NFL Week 17 Game Picks

? ? >> PATRICK CLAYBON WITH MY DEAR FRIENDS AT GREGG ROSENTHAL AND CYNTHIA FRELUND, I’M EXCITED TO PICK SOME FOOTBALL GAMES AND NOT TALK ABOUT SOME GAMES THAT I PICK. IT WENT GREAT FOR CYNTHIA FRELUND, CONCERN LEVEL AS CYNTHIA IS DOWN JUST A TURTLE GAMES BEHIND. >> HIGHLY CONCERNED THIS FEELS LIKE TERMINATOR TWO, THE OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR — YOU CAN’T BEAT IN THE MODEL I’VE LEARNED THIS OVER THE YEARS. >> I’M CURRENTLY LIKE THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL AT THE START OF THE MOVIE. >> IT IS GOING WELL FOR SOME

TEAMS, THE BALTIMORE RAVENS GOT THAT BIG WIN IN SANTA CLARA LAST WEEK THEY ARE THE ODDS-ON FAVORITE TO WIN BACK THE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS SEASON AS THINGS GO FORWARD BECAUSE IF THEY WIN AGAINST THE MIAMI DOLPHINS IT’S OVER, THEY WILL HAVE THAT 1 SEED IN THE AFC. THE DOLPHINS AND THE RAVENS LAST WEEK GOT THIS HUGE WIN IN SANTA CLARA, WHO WALKS AWAY VICTORIOUS? THAT WADDLE INJURY HELPED MAKE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE RAVENS WINNING 26-21. SHORT WEEK COMING BACK HOME, THE RAVENS HAVE PASSED EVERY TEST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BEST CORD BACK IN THE LEAGUE

RIGHT NOW. LAMAR JACKSON AGAINST THE 49ers TO ME WAS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT WASN’T A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE, THIS IS A — HE’S DOING WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. I THOUGHT THERE WAS MORE IMPROVISING

IN THIS GAME, MORE SECOND REACTION PLAYS LIKE WHAT YOU SEE HERE. RUSHED TO THE BALL THREE TIMES OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS, DEFINITELY PICKED UP THAT RATE AS HE’S GOTTEN TO THE END OF THE SEASON. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE IN RHYTHM THROWS AGAINST THIS ZONE DEFENSE, HE’S SHOWN HE CAN DO THAT WHEN ASKED. WHATEVER DEFENSE IS SHOWING HIM HE HAS ANSWERS

FOR IT. >> I HAVE THE SAME SCORE, 26-21 BALTIMORE IN THIS MATCHUP. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFETIES. BY THE WAY, THEY RANK NUMBER 2 AND NUMBER THREE IN TERMS OF EPA ALLOWED TWO OPPOSING TEAMS. THAT IS TWO TO MECCA THREE IN THE LEAGUE. YOU NEED TO WATCH THE INJURY REPORT BECAUSE KYLE HAMILTON GOT BANGED UP IN THE LAST MATCHUP. THIS IS PART OF THE MAJOR REASON WHY WE SAW THOSE PASSES NOT REALLY WORK AGAINST THE 49ers. THIS MIAMI DOLPHINS OFFENSE LOOKS LIKE — THE 49ers. >> I CAN’T TELL IF THAT’S GOOD OR BAD,

WITHOUT JAYLEN WADDLE IT MAKES A LOT MORE DIFFICULT. I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO LEAN ON THE RUN A LOT MORE BUT THE MIDDLE OF THE DEFENSES GO TO MAKE MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. >> DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT MY SCORE FOR THIS GAME IS? 26-21. >> I KNOW IT’S DOING WELL BUT YOU GUYS DON’T HAVE TO — >> WE HAVE NO IDEA, WE’LL COME UP WITH THE SAME PICK. I WANT TO CELEBRATE JADEVEON CLOWNEY NOT ONLY HAVING ONE OF THE GREATEST HIGH SCHOOL MIXTAPES OF ALL TIME BUT HIS HIGHEST PRESSURE RATE SINCE 2018. HE LEADS

THE TEAM IN PRESSURES, WON EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE REVENGE GAME OVER THE TEXANS, THE BROWNS, SEAHAWKS, AND THE TITANS HE’S GOT THE ULTIMATE REVENGE RUN. I WANT TO CELEBRATE THE FORMER 2014 NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK. LET’S STAY ON THIS GAME, PLAYER PROMPTS FOR THE DOLPHINS AND THE RAVENS, MORE OR LESS THAN ONE HALF PASSING TOUCHDOWNS. >> I AM GOING LESS. CYNTHIA MENTIONED WHAT A GREAT SECONDARY IS, MARLON HUMPHREY HASN’T BEEN MARLON HUMPHREY FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS YOU CAN TELL HE’S HEALTHY YEAR, HE’S PLAYING BETTER AND I THINK THE WAY YOU

BEAT THIS RAVENS DEFENSE THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT BUT IN THE RED ZONE I THINK YOU CAN RUN ON THEM. IT’S MORE OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN YOU GET NEAR THE GOAL LINE IT’S RAHEEM MOSTERT TIME EVEN IF THEY SCORE 21 WHICH IS ACT SILENTLY WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO SCORE, TWO — THAT’S WHY. >> >> 299 AND MY MODELS ARE QUITE CONSERVATIVE. THIS WOULD BE BIG FOR ME IN LARGE PART BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE HAVEN’T REALLY SEEN THAT BEAR OUT YET. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GAME WHERE WE

MISSED THAT THE GUY WHO WAS PRETTY ELITE TO. A LOT OF GOOD PASS RUSHERS BUT THEIR PASS RUSH ISN’T QUITE THE SAME AS WHAT WE SAW FROM THE 49ers. >> TYREEK HILL OVER 92 RECEIVING YARDS. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THERE IS NO JAYLEN WADDLE, HE WALKS OVER, THIS IS COMING TO YOU. EVERYBODY ALREADY KNEW HIM AND THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT A SECRET. THE DOLPHINS ARE GOING TO GET THE BALL TO TYREEK HILL. SPEAKING OF THAT 49ers LOST LAST WEEK THE LION STILL IN THE RUNNING FOR THE 1 SEED IN THE NFC, TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS

