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Speaker 5Welcome to Sharpers. Square, we are presented by Polymarket, and we are a part of the Volume Podcast Network. This is the show that makes the squares sharper and makes the wise guys pay attention. I am Chad Millman. I am joined, as always, by my co-host, my companion, my compadre, my BFF, professional better, Simon Hunter.
Speaker 6Hello, Simon. Chad, how we doing?
Speaker 5Brother, you're on the road. You made a big road trip with your dad. You're coming to us from a remote location. I like when you get out of the house during the season.
Speaker 6I don't. I'm a creature of habit, but, you know, we need to switch it up anyway. We need some wind, so. Yeah, on the road, seeing my cousin play some soccer. He's a senior, so. Normally, I would not be doing anything during the season, but I had two major family events this year. I have a wedding, and I had this. So, yeah, headed down North Carolina, watching some high school soccer, and seeing my man get, you know, I think he's like their MVP, so he's getting some award. Really proud of him. Yeah, I was trying to find ways to talk my way out of it, Chad, but it's like, man, I got to go down. I got to spend time with the family.
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Speaker 6Ring, ring, telephone ring. Somebody say it. Baby, what you doing? Yeah, crazy week with alignment. I'm moving, Chad. A lot of guys taking positions and moving pretty big numbers. Let's start with the games we loved that the numbers have moved. Texans, they were six and a half. We talked about it on Tuesday. Just so much money. So many guys I've talked to have just had the same view I have. It's like, yes, this Texas team isn't what we thought they were, but I knew this was going to be the Mika Rhines, all-in, burn the ships type of game. And you saw, even this week, you said, I'm taking over the play calling. Yep. My view is exactly what it was going to be. It was, this is a D'Amico, this team loves them type of game. So tons of calls on that one where all the guys agree. Even at seven, minus seven and a half, the guys are like, I'd still play it. They had the same view of me. If the Texans are a good team, they should win 20 to 10, 30 to 10. They should blow out this Tennessee team. So that was a big one of conversation. It's a Miami game. A game I feel like we were in on it. We know we're supposed to take it. It was seven and a half. It was seven. Now it's six and a half. And I still know professional groups taking the position on it. And if you want to wait now, you maybe can get back to seven. But that was definitely a big discussion this week. Other games we talked about that the line has really moved heavily. Atlanta, I mean, talked about it plus three and a half. Talked about it at plus two and a half. Talked about when they were minus two and a half favorites. Now they're up to minus three and a half. So it's just one of those where I was banging it. Guys were hitting it really hard. Like, I know some groups have taken really large positions on it. And it's all a hedge against Lamar. If Lamar plays, you can buy your position. That's the whole point and review of it. And if he does play with an ankle injury, you're getting great value. So that's another line that just you get these rare opportunities. And you see the spot where it's like, OK, this is a guy where are they going to force him back? If he has an ankle injury, Lamar Jackson. And we'll find out today right after our show. We should know if he's going to practice or not. If he doesn't practice today, highly unlikely Lamar plays in that game. So. Another game, if you want to take a position on minus three and a half, I don't hate it. It's just we're trying to give you out the best number here. And that's what every pro that I talked to was like, yeah, I'm right there with you guys. I'm betting that number right now. So that's when I really jumped out. Games we might be wrong on Packers getting a lot of love from the from the pros and the Packers. I still I think I'm dug in chat. I think I'm dug in on these bears, man. So that's that's been a fun conversation this week. Just a lot of pros in the Packers side. A lot of pros. On Tampa tonight, which I know we'll talk about. I'm still dug in on Dallas. That's another really fun back and forth where I get what they're betting. I get it. That's a huge number in a bad defense. But that's that's been really interesting to me. Just the pros who are taking their stand on. It's really about backing the trends. There's just a lot of trends of favor back in tap here. This big number on Thursday night and another game where I, you know, might be missing something here. And the pros on their side, 49ers, the pros just love. The 49ers, they're all talking about it. Wow. Still pretty dug in on the Seattle side. So that's just one where they just believe the 49ers are just still underrated. The betting public and the Seahawks are still a little overrated from last year. So that's that's been a really fun discussion. I know a game we're going to talk more about. So, yeah, as far as it goes for sharp goals, those are really been the hot topics. Those couple of games.
Speaker 5All right. Well, let's talk about that Thursday night game. Just briefly, Tampa Bay at Dallas. The line started at nine and a half. Moved down to seven and a half. It's back up to eight and a half. I know that the sharp money moved it all the way down and probably the public is coming in and pushing it back up as we get closer to game time because of all the enthusiasm for what the Cowboys have done offensively. And just looking at what the Bucs have their own for, they got a backup quarterback. Historically, this is when. When you smash Tampa Bay, I totally get your position completely. I am desperately trying to keep myself from just betting Tampa Bay. I have not played the game yet because I've been I've been caught betwixt in between between all the news, all the information that's coming in at me right now.
