be able to against you know a forty four year old quarterback i don't know but i'm certainly not backing philip rivers against robert salah's defense so i'll stay away all right three picks including a first time ever on this show i think reminder all the lines are from hard rock bet damanze what's the first one what a matchup.

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[Co-host/Analyst]

Now yeah i did just notice kansas city tennessee wasn't in the stays you have it in here and it's tennessee plus three and a half versus kansas city you're taking tennessee i think the.

[Sports Analyst]

Titans are going to win this game outright guys i think that the combination of the drop off from mahomes to minshew and everything patrick was papering over plus the chiefs still dealing with these devastating offensive line injuries series plus the emotional letdown for everyone on this team having played in nothing but huge playoff games to playing in meaningless regular season games plus the fact that i don't know if chris jones is playing plus the fact that i think if travis has one moment left in him if he is going to step away and i don't know that he is but his podcast this week sure made it seem like he was that's going to be his final home game next week at arrowhead against denver i just think the titans are going to win and.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Does this pain.

[Sports Analyst]

No honestly i think it i don't think it'll be the i don't think it'd be a bad thing for the chiefs to get a few games of seeing what they would look like with bad quarterback play as a reminder of especially because they don't know if patrick's going to be back for the start of next season you know what they need to do so i just think the titans win and i'll take the titans and cam ward getting three and a half at home against the chiefs wow all right it's.

[Co-host/Analyst]

A new regime we got oh let.

[Sports Analyst]

Me tell you something else real quick because as you guys know i'm in you know the obviously i bet through hard rock bet but i also have that group chat where we bet with each other and very often in that chat i post a chiefs money line like hey i i'd like to bet the chiefs at minus one hundred eighty or whatever does anybody want to take the other side of it and there's one guy in that chat every time who whatever i so if i say i'm willing to pay minus one hundred eighty on the chiefs he'll swoop in and say before anybody can fill my bet he's willing to pay minus one hundred ninety on the chiefs so i then come over the top and say all right i'll pay minus one hundred ninety five and then he takes that bet like he wants to take my chief's bet but he wants it at a better price so he overbids me so i have a plan this weekend which is i'm going to post that i want the chiefs moneyline at a too good of a price and anticipate he is then going to come in and bid on the chief's money line at a reasonable price expecting me to then overbid him and then i'm just going to take his bet you hear that and say okay i say okay no problem sold you have the chiefs at that price buddy and i'll take the tennessee have fun with that i've been waiting for this i almost did it on thanksgiving except i bet the chiefs to win i didn't want to bet the cowboys but he on thanksgiving did it to me in that game and i ended up paying a real bad price on time for some get.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Back hopefully he's not watching the pod.

[Sports Analyst]

Right now good point all right so i'll take tennessee plus the three and.

[Co-host/Analyst]

A half next next we got tampa bay minus three at carolina yeah this.

[Sports Analyst]

Is just a line in the sand game flatly tampa bay wins this game and they essentially lock up the division they lose this game and they're going to have to fight for their lives for the remainder of the year i think i know tampa's playing its worst football of the season i think that they can rebound from it i think they've been they're better than they've shown over the last six weeks and i wouldn't i i love this game at two and a half i'm okay with it at three i probably wouldn't bet it at three and a half but tampa minus three at carolina as tampa carolina has been a nice story i still think tampa has high end upside even though they've just been playing terribly the last few weeks but they also have to feel like we blew a fourteen point lead in the waning moments a game we had no business blowing whatsoever and was that hold on the.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Game i feel like the first time you see him considering you're going to see him again go ahead i'm sorry.

[Sports Analyst]

Well no that's what i thought they also have the little added benefit of the extra rest because that game against atlanta was thursday night so all that i'll lay the three points with tampa.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Next next you got dallas minus two.

[Sports Analyst]

Versus the chargers so the chargers offense has really struggled and herbert has struggled this last month they have been winning because of their defense right the chargers also just won back to back wildly important down to the final moments game of the year type of things for them in thrilling fashion in both ways back to back game ceiling interceptions monday night football against the eagles and then sunday against the chiefs they also because of what's happened to the chiefs and because of what's happening to the colts they now they lose out and they're eighty percent to make the playoffs like they don't need it they you know they the because for them to miss the playoffs they would have to lose out and the colts would have to go on something of a run i shouldn't say the colts have to go on a run but the colts would have to win two of their final three i mean that's basically going on a run and so i think dallas this is an elimination game for the cowboys i think dallas you know has been you know a week to week team in that some weeks they look like as good as any team in the league and then weeks like last week they just look awful against the vikings i i also do like that this game is at i that obviously i like this game is in dallas i don't love i will admit the fact that philly plays the night before so because if philly wins dallas is eliminated from the playoffs so i don't love that piece of it but i also feel like dallas is probably feels like we're you know we're close to eliminated either way and i just think you know pickens needs a bounce back performance at some point dak is going to perform i think that cowboys quinn and williams and that improved d line against the chargers o line i just think dallas is a good spot here i'll lay just two points at home against the chargers in a game the chargers don't really have to have next.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Take it jacks plus three at denver.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah i this is a bit of a i don't want to call let down spot for denver because this is a big game for them but denver had been playing up until recently nothing but close games even last week they're down nine in the second you know in the second half of that game and then play their best football of the year but the broncos and the you know they played washington to overtime the chiefs game was a three point game the raiders game was a three point game the texans game was a three point game the so getting the three points matters the fact that denver i think recognizes that all of a sudden that chiefs game becomes so incredible such a soft spot for them that they don't have to have this game and the jags are red hot and the jags are turning people over and teams on insane winning streaks historically have been terrible covering teams there have been fifty teams to have eleven plus game winning streaks or fifty instances of eleven plus game winning streaks since nineteen ninety those teams are fourteen and thirty six against the spread so i'll take the jags getting three points and then last.