AGAINST THE VIKINGS CLINCHING THEIR FIRST DIVISION TITLE SINCE THE 90s. EMOTIONS WERE HIGH IN THE LOCKER ROOM AFTER THE GAME. >> WHENEVER YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE DID ITS SPECIAL. IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW MANY WINS IN A ROW ITS SPECIAL. WHEN YOU’RE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION AND IT’S BEEN 30 YEARS! ITS SPECIAL. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN DYING FOR IT, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU. ENJOY IT! >> SHOUT OUT TO THE OLD GUARD OF THE LIONS, THINGS GOT A LITTLE MISTY — THE WATERWORKS GOT GOING. I WANT TO GIVE CYNTHIA A HUG BUT THEY WERE

DOING GAME DAY LIVE. >> I STARTED CRYING AND I STARTED LAUGHING BECAUSE I WAS CRYING. IT WAS AWESOME. I GOT TO CAPTURE THAT MOMENT 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING. >> CULMINATION OF A DAY 30 YEARS OF CYNTHIA HERE AT NFL MEDIA ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. HUGE MATCHUP WITH THE COWBOYS SATURDAY NIGHT, THE COWBOYS HAVEN’T LOST AT HOME SINCE WEEK ONE TREND LAST SEASON. THE STREAK STAYS ALIVE. SPEAK OF THE STREAK STAYS ALIVE I HAVE 30-26 IN THIS MATCHUP FOCAL POINT WIN FOR DALLAS. THEY DON’T HAVE A GOOD GREAT ANSWER FROM CEEDEE LAMB PERIODS PRODUCTION FROM

THE SLOT IS RIDICULOUS. HE HAS BEEN THE MOST PRODUCTIVE RECEIVER OUT OF THE SLOT, 796 YARDS IT’S ALL VERTICAL ROUTES. THAT’S HOW HE DOES IT. WE SAW C.J. J.J. NOT COMING BACK THIS WEEK I THINK THEY’RE HOLDING BACK ON THIS ONE NIGHT’S DON’T THINK THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE AN ANSWER. HE HAS 601 YARDS IS NOT LIKE HE’S A SLOUCH THERE EITHER. THEY HAVE AN ANSWER FOR HIM IN THE SLOT, SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> EYES FEEL LIKE HIS NUMBERS THIS YEAR HAVE GOTTEN OVERSHADOWED. HE IS AMAZING. I’M PICKING THE COWBOYS TOO I HAVE A 30-28. I

LIKE THE LIONS TO KEEP IT CLOSER. IF THIS WAS A NEUTRAL FIELD THE LIONS I THINK THEY ARE BETTER, THE COWBOYS GOT GREAT NEWS WHEN THEY HAVE TYRON SMITH BACK IN PRACTICE. JERRY JONES SAID HE FEELS GOOD ABOUT HIM BEING ABLE TO PLAY IN THIS GAME AND TO ME THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. IT’S A REALLY STRONG OFFENSIVE LINE BUT THEY ARE NOT DEEP AND WE SAW THAT A WEEK AGO THEY CAN’T ADJUST. SMITH IS PLAYING LIKE AN ALL-PRO THIS YEAR AND IT’S GOING AGAINST A LIONS PASS RUSH THAT ISN’T REALLY GOOD

OUTSIDE OF AIDAN HUTCHINSON. >> THEY NEED TO BLITZ AND THEY ARE GOOD AT DOING THAT BUT I THINK THEY ARE 26TH IN PASS RUSH WIN RATE ECHO THE COWBOYS NEEDED MORE, LINES COMING OFF THE EMOTIONAL HIGH. I HATE GETTING ALL VAGUE AND WEIRD BUT IT’S A HOME GAME. >> DALLAS HAS BEEN VERY GOOD AT HOME AND ALLOWING HIM TO MAKE THE CHANGES HE NEEDS TO MAKE. I GOT 32-28 I’M TAKING DALLAS BECAUSE DAC IS A BETTER QUARTERBACK, THE LIONS CAN WIN WITH THIS DEFENSE IS NOT EASY FOR BRANDIN COOKS. HE IS ONE OF THE LEAGUE

LEADERS IN RECEPTIONS — WHEN DAC DAK IS TARGETING HIM, THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK. LET’S SAY THE LIONS ARE ABLE TO FOCUS ON WHOLE LOT OF ATTENTION FOR CEEDEE LAMB I THINK THAT MAKES IT MORE EASY FOR BRANDIN COOKS AS WELL. >> IT’S OKAY, WE ARE GOOD. >> TWO TEAMS THAT HAVE ALREADY LOCKED DOWN THE PLAYOFF SPOTS TO THE CHIEFS TEAM THAT IS STRUGGLING. KANSAS IT HAS LOST THREE OF THE LAST FOUR GAMES THE MOST RECENT GUT PUNCHED HIM ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THE RAIDERS WANTED TO ARROWHEAD AND CHUCK CASEY 20-14 DESPITE ZERO COMPLETIONS

AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER. HERE IS TRAVIS KELCE ON THE NEW HEIGHTS PODCAST. >> FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW. EVERY SINGLE DAY WE ARE GOING IN HERE AND FIXING IT I PROMISE YOU GUYS. IT’S NOT JUST ONE GUY, IT’S NOT JUST ME PLAYING LIKE — NOT JUST NOT THE ABLE TO GET THE RUN GAME GOING, NOT JUST US BEING ON THE SAME PAGE PASSING WISE. EVERYBODY IS IN THIS THING, EVERYBODY AT SOME POINT ISN’T BEING ACCOUNTABLE AND WE’VE ALL GOT TO BRING IT TOGETHER. >> THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE MET IN THE PAST, AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. BOTH SQUADS

FIGHTING TO MAKE THE POSTSEASON WHO GETS IT DONE ON SUNDAY? >> I FEEL IT THE CHIEFS FIND A WAY TO WIN 23-28 FEEL GREATER THAT THE BENGALS KEEP IT CLOSER THAN SEVEN IF YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. JA’MARR CHASE IS GOING TO BE BACK ON THE FIELD OF THIS WEEK AND I LOVE THE FACT HE THREW OUT SOME TRASH TALK THE CHIEFS DON’T HAVE ANY ELITE PLAYERS ON THEIR DEFENSE. THERE IS A BIG REASON WHY HE’S WRONG ABOUT THAT, LaDARIUS OWENS NEED IS ONE OF THE BEST QUARTERBACKS. HE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE’S GOING TO BE

PLAYING IN THIS GAME AND THAT’S GREAT NEWS FOR TEE HIGGINS AND JA’MARR CHASE. SOMETIMES I FEEL YOU YOU JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR STUFF TO FEEL ALIVE. YOU’RE JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF SPEAKING UNDER LIKE THIS IS BORING I’M GOING TO PROVOKE SOME PEOPLE. THAT’S GOING TO LEAD TO A GREAT PERFORMANCE. >> I LOVE JA’MARR CHASE AND DIE LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF TALK BUT I THINK THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT WIN FOR THE CHIEFS. I HAVE A BIG ONE HERE, 26-18 IN THIS MATCHUP. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ELITE DEFENSE.