Speaker 6Yeah, I totally get why the pros are taking Bucs high. Bucs underlying numbers aren't they're not that bad of a team when you really go. Defense is really. It is and it isn't, right? They've had interesting matchups to start the year, but you're right. Once again, they're not as bad as we all overall perceive. The trends I was talking about, primetime dogs of seven-plus points facing a team that's coming off, putting over 30 points. They're 17-5 in this spot. There's a ton of trends that really favor the Bucs. We look at a bunch of different spots and angles for this one, and that's another reason the pros are playing. We talk Cowboys defense. Who are they to be favored by over a touchdown against anyone? This is just a very bad defense. All those reasons. I know it's terrifying. I just think it's a short week with an undrafted rookie quarterback, and he used so much of his luck up in that Green Bay game. If you really watch that game, he's just not a starter. This kid needs three years of coaching. He's just an incredible athlete, so that's another reason the pros are like, hey, this could be an undervalued guy. He's a guy who uses his legs and could easily run away from this Cowboys defense. We've seen struggle against mobile quarterbacks. It's another game where I really was going to take a position on the Cowboys, and now I'm just, you know, maybe I'll take Dak first half instead, go the coward way out. It's minus five and a half and take positions like that, but just because there's so much professional money on the Bucs, it's like I'm a little weary of it. It feels like I know I'm supposed to bet the Cowboys here. This is the exact spot the Cowboys beat a team by 20, 30 points, but just these trends. The guys I respect, the fact they're on the Bucs, I'll steer my money to other games than betting this big number on this Cowboys team.
Speaker 5Will we be steering our money to the Philadelphia Eagles visiting, or not visiting, but playing the Jacksonville Jaguars in London on Sunday? Wild 48 hours for the Eagles. Lane Johnson retires. Cam Juergens gets traded. Saquon doesn't practice on Wednesday. Devontae Smith doesn't practice. On Wednesday, many other starters did not practice on Wednesday. Zach Bond limited in practice coming back from the concussion. The line, the look ahead line. So let's say, you know, preseason line, Eagles minus two and a half. It is now Eagles plus seven and a half, a 10 point swing, all the money, all the tickets on the Jags. Wild, wild turn of events. The Juergens trade almost feels like Howie is packing it in. What are you hearing as an Eagles fan, as a Philly resident? What are you feeling right now?
Speaker 6Chad, you're better than that. Do you think the Eagles are packing it in after week four, buddy?
Speaker 5I don't think the Eagles are packing it in. When I see that being the conversation, I'm like, it doesn't make sense to me. They're going to get healthier. They have too much talent. Otherwise, it's not like this defense is going to crater. But it does feel like. People are losing their shit in Philly about what's happening with his offensive line, which has been the reason why the Eagles have been so good for so long.
Speaker 6Yeah, it just feels like a misunderstanding. I mean, I, to me, if you can get a second round pick for Cam Juergens, you'd take that any day of the week. Like I saw some stat, there hasn't been an interior offensive lineman traded for a pick above a third round pick since 2011. So it's very rare. It is random. I get why people are. I just were shocked. I was honestly shocked. I can't believe someone would pay a second round pick for Cam Juergens.
Speaker 5And he's making a lot of money, too. I know the Eagles have to figure out some cap stuff. Yeah, we've got dead cap.
Speaker 6Yeah. Yeah. But to me, for the Ravens, it makes sense. They're down three centers at this point, right? They lost Linderbaum. And then the two guys they had to replace them both got hurt. Cam could step in and be a good asset for them. And I think how he looks at our backups and just he's just like, why? Not like I just it can't be worse than what we've been putting out there. Like this. If you watch tape and you follow these grading services and they give out grades every week on these offensive linemen, Cam's been horrible. So it's just painful as an Eagles fan because it's coming to the year. The strength of this team was the line. Like Lane is still playing at a very high level. And that's a whole nother bag, you know, to get into of Lane retiring. I didn't really want to say too much about it because I don't know if he really retired. I don't know if this is just he. He needs to get away from it, clear his head, and he'll see maybe in five, six weeks, maybe you want to come back or this could be really it, right? He's got a lot going on his personal life lane. So, yeah, it's a it's an interesting time for sure for for being an Eagles fan, Chad. And my viewpoint was you just finally bet the Jags as favorites, especially in England. You've now hit a point where the value is totally shifted to the Eagles. Seven and a half. I know the books are begging you and you can be like me. You can be a sucker and take that and probably wake. Up and you're already down 30. Nothing like this Eagles team could roll over and die, but they still have a really good defense. You know, their offense. I know they've been absolutely horrible and they're down. Like you said, all the there's downs for offensive linemen. They're running with number one running back. Number one tight end. Number one receiver. And you got people in the media saying jail and number two
Speaker 5running back, by the way.
Speaker 6Yeah. Number two running back and like jail hurts. Yeah. Can he work a miracle and win this game? That would be incredible. But I would. I would say go to any quarterback on any team and take away all those assets. They're probably not beating a Jags team that we view now is what a top five top 16 NFL right now. So it's just a really horrible spot. So taking the number, I'll be happily surprised if they actually win this game outright. But we've just seen the Jags. They own England. They're just great there. And favorites are great covering there. So another game. I'm happy we can avoid for a contest because it's so tempting to put this one in. But I know better and I'll just wait and see for the Seagulls team.