[Co-host/Analyst]

One to mose new england plus three.

[Sports Analyst]

At baltimore i think new england's better and i'm getting the points i don't believe in the ravens and i didn't know that lamar has never lost a game in weeks fifteen through eighteen until right now now he has two seasons he was out all of weeks fifteen through eighteen but that is noteworthy but i just think the patriots coming off a terrible loss in a game they had to have lamar missing practice again a little under the weather i'm getting the better team and what i think right now is the better coach and the quarterback who's playing better and i'm getting a full three points so i'll take the patriots so my three picks this week are the chiefs getting i'm sorry the titans getting three and a half against the chief the bucks laying three at carolina dallas laying two at the chargers jacksonville getting three at denver and new england getting three at baltimore before we get to demons teaser quick note from our friends at boost mobile you ever notice how everything keeps going up rents going up streaming services are going up your favorite burrito spot suddenly thinks salsa should cost extra with boost mobile you and your phone bill don't have to play the will this go up soon game why because boost mobile has unlimited talk text and data plan at a price that'll never go up in fact it's the same price you'll pay for life so switch now for unlimited wireless at a price that'll never go up only at boost mobile after thirty gigs customers may experience slower speeds customers will pay twenty dollars per month as long as they remain active on the boost unlimited plan all right the rare teaser loss demons a tell me you know what happened and where we're at this week yeah it was last.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Week'S three team eight pointer it did not hit because i bet against baltimore i said that if it didn't cover i had good hopes for them in the postseason it'll mean that you know we won a divisional game stuff's looking rough before that so i should have just taken baltimore i should have just teased through baltimore to be honest oh.

[Sports Analyst]

But i mean i guess but yeah.

[Co-host/Analyst]

So so solid so that's a loser.

[Sports Analyst]

Said let me just say one thing real quick you were getting ten and a half it's seventeen nothing late and the bengals are driving in the red zone to make it seventeen seven and you cover and van noy gets the pick lateral ends up being a pick.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Six like that was great for team.

[Sports Analyst]

Twenty four nothing doesn't right good for ten team chemistry it was closer to a ten and a half point cover than it seems yeah and then the other two ones were stone locks the.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Whole game yep chargers thirteen and a half and then chicago plus half point both win so what are we doing this week another three team eight point teaser at plus one hundred and i am going to be teasing tennessee up to eleven and a half i'm teasing buffalo to minus two and then we got pittsburgh to plus fifteen in that game yeah i feel very strongly about this one like this is probably a second or third teaser that i've just felt like this is a lock but.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah if it were me just if it were me okay i would have taken out pittsburgh and i would have put in houston because i do see a scenario where the lions just roll and i think there is no scenario where houston doesn't win by at least a touchdown but you're you're getting all the key numbers you're passing all the teaser fundamentals here buffalo is a great leg the titans are an excellent leg i'm going to give you an a.

[Co-host/Analyst]

I'M thank you sir it's been a.

[Sports Analyst]

While you an a it's been a.

[Co-host/Analyst]

While and i guess since we lost on the b minus process so it's.

[Sports Analyst]

Fair to yeah exactly we are not doing a touchdown genie this week the juju's bad on it right now we're letting it sit for a week what offer do you have for me so.

[Co-host/Analyst]

Last week we we asked for the chiefs moneyline plus sga winning the nba cup final they didn't make it to the nba cup yeah that was de.

[Sports Analyst]

The stones loser on both sides yeah.

[Co-host/Analyst]

So this week this is it's really funny because i was thinking about this trevor trevor two plus pass touchdowns and over two hundred twenty three and a half yards at plus one hundred eighty six would you take that no no.

[Sports Analyst]

I am not going to take that broncos past defense too scary i'm not i'm not tying stuff into listen i like the jags plus the points that broncos pass defense too scary just win the game yeah i'm not i'm not doing it but i do love the picks this week feels like feels like a four in one week i don't know which one's the five zero feels like five and o would be great feels like four in one week i love two thirds of your teaser but i'll root for all three legs of it we will talk to you guys again on tuesday christmas week reminder everybody like rate subscribe review it helps us out a ton of huge thanks to bluedoc huge thanks to voluum huge thanks to hard rock bet boost and of course our friends at zen see you guys soon what's right if a lenovo.

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