CHRIS JONES HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT WHAT JA’MARR CHASE IS GOING TO SAY PERIODS NUMBER ONE TIME OF .82 SECONDS, THAT’S THE THING. THIS ENTIRE DEFENSE, THE MOST UNBLOCKED PRESSURE, MOST UNBLOCKED SACKS — I’M SAYING THAT IS A PRETTY ELITE SET OF NUMBERS AND STATISTICS THERE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT WHEN THEY BLITZ THEY HAVE THE SECOND-BEST ALLOWED ONLY TO THE BROWNS. I WOULD SAY LET’S PUMP THE BRAKES HERE AND TRENT McDUFFIE HAS — I’M JUST SAYING I LOVE JA’MARR CHASE BUT IF I WERE THAT DEFENSE I WOULD PROBABLY BE LIKE — >> WHERE

ALL ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING JA’MARR CHASE AND IF HE WERE TO SAY YOU CAN’T COVER ME, ABOUT THE PLANET, HE’S RIGHT. THERE’S OTHER PEOPLE OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD AT ONE TIME. THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD CHIEFS DEFENDERS — THE CHIEFS CAN MAN UP. TRENT McDUFFIE CAN PLAY ON THE OUTSIDE BUT WHEN HE COMES INSIDE HE’S A CREATIVE PLAYER. WE NEVER THINK ABOUT HIM OUT THERE. HE COMES INTO THE SLOT HE’S GOT NINE QUEBEC HITS THIS SEASON. THREE SACKS, HE HAS FORCED FIVE FUMBLES. THERE’S SO MANY GUYS IN THE FIELD THAT CAN MAKE PLAYS AND

THEY NEED TO WHEN THE OFFENSE IS STRUGGLING LIKE THEY ARE BUT I THINK THEY MAKE ENOUGH PLAYS. >> IT’S HUSKY ON HUSKY CRYING MY. >> IS THIS THE FIRST TIME WE EVER DID A CHIEFS WHEN ACROSS THE BOARD AND YET NO MENTION OF THEIR OFFENSE? THAT’S WHY THE BENGALS WILL KEEP IT CLOSE. >> WE ARE A SHOW OF RECORD. >> JUSTIN JEFFERSON ON THE VIKINGS PLAYOFF HOPES HANGED BY A THREAD, IS THAT CUT BY JORDAN LOVE AND THE PACKERS? >> NFL GAME DAVE VIEW IS PRESENTED BY MERCEDES-BENZ, >> THE NFL PLAYOFFS ARE ALMOST HERE, WITNESS

THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE SEASON LIVE IN PERSON, 14 TEAMS, 12 GAMES, THREE WEEKS DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO BE PART OF YOUR TEAM’S JOURNEY TO SUPER BOWL LVIII. TAKE YOUR SEAT, VISIT NFL.com/Tickets TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS TODAY. IT’S TIME FOR THE DRIVE TO EXCELLENCE PRESENTED BY MERCEDES-BENZ, THE PACKERS AND VIKINGS, BOTH TEAMS CALLING FOR THAT FINAL WILD CARD SPOT. DO YOU BELIEVE IN JAREN HALL FOR MINNESOTA? >> I DO BELIEVE IN JAREN HALL, I DON’T BELIEVE IN THE VIKINGS DEFENSE SLOWING DOWN THE PACKERS OFFENSE. I THINK THE PACKERS WIN IN A SCORE FEST

33-27 AND IT’S BECAUSE OF THESE WIDE RECEIVERS. CHRISTIAN WATSON IS OUT, THEY JUST GOT GUYS COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK, BO MELTON MAKING PLAYS IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO THEY THREW OUT THERE. THEY LOSE ONE TIGHT END AND RIGHT NOW THEIR OFFENSE IS RANKED HIGHER, TOP TEN ACROSS-THE-BOARD THAN THE AARON RODGERS PACKERS OFFENSE WAS A YEAR AGO WITH ALL OF AARON RODGERS’ FRIENDS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PLAYOFF TEAM. HEY GUYS, LET’S GO, TIM BOYLE, COME WITH ME — WE ARE TALKING THE PACKERS, THEY ARE GOING TO WIN. >> I AGREE THE PACKERS OVER TO WIN,

WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IT HAS BEEN TO GO UP AGAINST JOE BARRY’S DEFENSE AND JAREN HALL HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY. I THINK IT’S GREEN BAY 24-21. JORDAN LOVE IS PLAYING BETTER, YOU GO BACK IT TO THE MATCHUP IN WEEK EIGHT, JORDAN LOVE WAS 1 OD EIGHT OR MORE PLAYERS IN THE COVERAGE AND I THINK JORDAN LOVE HAS SEEN A LOT OF THINGS SINCE THEN. IT DIDN’T GO SO WELL HE’S A BETTER QUARTERBACK NOW. I THINK DESPITE WHAT JOE BARRY’S DEFENSE HAS DONE THE PAST FEW WEEKS I’M GOING WITH GREEN BAY. >> LAST FEW TIMES YOU’VE MENTIONED