Speaker 5So at New Orleans, this one was Simon says New Orleans is down to one and a half. It started at two and a half. It was a two on Tuesday when we made it. Simon says basically this is a sharp move. Like the majority of the tickets are on the Vikings, a little bit more than 50 percent of the money on the Vikings. But definitely it's sharp money that is moving this number in the direction of the Saints. Anything changed in your opinion on this game?
Speaker 6No, like like that's why I want to get two and a half because I want to get every number I can just because we see these glaring weaknesses on the Saints team. And I feel like if the pros keep betting it, it could have flipped. And that's why it's like I get the get the two and a half now because I knew the pros are coming on because it's such a I want to call it a lazy spot. But it really is where it's we all know the Vikings are overrated right now, right? They're not one of the they're not the Chiefs. We're also. They're four. No, they're just they're not comparable. We could see the Chiefs continue to success the rest of the season. Minnesota, the public, I think, still is unsure about them as well, because Kyler, he hasn't been laying the word on either since he started. He's been playing. So that's really what this position about. I still don't think Kyle is comfortable yet. As great as the Vikings defense has been, we have seen in the past. They are susceptible to being passed on. Like, as you know, we've seen before, like they they blitz heavy. If a quarterback can read the blitz. I know where his number or his go route is or as hot as hot read is, he can tear up the Vikings defense. And that's the way Lion Floyd's does it. He's like, OK, beat me for a touchdown or I'm sacking you. And now you're in third and 20. Like, he's just he knows the risk he's taking because the defense doesn't have a bunch of studs. It's a bunch of just guys. And that's what's been so oppressive. I mean, you look at their defense. I think they're rated number one. And then they're so far above EPA per play. They're like a full point above Seattle. Who's number two? Defense. It's just Minnesota's defense has been so insane. You expect to come back down to earth at some point. So Saints team coming off a really bad, embarrassing loss. Public eye. We just knew we were going to get a free point or two here. I still think you're still getting it like the Saints being a pick them in this feels more right. So you're still getting a point and a half of value. You want to take the Saints. But that's why I gave it out on Tuesday. It's like grab it two and a half. Now it's a key number. It could still get back there. I still think the public come Sunday will back this Vikings team. And we might get back to it. But no, I'm not slamming the table now to make people take it a plus one, plus one and a half.
Speaker 5I think you and I both still believe a little bit in Tyler shock and the magic he can. He can concoct at the end of games when he's just slinging it and they're moving down the field and he has no fear. It tends to work to our advantage when we're betting on the Saints. Obviously, last week for fans. It didn't. And we were happy to be on the Falcons. But as you said, he's going to get blitzed if he can get the ball off. If he can get that millisecond of protection, he is going to find opportunities to hit guys downfield that play to the Saints advantage in a game like this. All right. It is time for our brass balls trade of the week presented by Polymarket. And that is going to be get ready for it. Because. There was a big debate. Big debate. The Washington commanders trading at three and a half on Polymarket at 52 percent. You know what it takes? It takes brass balls. All right. Washington commanders trading at three and a half, 52 percent on Polymarket. That is our brass balls. Trade of the Week. Look, I think this is largely about Jaden Daniels being expected to play. He was a full participant in practice this week. Jameis is feeling himself coming off of a big, big upset win at home. It's interesting to me, 80% of the tickets are on the Giants. More than 80% of the tickets are on the Giants right now. So I like going with the commanders here. It's weird to have a brass balls be a more than a field goal favorite, but there's so much public sentiment for the Giants here. That's why I feel like it qualifies for us.
Speaker 6Yeah, it's also how rare is a three-and-one team is a three-and-a-half-point dog to a one-and-three team. Normally, me, Chad, would be all over the Giants, right? Divisional dog, getting the hook. But I feel like in the end, I would talk about Jameis, right? You got Jameis feeling himself after a big win. This is the exact game Jameis throws us like four picks. I mean, it's just these are the type of games he just totally lays an egg. And Jaden Daniels plays really well in these type of matchups. And we've seen this year, this Giants defense, they've also struggled against mobile quarterbacks. And, you know, as much as I like to hate on Dan Quinn, the one thing he does well is he beats the Giants. I think in his career, he's 6-0 straight up, and he's 5-1 against the Spartans. He's spread since 2015. So he just, he always does well coaching against the Giants in this division especially. And I get why the public is backing the Giants, right? They have so many questions about this Washington team. I think it's been sneakily underrated how good this Washington team has gotten each week. Like I know last week they lost to the Colts. They were playing really tough until Mary got knocked to that game. And they kind of just gave it away in the second half. So I think the defense has been improving under Quinn. We've seen this offense, when Jaden Daniels is in there, they're pretty dang good. So, yeah, it just feels like a nice bounce back shot for this community and a letdown game for this Giants team.