THE COORDINATORS NAME THE NEXT WEEK THEY HAVE CEASED TO BE THE COORDINATOR. >> MAY BE YOU ARE. I ACTUALLY HAVE THE VIKINGS IN THIS ONE. Y? GOT JUSTIN JEFFERSON. HERE WE GO, PRIME NUMBER. WHEN I’M LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY, IT’S ALL ABOUT WHERE IS THE DEFENSE GOING TO GO, JUSTIN JEFFERSON EXLEY CATCHING THE BALL OR IF HE IT’S JUST DISTRACTING ANY OF THE DEFENDERS TO CREATE SPACE FOR OTHER GUYS LIKE TY CHANDLER, WHOEVER ELSE IT DOESN’T MATTER. THE REALITY IS THIS TEAM ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO PULL OFF THIS THING THEY ARE TRYING TO DO WHICH IS

REBUILD — I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT STRATEGY IS BUT I DO THINK THEY PULL OFF THE UPSET BY JUST ONE POINT. I THINK THE DEFENSE FOR BRIAN FLORES WE’VE MENTIONED HIM, HE’S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS DEFENSE, THEY ARE JUST LOSING TOO MANY PIECES. >> ONE CATCH FOR JUSTIN JEFFERSON LAST TIME. >> BAKER AND THE BUCCS HAVE RATTLED OFF FOUR STRAIGHT WINS, HE’S BEEN KIND OF GOOD TO. >> COTTON BOWL, MIKE EVANS! FIRE THE CANNONS, THEY TAKE A 9-0 LEAD TO. >> TOUCHDOWN TAMPA BAY! MERRY CHRISTMAS, MICHAEL. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS INDEED TO. CURRENTLY IN

FIRST PLACE IN THE NFC SOUTH BUT NEW ORLEANS IS ONE GAME OUT, THE ART OUT OF IT WILL THEY BE AFTER THIS ONE? >> THEY WILL COME A 23-21 AND THIS MATCHUP FOR THE HOME TEAM, BAKER HAS BEEN GREAT BUT YOU KNOW WHY? IT’S BECAUSE WHITE HAS BEEN THERE TO CATCH THOSE SHORTER PASSES FOR HIM. WE NEED TO GET A RUN GAME BUT HERE IS THE THING. IT CAN BE A SHORT PASSING GAME TO MY RUNNING BACKS WHICH IS WHAT THE CASE IS. THAT INCLUDES CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY WHO WAS ALSO THE RUNNING BACK WHO CATCHES PASSES,

HE HAS MORE. >> HE WAS A RECEIVER. >> 91.5 CATCH RATE — HELLO? THAT’S VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. >> I AGREE WITH YOU, I HAVE BEEN RIDING THEM, THEY HAVE KEPT ME IN FIRST PLACE THROUGH THIS WINNING STREAK. I GOT THEM WINNING 272 MIKE 20 BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO GET PRESSURE ON DEREK CARR, I WAS THERE IN SoFi STADIUM ACROSS THE STREET WATCHING THE RAMS DEFENSIVE LINE DOMINATE THIS GROUP UP FRONT. WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS LOOK AT LION PLAY. THE DEAL I’M NOT GETTING ANY PRESSURE, THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS GIVING UP A LOT OF

PRESSURE, THAT IS A BAD COMBINATION. THEY EMBARRASS THEM IN THE SUPER DOME, END THE MISERY — GET IT DONE THIS SUNDAY. >> I ALSO THINK TAMPA BAY WINS THIS 123-17 BECAUSE IF THERE’S ONE THING YOU NEED TO DO TO PLAY THE BUCCS YOU NEED TO STOP MIKE EVANS. ONE FORCE ON THIS PLANET CAN STOP MIKE EVANS BY HAVING HIM LEAVE THE GAME AND ITS MARSHON LATTIMORE. HE’S TROLLING AND HE’S LIKE I CAN HIT HIM? FAKE THE SHOTS. HE GETS RUN FROM THAT GAME. THAT WAS BACK IN 2017. MULTIPLE ALTERCATIONS SINCE THEN. THEY JUST FINISHED TRAINING

CAMP AND THEY ARE LIKE ALL RIGHT, WE GOT TO GO AT IT. THEY BOTH GET RUN HERE TOO. WE HAVEN’T SEEN MARSHON LATTIMORE SINCE NOVEMBER, NOBODY IS DEALING WITH MIKE EVANS ON OR OFF THE FIELD I’VE GOT THE BUCCANEERS WINNING THIS ONE AS WELL. >> >> I DON’T THINK ANY SENSE FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE MAD TO. STILL TO COME TO THE STEELERS AND THE SEAHAWKS WILL NEED TO WIN TO STAY IN THE WILD CARD RACE. HAS RUDOLPH’S MAGIC RUN OUT? OUR PICKS RIGHT AFTER THIS QUICK BREAK. >> IN PITTSBURGH TERRITORY, MASON RUDOLPH IN THE

GUN. HE’S AT THE 40, THE 50, THE 35, HERE COMES GEORGE PICKENS, ALL THE WAY FOR A PITTSBURGH STEELERS TOUCHDOWN. 86 YARDS! >> WHAT A STREAK! >> NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS. 27% OF HIS YARDS — BOTH TEAMS 8-7 FIGHTING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, MASON RUDOLPH IS THE REASON I PICKED AGAINST PITTSBURGH LAST WEEKEND I WAS WRONG I’M PICKING AGAINST PITTSBURGH THIS WEEK 24-14 BECAUSE DID DO YOU SEE ON THE ROAD GENO SMITH WITH A GAME-WINNING DRIVE IN GENO SMITH DELIVERS? 3RD & 14. RIGHT HERE FIRING THIS INTO DEFENDERS, THE GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN. I’M NOT GOING

TO PICK AGAINST THE SEAHAWKS NEEDING THIS RUN IN THE PLAYOFFS. >> TEN POINTS THAT’S A BIG WIN I HAVE FOCAL POINTS IN THIS ONE, 22-18, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BOYE MAFE WHO HAS NINE SACKS THIS SEASON, NINE TACKLES FOR LOSS YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING? TWO FUMBLE RECOVERY IS. I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SEATTLE WITH ABOUT OFFENSE AND WE THINK ABOUT A FEW OF THEIR SECONDARY BUT AN AMAZING START OF THIS SEASON AS WELL AS A ROOKIE BUT WE HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT THE PASS RUSH MUCH. BOYE MAFE — THAT’S HOW I