Speaker 5I agree with you about the defense. Sonny Stiles, as a linebacker, has been incredibly good. I feel like they are improving. What are you seeing when you watch Sonny Stiles? Because that, to me, could be a game-changing pick for them that solidifies what could have been a terrible, terrible defense. We said it coming
Speaker 6out this about Sonny, though. He had no weaknesses. That was his whole – everyone talking about coming out of Ohio State. This kid is just a guaranteed – you're going to draft him. He'll be a linebacker for you for the next 10 to 15 years. Just an absolute stud. He's been above what they said. He is great at rushing the quarterbacks. He's great in coverage. He's great at reading the quarterback's eyes. He's great against the run. He just does it all. And, I mean, he talked about it last week. He didn't play well enough. He got bullied around. And that's another reason I like him to bounce back. That Colts team is a well-oiled machine when they're running with Jonathan Taylor. It's not the same with the Giants. It just simply is not. So, yeah, like I said, a game I was hoping was going to drop, but we've seen – obviously, professional money has held this the commander's number up. So, what a stake it has is if it got the three, that'd be great. But I just don't see Polymarket dropping a blow three and a half. It's just so much respect to the money right now back in this commander's team.
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Speaker 5Simon, we brought it up in the sharp calls. Cincinnati is visiting Miami. The number has moved from touchdown, from seven, down to six and a half. It is all wise guy of money. Miami had to be the side that you played. We knew it was going to be a sharp play on Miami. Seven is such a key number in these games. It's just so important. It's why we're waffling on, and we'll get to Houston, but why we're waffling on Houston at seven and a half. And it's also why I think we're waffling on Miami at six and a half.
Speaker 6Yeah, it's a little bit. We know we're supposed to do that. It's just like last week. We missed Miami because they moved off a ten and a half. We should have just played it because it was ten and a half. But, yeah. I get why the pros are betting. We said it's too big of a number, once again, for the Dolphins, and it's why you keep playing them. And it's going to be like this every week for us. But this one is really telling because now they're letting the public bet. The Bengals are just straight up winning teasers. Now you're down to six-point teasers. You're down to half. All you need is the Bengals to win by a point, and you win that bet. Same exact movement last week with the Bills. So it's always telling when the books do this. They try to make these little trap lines and teasers as well. This one jumps out now where it's like, I wanted to play Bengals in my, you know. my survivor pool now it's a little worrisome where it's like yes i can't believe that the books have moved this number now it could be a head fake and they could just be trying to get people following professional money and betting the dolphins and then not betting the bangles and all that and that's that is part of what the books do here um but that's really telling the books would move and take a position on this number not even saturday they're doing this wednesday and now they've done it they've held it thursday morning here so yeah we know we're supposed to do here chad you're supposed to know no matter what you're supposed to bet this dolphins tier that you're supposed to ride with the books because it's a long-term spot long-term winner if you back the books here so pretty pretty scary what i don't know what i'm going to do survivor anymore i might still still take me my note i shouldn't in every contest maybe i'll just do half now on the bangles because i don't know i'm going to use them again but i can't believe the books think this is one of the games the dolphins are going to win it's just i know they're going to win one or maybe two games this year it's just the way the league is i think it went still still is two and a half um they're updated when total the dolphins but i just i could not believe this line movement because like you said it's all the money all the bets it's all bangles so it's really really expecting like i i said i bet the dolphins not for it to move like someone to move this number it's a really respected group taking a large position on this dolphin side so yeah interesting number to keep track of this week if it's you know like i'm saying to people you could grab it now just in case more professional when it comes in and drives down to five and a half possibility now but we're all hoping it gets back to seven seven and a half
Speaker 5the survivor thing is so tough and we'll get to it because a couple of the more obvious teams the bangles and texans huge road favorites and that is a recipe for survivor bloodbath but there are not a lot of really obvious options we'll get to that a lot of people coming around to the idea and you've specifically said this but we've talked a lot about this with joe burrow it's becoming more and more obvious that the bangles failings are on his shoulders you had a stat the other day about joe burrow um that we had gotten from our friend and benevolent boss colin cowherd and his performance late in games he's not getting it done and that that is what makes me most nervous about betting on the bangles from a survivor point of view and i'm not getting it done i'm not getting it done i'm not getting it but also at a relatively big number is he just continues to not get it done and these things the way he performs the way he holds on to the ball those are habitual those are ingrained those aren't things that you all of a sudden change that's a little bit of hero ball to me which is also one of the reasons why i think we want to we want to be wary of betting on the bangles in a spot like this yeah and
Speaker 6that stat had bangles fans in their feelings they were really upset about that one um i had a bunch of people upset i probably should address the the tuesday thing that people so upset chad i don't know why i glazed over i probably should start the show with it my whole point i wasn't saying i'm better than people my whole point is i'm not here to sell you anything i would do this for free was my whole point like i love chad i love doing the show with chad love the fans of the show even fans who hate me and talk shit to me in public it's always with laughs like it's never that serious it's not that deep like people throw these hissy fits online in public it's never that deep we can have a laugh it's it's all for fun but the bigger point is we want to win bad on this show i hope people understand we don't take this show lately we know how many people listen and we care deeply about this show back to joe burrow i wasn't trying to take shots at him it was just a coward stat he gave out that i found really interesting chad i think chad found it interesting as well it's like if a guy's one in 34 in games when there's eight minutes left and he's either tied or losing in the game and he doesn't come back yes it's a stupid stat but it's just interesting it's like okay joe in these games we've had back-to-back weeks where he's been in the game and he's been in the game and he's been kind of blowing it that was the whole point and joe's future i feel like i already see a playing out joe leaves the bangles in two years goes to denver with sean payton who wins the super bowl something horrible like that i just feel so bad these bengal fans where it felt like they had a guy and now he's missed the playoffs three years in a row and you could say well it's not his fault and no one is blaming him totally it's it is a team game but here we are through four weeks and this team could be four and oh they're two and two and now the line's moving against them in miami if they lose this game against miami now they're two and three panic is going to be at the highest level ever in joe bro's career like this is i mean it's hell and it's hell in philadelphia right now it's going to be no different than cincinnati like the the sky will be falling so um yeah i just that that was my whole point about that joe bros i didn't know being bangles fans were gonna get so upset about it just it's just a stat we're not picking sides we're not saying this or that we're just giving simply giving out a stat uh