LEARNED IT. WHEN YOU HAVE AN OLD LINE, YOU HAVE ANOTHER SACK OR MAYBE TWO. >> THE RUSSELL WILSON TRADE TO GET — >> NO MORE RUSSELL HAYES. >> PATRICK STOLE GENO FROM ME I COULDN’T TALK ABOUT IT. I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE STEELERS DEFENSE AND WHY THEY STRUGGLED OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD THIS SEASON. IT’S BECAUSE THEY ARE SLOW AS LINEBACKER AND THEY ARE SLOW AT CORNERBACK. WHAT IS MY SCORE? IT’S 23-17. GET OVER THREE AND A HALF. WHEN YOU WATCH PITTSBURGH THIS YEAR THEY HAVEN’T KNOWN WHAT TO DO WITH PATRICK PETERSON THEY

MOVED HIM INSIDE, OUTSIDE HE GETS PICKED ON A LOT. LINEBACKERS HAVE BEEN INJURED AND SLOW AND AS A SEAHAWKS ENTHUSIAST I WANT TO SEE HIM USE THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD MORE THEY THROW TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE FIELD, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA, THEY HAVE SOME GOOD TIGHT ENDS. I’VE SEEN GENO DO IT BEFORE THEY WERE GOOD AT IT LAST YEAR. LET’S START USING THE WHOLE FIELD, SEAHAWKS GETTING READY FOR THE PLAYOFFS. >> LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME NOTABLE PLAYER PROPS FOR THIS GAME, WE’VE GOT GENO GOING TO ORDER 48 AND A

HALF PASSING GUARDS, MASON RUDOLPH ONE HALF PASSING TOUCHDOWNS, KENNETH WALKER 61 HALF RUSHING YARDS, NAJEE HARRIS, 62 AND HALF RECEIVING YARDS. STEELERS HAVE A SEAHAWKS. WE GET TO SOME QUICK PICKS, BATTLE OF THE BIRDS, CARDINALS AND EAGLES IN PHILLY WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING? >> JONATHAN GANNON IS GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR REVENGE BUT HE DOESN’T GET IT BECAUSE D’ANDRE SWIFT RUNS ALL OVER HIS TEAM. I HAVE 32 MACA 20 RIGHT NOW. KYLER MURRAY HAS BEEN — IF HE DOESN’T PLAY TAKE THAT WHOLE THING DOWN A LITTLE BIT BUT FEWER POINTS IN GENERAL. D’ANDRE SWIFT

IS GOING TO MAKE HIS OLD D.C. REALLY WELL, THE EAGLES ARE GOING TO USE D’ANDRE SWIFT TO RUN ALL OVER THEIR OLD — THERE’S A WEIRD SHADE THERE. WE START TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO SEE FROM THE EAGLES, PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING WHAT’S GOING ON. WE SEE MORE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS. >> IT’S GO TO THE 49ers AND COMMANDERS, EXPECTED TO START FROM WASHINGTON. NOW QUESTIONABLE WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY. IS JAKE BRISKET WITH A BAD WILL ENOUGH? >> WITH ANY WHEELS HE DOESN’T PLAY DEFENSE, I’M GOING 52 MACA 21. A 50 BURGER IN WASHINGTON IS THAT WHAT

IT IS? I’M LOOKING FOR BIG PLAYS. >> THAT’S TOTALLY REASONABLE. THE COMMANDERS ARE ONE OF THE WORST DEFENSES I’VE SEEN A LONG TIME. ZERO PASS RUSH THEY MADE THE JETS OFFENSIVE LINE LAST WEEK LOOK LIKE THE 90s COWBOYS AND THEIR CORNERBACKS GIVE UP A BUNCH OF HUGE PLAYS. BOTH ARE STARTING CORNERBACKS FOR WASHINGTON WE HAVE BACKUPS ON BACKUPS AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST OFFENSES WE’VE EVER SEEN, THEY HAVE ONE OFF WEEK WITH SOME TURNOVERS DOESN’T MEAN THEY CHANGED. MAKE IT 52 MACA 14, IT’S WORTH A TOUCHDOWN. >> EITHER WAY. >> 70 SOME ODD POINTS. THE

PATRIOTS SHUCKED THE BILLS BACK IN WEEK 7 THEY GOT A PRIME TIME WIN ON CHRISTMAS EVE. I’VE GOT THE BILLS WINNING 23-13. GABE DAVIS, GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. THE KING OF 2023 WENT OVER 100 YARDS LAST WEEK. HIS LAST TWO GAMES HE’S GONE OVER 100 YARDS HE’S BEEN THE ULTIMATE BOOM AND BUST PLAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GABE TO GET SOME CATCHABLE BALLS, NOT ALL ON DEEP SHOTS. VERY GOOD IN THE PLAYOFFS ESPECIALLY FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS. THE RAIDERS DESTROYED THE CHARGERS AND THEY WENT INTO ARROWHEAD AND PETE PATRICK MAHOMES, IS IT TIME

FOR ROSS TO START TAKING THE SILVER AND BLACK MORE SERIOUSLY? WE ARE TALKING RAIDERS AGAINST THE COLTS COMING UP NEXT. >> ROLLS OUT TO HIS RIGHT, TRIES TO FIND HIS RECEIVER. INTERCEPTED DOWN THE SIDELINE, HE WALKS IN! TOUCHDOWN! >> HE STEPS IN FRONT OF WATSON AND TOOK THAT 33 YARDS FOR HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN IN AS MANY WEEKS. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> IT’S TIME FOR PREGAME PREDICTIONS. RAIDERS-CULTS, BOTH TEAMS FIGHTING FOR THAT LAST WILD CARD SPOT IN THE AFC, WHO GETS IT DONE? >> THE RAIDERS! 21-20, ONE POINT WIN FOR THE RAIDERS BECAUSE OF

THEIR DEFENSE. A DEFENSE — WE KNEW ABOUT MAXX CROSBY, WE SAW THE JACK JONES INTERCEPTION, WE KNOW ABOUT — 37.7 PRESSURE RATE, THAT IS THE HIGHEST AMONG THE LINEBACKERS. I’M LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AND THE CONFUSION THAT SOMETIMES IS THE COLTS OFFENSE. A LOT OF INJURIES, WE STILL AREN’T SURE IF WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MICHAEL PITTMAN JR. GARDNER MINSHEW >> AT THE BALL CAN BE PUT IN DANGER, MAXX CROSBY WILL BE A BIG PART. SO MANY TIMES WE TALK ABOUT MAXX CROSBY DUE TO THE NATURE OF SPORTS DISCUSSION PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIS MOTOR. HE’S