Speaker 5listen you know how i feel about comments comments are content feedback is a gift everybody just just keep them coming the next game we got to talk about the cleveland browns visiting the new york jets the game's been waffling one and a half two and a half two one and a half you can kind of get it at one and a half and two in a lot of places right now i can see i'm looking at the the odd screen right now um very interesting game potentially really bad weather in new york on sunday i want to be on the jets here um i think you would like to also but the weather is scaring us because we saw how badly gino played in weather um earlier this season against the packers and we know breeze hall isn't going to be playing the browns are such a public dog right now them and the giants are massive massive public dogs right now here's a great quote this is from one of our comments by the way comments are content from a youtube viewer as a jets fan i can tell you for sure there
Speaker 10are never any jets spots ever is this a jet spot simon it was until mother nature
Speaker 6might be stepping in and ruining all of our amazing plans for this one because we just we knew the browns are gonna be a huge public dog right we saw it sunday night as soon as you saw this line open it's like oh why are the browns not favorites here like they played better this year they have aesthetic rest and we've seen the stats it's your teams off extended rest they've been really good especially against the spread this season so um very very fishy line that immediately we were like okay we'll probably be on the jets here and then you see it 90 of the bets 90 of the money are on the browns and you're like oh my god is it really is it really that easy because sometimes it really is where it's like you don't even think you just back the jets and it's another long-term winner so that's what we meant it's a jet spot i get what i get what that jets fan saying it's uh it's been rough since sanchez man i i hear you guys but um if we get worried that it's not supposed to rain during this game we got gino in a nice 65 degree fall day chad this is the spot we back them this is the exact spot this jets team rolls this browns team where the hype is peak but this is also really exciting if you're a browns fan you're gonna be in because the browns go in and win this type of trap game you're a playoff team like that's what these are the type of games that they set up the rest of your season and they had people like me adjust our models to it because it's like okay this is this team is for real because right now there are seven seed missed playoffs type of feel the browns like it's can they backdoor their way into it sure but they win this type of game i'm telling you it sets up for your whole season because it's you're you're breaking the pattern like these are really really hard games to win unless you're a really legit team so um that's that was our whole point about the jets it's just we saw this number sunday the public is going to walk right into it bet a bad number bet the browns and get the jets you know jets win by three whatever it's going to be it's just this is what the sports books do so that's just why we either avoid it or take the jets that's that's that's our play for this one well the
Speaker 5despite all the attention and the public backing for the browns on the road the number has moved and that is an indicator that the browns are going to win this type of game that there is someone who isn't just the public that is interested in the browns so that's a little bit also i think of our hesitation either let me rephrase either the books are getting so much activity from just the public that they were forced to do it or somebody of knowledge came in and moved it in the browns direction but at some point it just becomes a jets line and you got to play the jets especially in this kind of situation so keep an eye on that one uh we're going over a lot of games today because i don't feel like we there's so much movement and so much changing opinion indy at pittsburgh you lean pit on tuesday sharp money coming in on the steelers for sure the line is still at two and a half it looks like it's headed to three we didn't spend a ton of time on this but sometimes we don't do that and we sort of lose track of games that might be obvious submissions pittsburgh may end up being an obvious submission for us a good number of games that might be obvious submissions for us home team offense improving i went back and researched you're right like the colts have some real serious injury issues especially in the receiver spot um has anything changed has this moved into a more dominant most bet position for you no
Speaker 6but it feels like it's no different than houston last week where um i just want to get the best number because i could see what happened with houston last week happened with the same thing with steelers this week where this goes to three or three and a half so that that's really what it's all about so It's just really about playing the number and the value. where if it's three and a half and you want to play the Colts, I got no issue with that. Like the Steelers, they're not three and a half points better than the Colts, but I think they are three points and two and a half points better. Like I think this is the exact type of game where the Steelers win by a field goal. They're just – overall, it's a better position. And the Steelers' biggest weakness, which, you know, the Colts could use to their advantage, is running the ball with Taylor. Like that is something they struggle with, but we've seen this Steelers' defense some weeks when they bring it, man. They're just so dominant. Like they have so much talent. So the only time we've really seen them struggle – I guess you could say they just struggle against Deshaun Watson and the Browns. I mean, the Browns put up a ton of points, but even that Joe Burrow game, they just – they never died, right? They stayed after and they got that sack at the end of it, the strip sack and get the ball. So, yeah, it's another tricky line here where I just – I'm more comfortable betting the Steelers, but it's all about the number. So, yeah, Sunday morning chat, if we come in and it's two and a half and we still – I'm still betting, though, you feel better about it. I got no issue putting the Steelers in, especially at this number.