AN INCREDIBLE ATHLETE, NOT JUST OUT THERE TRYING HARD TO. THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT GAMES THIS SEASON WHERE HE HAS PLAYED EVERY SINGLE DEFENSIVE SNAP. THE REST OF THE LEAGUE, THE EDGES HAVE FOUR. HE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE HE’S ALWAYS ON THE FIELD WHICH PERHAPS SPEAKS TO SOME ROSTER ISSUES, GET SOME GUYS TO GIVE HIM A BREAK BUT HE’S A BIG PART OF WHY THEY WON MY-17. >> THEY HAVE GIVEN HIM ONE EXTRA EDGE RUSH ARE AND THAT IS A MEMBER THE NAME OF MALCOLM KOONCE. OUR PRODUCER WAS LIKE WHO WAS MALCOLM KOONCE — HE’S ONE OF

THE BEST SECONDARY ADS RUPTURES. IT’S THREE AND A HALF. COLTS FANS IF YOU’RE OUT THERE YOU’RE WONDERING HOW DIDN’T HE SHOW ANY — I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THIS COLTS TEAM THERE THE NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM — I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THEM. THAT MIGHT BE A CURSE BECAUSE I HAVEN’T PICKED A COLTS GAME CORRECTLY. >> A LOT TO FEEL POSITIVE ABOUT, THE COLTS WINNING 20-17. OVER-UNDER FOR THE WEEK RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP. THE CHARGERS AND THE BRONCOS WITH 36 AND A HALF TIED WITH THE PANTHERS AND THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS.

NOT A LOT OF POINTS EXPECTED BETWEEN THE FALCONS AND THE BEARS, BOTH SQUADS REMAINING ALIVE IN THE WILD CARD RACE. WHICH TEAM IS EVEN MORE ALIVE AFTER THIS? >> I LOVE THE BEARS WINNING I THINK WHEN ARTHUR SMITH LOOKS IN THE MIRROR OR THE MONITOR WHEN HE’S ON THE PAT McAFEE SHOW HE’S GOT A LOOK AT HIMSELF AND SAY WHO AM I, WHAT IS MY TEAM? AREN’T WE SUPPOSED TO BE A GOOD RUNNING ATTACK? SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL ON ANYONE — YOU CAN’T DO IT. YOU ARE 24TH IN THE LEAGUE IN

RUSHING SUCCESS RATE AND THEY GOT IT GOING A WEEK AGO AND THEY DID IT AGAINST INDIANAPOLIS. I DON’T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE THIS BEARS DEFENSE IS PLAYING FANTASTIC THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT AGAINST THE RUN ALL YEAR. NOW THEY’RE PLAYING REALLY WELL AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSES IN THE LEAGUE. THEY REMIND ME OF THE LIONS FROM YEAR AGO. THEY ARE FINISHING THE SEASON PLAYING AS WELL OR BETTER THAN SOME OF THE TEAMS THAT WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, LOVE THIS BEARS TEAM. >> I’VE GOT THEM WINNING ON THE POWER OF THAT DEFENSE

AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE OFFENSE AFTER THIS GAME THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE DISCUSSION OF WHAT TO DO WITH JUSTIN FIELDS. ONE PLACE THAT WOULDN’T BE A DISCUSSION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. WE LOOK BACK AT JUSTIN FIELDS BEHIND JAKE FROMM, PLAYING BACKUP QUARTERBACK FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS, HE TRANSFERS TO OHIO STATE HE FINISHED HIS CAREER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BEFORE ALL THAT, JUSTIN FIELDS WAS RIGHT THERE IN GEORGIA AND I THINK ULTIMATELY THE ATLANTA FALCONS MADE A MISTAKE BY NOT MAKING AN OFFER TO LAMAR JACKSON, PERHAPS WHEN THEY DIDN’T DRAFT JUSTIN FIELDS I

HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A LOOK AT HIM UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING A TRADE TO. >> HE LOOKS GREAT IN RED. HE’S NOT GOING TO WIN AT THIS GAME. THIS IS QUITE SURPRISING THAT THE MODEL PICKED THE UPSET HERE, ONE POINT UPSETS. 22-21 — THERE IT IS, IT WAS CRAZY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS FALCONS OFFENSE LAST WEEK. WE SAW THEM USE THEIR PLAYMAKERS, WHAT’S? THAT IS CRAZY. THAT IS KYLE PITTS, DID YOU EVEN REMEMBER WHO HE WAS? DRAKE LONDON GOT IN ON

THE ACTION, BIJAN ROBINSON HAD A NUMBER OF EXPLOSIVE SITUATIONS, NOT JUST MAKING IT OUT OF NOTHING BUT ACTUALLY BEING SET UP FOR EXPLOSIVE SITUATIONS, WHEN LOOKING AT THE PARTS OF THIS BEARS DEFENSE, I THINK WE GOT A LITTLE TOO HIGH ON THE FACT THEY START OFF BEING NOT SO GREAT AND THEN THEY GOT MONTEZ SWEAT AND IT LOOKED LIKE ALL THE PROBLEMS WERE FIXED EVERY ONE IS BETTER. >> THAT’S HOW I FEEL. >> THEY STILL HAVE A LOW 226 PASSES TO BE CAUGHT ON OPEN TARGETS AND DRAKE LONDON, HE HAS ACTUALLY DONE A REALLY NICE

JOB IN EARNING RECEIVING YARDS OVER EXPECTED TO. THAT IS WHERE THE MODEL IS LIKE TAYLOR HEINICKE IS GOOD TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A RISKY KIND OF GUY. >> IN THEIR DEFENSE THEY HAD TO PLAY AGAINST JOE FLACCO ONE WEEKEND HE’S THE GREATEST QUARTERBACK WHO HAS EVER PLAYED TO. >> CLEARLY. >> I LIKE THAT HE SAYS THE F WORD TO. I NEVER THOUGHT JOE FLACCO WOULD CURSE AND IT TURNS OUT HE’S COOL. >> COMING UP C.J. STROUD’S BACK END OF THE NICK OF TIME THE TEXANS CAN STILL WIN THE DIVISION. WILL THEY GET IT