Speaker 5Las Vegas at New England. New England is a three and a half point favorite right now. If you had told me before the season began that we go into week five and the momentum machine is for a Las Vegas team coming off a loss against the Chiefs instead of a New England team that came off a win on the road at Buffalo, I would have told you you're cray-cray, but that's how cray-cray the NFL is right now. The Raiders are a – along with the Jets and along with the Giants and along with the Browns, these three teams, massive, massive public dogs. What are we talking about here? The Raiders, the Browns, the Giants, these are the massive public dogs on the road? Against the Patriots? Like, this is insane to me. And I know we wanted to lean Raiders the other day, but the fact they're getting so much public backing, to me, makes me feel like the secret might be out and we got to be on the Patriots here.
Speaker 6It could be, but it is book to book, shop to shop right now with this line. Like, I know plenty of shops that are getting tons of Patriots money because they did just have such a huge win, right? They did just beat Buffalo. People are back on. They're back to believing. Of all the games you talked about, though, this is the only one that still feels like it's a mispriced round. I do have a question about the Browns. I have a question about the Giants. I feel like I know exactly who the Raiders are. And to me, this is another game where it feels like this lands on three. Like, yeah, could the Patriots blow them out and roll them? The Raiders finally play a terrible game and Kirk Cousins goes back to being a pumpkin. All those things are on the table. I just feel like they're so well coached. They have so much talent. I mean, they could have stole that game easily. Against the Chiefs, they easily could have won that game without that fumble. And what's this number then? Is this two and a half? Or is it still this number right now, which would be a glaring, like you're saying, a glaring trap. We got to just walk away from this one. But I'm still a believer. I still think the books are still too low on this Raiders team. And we've seen that every week so far this season. It's not like they're just been covering by half a point. I mean, last week they covered by a point and a half. So maybe we are walking right into it. But this is another game where I haven't moved off. I've took a position on the Raiders. I still think it's a good number. And I just still think it's about all the injuries to the Patriots. Like, yes, they got away with one last week. But we talked. But you could go back and watch that. Drake May just was out of body experience. Third and 10 back foot throw 20 yards downfield. The guy. Yes. It was just out of this world. And when they needed to touch on the red zone, third and 10 corner of the end zone. Perfect throw. Like that really was all about Drake. So could we get could Drake have found it? Could he found his groove and we get burned again here? Of course. But. I. Just. I can't get over this number, man. Just three and a half. This Raiders team, I think, is just still underrated by this by the shop. So they got me. They're sucking me in with this number. I'm not going to lie to you. It's just this was three, maybe two and a half. I could talk my way out of this one. But with the hook, I just think this Raiders team is too good to be still getting that type of number.
Speaker 5I don't think it's moving like it's all juiced to stay exactly where it is. It's one of the few lines this week. Some books have touched four.
Speaker 6Like, that's what you're saying. Like, there are really smart pro money on this Patriots team. So that's just another game why we're hesitant on this one. So I'm interested in what we do Sunday morning because I'm just so tempted right now with this Raiders team.
Speaker 5Listen, we got to talk about the Bears and the Packers because Chicago is visiting Green Bay. The line has come down ever so slightly. I can't remember if it touched three, but certainly for most of the week, it was two and a half. It's down to one and a half. Which feels more appropriate to me. Like, I think there was so much enthusiasm for the Bears and so much anti-Packer sentiment. Coming out of last week that the line got a little bit inflated. The bookmakers set it a little bit higher because the perception of the Bears is so good. And there's all this talk about Ben Johnson as coach of the year and they held the ball for 42 minutes. And, you know, but we're still talking about a second string quarterback going on the road into Green Bay in a huge rivalry game. Still with a very good quarterback in Jordan Love. And while the Bears defense. According to metrics. Has actually been playing really, really well. I think they're benefiting from, you know, a Jets team that couldn't score a Vikings team in really, really bad weather. Like there is some flukiness to some noise in sort of the stats that are helping their defense look as good as it does right now.
Speaker 10But Bears at minus one and a half all of a sudden.
Speaker 5It's I need to take my sentiment. Out of it because that's starting to look like a a Ben Johnson line to me.
Speaker 6Yeah, it's fair to say they've played one real offense this season in Chicago. And that was the Panthers. I don't think Green Bay is a real offense. So that's like they're right there. I don't know how it benefits them. Right. We know the Bears defense isn't good. They're going to live and die off turnovers. It's been working this year. Like they're getting their turnovers. They're winning all these games. They should win. This line just stinks, Chad. Like it. When it was three, you were right. It's like, okay, now I can be talking to Green Bay, but you're right at one and a half. Who is betting Green Bay? So the books, people, they're taking a very large financial stand on this Packers team. And we've seen a football is just wonky. They play this game nine out of ten times. I think the Bears just absolutely steamroll. Yeah, but the books are truly saying this is one of the ten and they are taking a very large position. Like I. I'm going to talk to I talked to five bookmakers. None of them are below 70% of the money or bets on the Bears. So every all five books are above 70% money and bets. And those bets do win. I mean, L.A. Rams, every shop, same all these same shops, L.A. Rams, 80% of the bets on the money last week. And it all came through. Now, we all agree that was one of the luckiest backdoor insane covers ever. And the Eagles had to go make history, go over 12 on third down. No model can account for that. So the books stay their course. It's like, OK, that wasn't a bad read by us. It's just that's football. That's sports. Stupid luck is going to happen. You're going to need stupid luck once again for this Bears team. That's what they're saying here. So I love this movement because now if I if I'm on the Bears, I'm just going to take the minus nine and a half. I'll take the adjusted line because that's what it's going to be. Bears either are going to blow this team out, this Packers team, or the Packers are going to somehow win this game very close. That's really what the books are telling you here with this line, in my opinion. So I'm shocked by this movement. I just I keep thinking I'm I'm too too low on this Green Bay team. And that might be true because like the books, the books are saying, tell me right now. They're like, this Packers team is not as bad as you and I perceive them. Like, I can't realize even last week, I mean, it's the books. I don't I don't what do they I don't get what they're backing. Like Van Ness has looked great on the Green Bay front line. And yeah, they have good safeties, but their corners are terrible. They're linebackers. They just aren't consistent. They just don't I don't get where they're looking defensive. And we've talked their offensive line is in total shambles as bad as the Bears team is. They have an OK front like they can get after the passer, the QB, I should say. So, yeah, it's just a game where I was very confident. I was happy to take a position on the Bears. Now it's I got to I got to be smarter. I got to either just avoid it, take an adjusted line or or suck it up and just take the Packers. But I really don't want to. I just do not see it with this Packers team.
Speaker 5Look at that. You've also lost Edwin Cooper, their linebacker, right, for the season. You mentioned the offensive line. They're basically rotating guys in off the street. They cannot find guys to fill that offensive line. It's tricky, man. It's like they are trying to
Speaker 6scare us off. They're trying to scare us off. I think I think they are. I don't get it. I don't get it either. It was like we're saying, though, if they kept us at three people, they would have got. They would still would have got a ton of money in the Bears. They would have got a ton of money in the Bears. Like the fact that they moved it here, they're they're literally they want more Bears money. That's what's so terrifying. That's what doesn't make sense. So we've just been in this. We've both done this for so long. Like, yeah, you can get away with this. People public do win. But this is a long term loser. If you're betting the Bears team, this is a long term loser.
Speaker 5Technically, San Francisco at Seattle. Seattle is now up to three. This was Chad's choice at two and a half. Solid three across the board. We both liked it on Sunday night. We're getting a little feedback from. the friends, the professionals, in sharp calls, saying they really like San Francisco. I really like San Francisco too. I actually don't think Seattle is overvalued off of the Super Bowl win. I think if anything, Seattle was one of the least talked about defending Super Bowl champions because everybody was talking about the Rams. People were talking about Patrick Mahomes coming back. There was not a lot of talk about Seattle, but I think they've been so good and dominant on defense. That's why I'm doing it. We see Mike Evans with a broken rib. We see Kyle Juszczyk not going to be playing. I just believe he's so important to a lot of the game planning in that offense. It's why they continue to keep the guy around. This defensive line is really struggling. Even if you're going against an offense in Sam Darnold that continues to be inconsistent and they're trying to get Joe Mixon off the street and can't even get him to join the roster because he's- He's not passing a physical. They're not physically able. That to me, it's really about what this defense is going to do at home coming off of a game in which they gave up a lot of cheap plays and let the Chargers sneak back in. They were very undisciplined. This feels like too much belief in Kyle Shanahan magic and not enough belief in the spot for the Seahawks in their defense.