DONE SPEAK OF THE TEXANS SELECT C.J. STROUD. >> QUITE A LEADER. >> FIRING DOWN, TO THE HOUSE! C.J. STROUD, MAGIC! >> TOUCHDOWN, ARE YOU KIDDING? >> HE IS IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. >> HE HAS THREE INTERCEPTIONS IN THIS GAME. >> WHAT A THROW BY STROUD! >> THE TITANS-TEXANS IN HOUSTON, HE IS GOING TO START. WILL LEVIS IS BACK FOR THE TITANS BATTLE OF ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS. >> I LIKE THE TEXANS IN THIS GAME, THEY ARE BANGED UP ON DEFENSE BUT DEFENSIVELY GETTING STROUD BACK, WITH CASE KEENUM LET’S WATCH SOME OF THAT FOOTAGE. IN THAT GAME THAT

TEXANS GAINED ABOUT 370 YARDS, THE TITANS GAINED 200 AND ONCE AGAIN THE QUARTERBACK WAS CASE KEENUM. IF THE TEXANS WITH CASE CAN WIN IN TENNESSEE THE TEXANS WITH C.J. CAN WIN IN HOUSTON. SOMETIMES IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. A LITTLE 8-B TEST, C.J. STROUD BETTER THAN CASE KEENUM. >> MY MODEL, OKAY. I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE MARKET CORNERED ON SAYING THAT IS MY MODEL. I HAVE HOUSTON AS MATCH UP 23-19 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DALTON SCHULTZ A LITTLE BIT. ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OFFENSE WITH C.J. STROUD YOU THINK ABOUT HIS BEST PAL — I DON’T KNOW

IF THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS. THEY’VE DONE A LOT OF DAMAGE TOGETHER WITH DALTON SCHULTZ. YOU NEED A TIGHT END YOU CAN RELY ON. THIS FEELS GOOD AGAINST THE TENNESSEE SECONDARY THAT IS VERY SUSPICIOUS. I’M THINKING C.J. STROUD, AND OF COURSE DALTON SCHULTZ HE’S GOING TO GET IN THE END ZONE. >> MUCH LIKE GREG I DON’T ADHERE TO THE TRANSIT OF PROPERTIES IN FOOTBALL. GLAD TO HAVE C.J. STROUD 20-14 BUT THEY’VE HAD A LOT OF INJURIES IN THE DEFENSIVE LINE COMMODE TO DISCUSS THAT DEFENSIVE LINE AND HOW GOOD THEY HAVE BEEN. JONATHAN GREENARD IS GOING TO

BE OUT, WILL ANDERSON STILL DEALING WITH THE ANKLE INJURIES. IT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO, WILL LOVE STRUGGLED. I THINK THE TEXANS DEFENSE IS ENOUGH WHETHER IT WAS CASE KEENUM OR C.J. STROUD I THINK THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE LIKELY I’VE GOT THEM WINNING 20-14 — LET’S GO TO THE RAMS AND GIANTS AT METLIFE. TYROD TAYLOR IS GOING TO GET THE START FOR THE G-MEN, DOES NEW YORK PULL OFF THE UPSET? >> THEY DON’T — THEY ALWAYS COULD BUT I HAVE 25-18 IN THIS MATCHUP. WITH TALK ABOUT MATTHEW STAFFORD. I’M GOING TO GO ON HIGH

IT IS NOT TALKING ABOUT HIM BECAUSE IT’S LIKELY HE ENDS UP PLAYING IN DETROIT — I WANT TO TALK ABOUT — ANYTHING THAT CAN GO WRONG NO PROBLEM. PUKA NACUA THAT’S GOING TO BE THE KEY FOR THE FANTASY PLAYOFFS, I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS IT’S IMPORTANT TO PICK THE RIGHT ONES IN THIS PARTICULAR WEEK. MATTHEW STAFFORD, THIS GUY IS REALLY SPECIAL WHAT HE CAN DO WHEN EVERYONE ELSE BREAKS DOWN IS RIDICULOUS AND FROM ANY ARM ANGLE. HE WAS A GEORGIA BULLDOGS, SOMETHING ABOUT THAT SEEMS TO RESONATE WITH ME. I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT HIM AGAIN —

>> NO MORE CYNTHIA. >> KIND OF REMINDS ME — AS MUCH CREDIT AS SEAN McVAY OBSERVES, MATTHEW STAFFORD SPRINTING LEFT AND THROWING SIDE ARM, THAT’S JUST MATTHEW STAFFORD. >> NO AMOUNT OF COACHING — IF YOU TRIED TO COACH GUYS >> THEY DON’T GET DRAFTED. >> THE PANTHERS AND THE JAGUARS, TREVOR LAWRENCE HAS BEEN RULED OUT. C.J. BETH OR TASMAN STARTING QUARTERBACK, CAN HE DO IT? >> FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL YEAR I AM PICKING THE CAROLINA PANTHERS TO WIN AGAIN. THEY WON A COUPLE OF GAMES I HAVEN’T PICKED THEM TO DO IT — NOW THEY’RE

GOING TO WIN. WHEN I LOOK BACK AT MY TITLE THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE IN YOU BRYCE YOUNG. HE WAS HEADING SOME TIGHT WINDOW THROWS HE MADE SOME PLAYS WITH HIS FEET THAT WERE REALLY GOOD, HERE’S ONE RIGHT HERE, THROW ON THE MOVE FOR A TOUCHDOWN. I THINK HE’S MORE COMFORTABLE AND HE’S PLAYING BETTER. THIS JAGUARS TEAM THEY ARE ASKING TO GET KICKED OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS. I WATCH THEM WEEK AFTER WEEK. I WAS TEMPTED TO PICK AGAINST THEM WITH TREVOR LAWRENCE AND ONCE I SAW C.J. BETH THIRD I WAS LIKE GIVE ME THAT — THIS

IS GOING TO TAKE ME HOME FOR THE TITLE. >> IT’S — THAT’S A LOT OF GLOATING. >> THAT’S NOT GLOATING ITS CONFIDENCE. >> YOU ARE BASING YOUR ENTIRE TINY, SMUG CROWN ON THE PANTHERS? >> THAT’S WHEN I WILL REMEMBER. >> THIS IS THE DAN CAMPBELL SPEECH BEFORE THE GAME I HOPE YOU ARE WATCHING. >> THE ONE I WILL REMEMBER IS GREG ASSAYING THE PATRIOTS ARE GOING TO GO IN. RAN OUT OF THE STADIUM. CHARGERS AND THE BRONCOS, DENVER BENCHED RUSSELL WILSON EARLIER THIS WEEK. JARRETT STIDHAM GOING HERE I LIKE THE CHARGERS 22-21 BECAUSE IF THE

CHARGERS OFFENSE DOES ANYTHING THERE’S NO KEENAN ALLEN HERE, IT’S GOING TO HAVE TO BE QUENTIN JOHNSTON. HE HAD SOME BAD DROPS BUT HE HAD A GAME-WINNER THAT HE DROPPED AS WELL. I THINK GUYS WHO HAVE HAD DROPS EARLIER IN THEIR CAREER, DAVANTE ADAMS IS A STRUGGLE WITH DROPS. WHAT MATTERS IS YOU GET OPEN. I THINK QUENTIN JOHNSTON IS GOING TO CATCH A LOT OF SHORT BALLS, GET SOME YARDS AFTER THE CATCH AND HE WILL BE WHAT POWERS THE CHARGERS TO THE WIN. COMING UP IT’S TIME TO WRITE THIS DOWN — WE ARE GIVING YOU BOLD

PREDICTIONS FOR WEEK 17. STICK AROUND, YOU ARE WATCHING GAME DAY. ? ? ? >> RICH EISEN, MICHAEL IRVIN, KURT WARNER, GERALD McCOY JOIN CYNTHIA FRELUND FOR GAME DAY MORNING AS REPORTERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE LEAGUE IN ALL OF THE STADIUMS GET YOU SET FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE ADDITION OF GAME DAY MORNING. CURT WILL TELL US IF PATRICK MAHOMES HAS LOST HIS MAGIC. SUNDAY, 9:00 A.M. EASTERN ON NFL NETWORK. IT’S TIME TO WRITE THIS DOWN AS WE GIVE YOU SOME PREDICTIONS, SOME BOLDER THAN OTHERS PER WEEK 17. >> I HAVE BEEN SLUMPING. THE ONLY WAY YOU

SHOULD BUY THAT DOWN IS IT YOU THROW IT IN THE TRASH AFTERWORDS. I DID HAVE ONE GOOD ONE THIS YEAR THAT I WANTED TO THROW BACK. >> WHAT’S YOUR PREDICTION? >> I’M PUTTING WAY PAST WEEK 11 I PUT IN BUFFALO BILLS IN THE PLAYOFFS. CYNTHIA’S MODELS THAT THEY ONLY HAVE 29% CHANCE — >> SARAH TELLING ME THERE’S A CHANCE. >> I’M GIVING YOU 100%, YOU’RE RIDING THIS DOWN. THEY ARE THE FIRST TEAMS SINCE THE 1981 FALCONS DO NOT HAVE A WINNING RECORD — >> I HAD TO GIVE IT TO YOU, THIS IS A GOOD ONE.

I DID THE MATH FOR YOU AND IF MIAMI LOSES THIS WEEK, NOT ONLY TO THE BILLS HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS BUT THEY WIN THE EAST AND 51.1% OF SIMULATIONS. >> THAT’S MY WRITE THIS DOWN I NAILED IT. THEY ARE GOING TO GET HIT AND NEXT WEEK THEY ARE GOING TO WIN THE DIVISION, ALL WE NEED IS THE DOLPHINS TO LOSE THIS WEEK, THE BILLS TO BE TO THE PATRIOTS AND IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. HOPEFULLY YOU TOOK MY ADVICE BACK THEN, THEY’RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS. NOW PICKED TO WIN THE AFC EAST, MAYBE

THIS IS A YEAR THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THE SUPER BOWL. >> I LIKE IT, I’M GOING TO GO WITH SOMETHING FAR MORE WORKING WITH ME, IF IT WORKS KEEP ON GOING BACK TO IT. JAHMYR GIBBS LONGEST RUSH. THEY WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO 15 AND A HALF YARDS. 16 YARDS FOR GIBBS, THIS IS A FIRST-QUARTER TYPE OF SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ADJUST THE NUMBER I MEASURED AGAINST, WHAT YOU MEASURE MATTERS. I’M GOING TO TAKE THE CHIEFS, MIGHT AS WELL. >> YOU HAVE NAILED THIS WEEK AFTER WEEK. DIDN’T SHE CHOOSE THAT LAST WEEK?

SPEAK OUT THE ANSWER IS YES AND I’M GOING TO KEEP DOING IT. >> THE BEST PART OF IT IS BY ABOUT 10:17:00 A.M. ON THE WEST COAST THIS ONE IS ALREADY IN THE BAG. IT’S OVER SO EARLY EVERY WEEK. >> YOU’VE ALREADY GET JUICED BECAUSE HE’S SO EXPLOSIVE, THIS IS ADDING ANOTHER LAYER. I HAVE A MUCH MORE — WE DON’T HAVE EXCITING PLAYS BUT FOR SOME REASON THE NUMBER FOR JOE MIXON RUSHING ATTEMPTS IS AT TEN AND A HALF? EVERY SINGLE GAME THIS SEASON EXCEPT FOR ONE, I THINK JOE MIXON CARRIES THE BALL MORE THAN

TEN AND A HALF TIMES. I THINK 11 CARRIES AGAINST THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. THAT’S SOMETHING I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT YOU CAN WRITE DOWN. >> YOU KNOW WHAT? LISTEN. I’LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE. FOR FREE, I AM SO GENEROUS. >> TRAVIS KELCE, HE GETS IN THE END ZONE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TAYLOR SWIFT, TRAVIS KELCE END ZONE, BOOK IT. >> TRAVIS KELCE GETS INTO THE END ZONE, THE BILLS ARE GOING TO WIN THE AFC EAST — THANKS FOR WATCHING GAME DAY, WE’LL NEXT YOU NEXT WEEK.

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