Speaker 6Yeah, it's a little of that. The argument I got a lot from the guys was the fact that, like probably Mark, you can get Niners three and a half right now. That's part of it. That is obviously part of it. The big one will just be through four weeks, who has played better and more consistent? The Niners. Who has been up and down a little shaky to start the year? It's fair. It's the Seahawks, right? I mean, that Mariota game is going to jump out to a lot of people. You didn't see their defense get up to those type of big passing plays. Now, you talk about time. These backup quarterbacks that come in, they can all have that one fluke. These are some of the best athletes, right, playing football at the highest level. These guys, for one game, your body's fully healthy. Yeah, you can have an incredible one game. But like you said, the Chargers also, you know, it's horrible. You look at the underlying number, Chargers are totally lost. Horrible. They were able to put up 23 points. Now, like Chad said, that's a ton of junk time. A lot of Seattle let those guys back in. They were up so big, you know, they let that team back door. So I think we're both the same where it's like we still own when it was two and a half. That was just a great number of great value. So I hope it goes back down. Like I said, there is professional money on the 49ers. They're just a lot of models have them graded as just as a three point dog here. So people are just going to take that half point of value. They're going to take that three and a half, especially if Polly Mark has given it to you. So another line that's going to be fun to follow this week. We'll see pros come back in, bet it down. We can get it to an after a contest. That's a real conversation. Like we're getting a great team at home under a field goal in a divisional game. Where, you know, our only hesitation in my, I don't know about you, my only real hesitation right now with Seattle is Sam Darnold. Yeah, just totally. He just does not look comfortable. He's played three games this year, right? And I know he got knocked out that first game. Can't take anything away from it. These two weeks, he's trying to play him back self into rhythm and shape or like that. Okay. But we need to see it at some point. And that's, that's what's so, it's so nerving here. We just have not seen it where it just feels like JSN just keeps bailing them out, which that's a great way to live. He's like the best. You can get away with that, but it's just a little nerve wracking when this matchup he's playing against right now viewed as a league MVP and Brock Purdy. So, um, yeah, it's, we could easily made this our brass balls back. Cause it's, it does take a little balls here back in the Seattle team. It doesn't, it doesn't, it doesn't feel like it, but if you're, if you're betting them at three or three and a half, I think that's, that's, that's the balls your side where it just feels like it's the easier side right now to take the 49ers or plus three and a half.
Speaker 5Well, listen, it was Chad's choice of two and a half. If you think it's ballsy to take it at three, wait until you hear about the discord grouper of the week. Cause I think you're going to enjoy that one.
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Speaker 5Detroit and Arizona. Arizona, it's ticked up since we talked about it. It was at four and a half. It was at six on Sunday, and we kind of leaned Arizona in the moment. But as we went through the week, and you talked about this on Tuesday, you started to feel better and better about Detroit. I think the wise guy money, as much as anything, it's why this number has moved up from four and a half to five and a half. Detroit becoming bigger and bigger favorites on the road.
Speaker 6Yeah, like we talked about, though, with Arizona. They're just a bad team, right? We drank a little too much of the Kool-Aid because of what they did in week one against the Chargers, and we've come around to the fact the Chargers are just a bad team. They're not a good team. They're not well-coached right now. And Arizona is, yeah, are they better than what we thought they were coming into the year? Yeah, people had them the same record as Miami. They're clearly better than Miami. But Detroit, we've just seen the history. They lose bad. They get embarrassed. They always bounce back. I mean, that could be a Campbell thing. And the Ben Johnson stuff, you've seen it pop up now. The imagination's just not there, right? Offensively, it just isn't, right? It is a different team. It's a different team. what they still have a top two top one running back they still have Jared Goff who when he has time protection in the pocket he's great and they don't have a type of defense that should give him fits here so this is another bet where you're just playing the number like you're under six right now I think that's a great value on the Lions you're at your your true risk would be the back door that's what the Cardinals are gonna live and die with this season the back door so it's no different here if you back the Lions when they play the Jets or the Jets had opportunities they could have backdoored them they didn't you got the win and the cover so it feels the same here it's like is it one of my biggest bets this week no but it really is just betting the number it's under six I think it's good value in the Lions team that is still much better than this Cardinals team so I'll live and die with it I could get burned by the back door but that's this just feels like another coin flip game where the better value on that coin flip right now is on the Lions
Speaker 5so the last game I want to talk about before we get into the biggest bets and sharp versus square and all this kind of stuff Buffalo visiting the Rams you're going to get a lot of love from the fans and the fans are going to get a lot of love from the fans and the fans are going to get a lot of love from the fans Rams are now on Monday Night Football Rams are now three-point favorites this was at two and a half earlier in the week
Speaker 10it's hard to not want to bet on Josh Allen as an
Speaker 5underdog coming off a game in which they really should have dominated and still not loving what we're seeing from Matthew Stafford and the Eagles they had a not so great second half against the Broncos a really good defense they had a terrible 56 minutes against the Eagles and squeaked one out they go back
Speaker 10home Pukunuku is back they're they're on a fast surface the Bills defense is struggling but do we
Speaker 5really want to go against Josh Allen again as a three-point underdog
Speaker 6yeah it's crazy just the the fact I know some really smart pros who are taking a large position
Speaker 5on the Rams yeah so do I I've seen it like and we've that's why I think that's why the numbers moved as much as anything
Speaker 6else yeah I and again I don't get it though because this just does is there really value on the Rams here I must be missing something like maybe I am overrating Josh Allen and maybe we are overrating the Spills team and they're they're not on the same levels as Rams team because the Rams I still think they're a team that they're they're missing such key guys they have so many injuries they're not what they're going to be especially in November like this just this feels like they're a team that's still missing a ton of pieces and they've got if I mean yeah they they beat the Giants but like Chad said those other three games they haven't they have not looked like a dominant great Rams team in any sense of the imagine so should we just be patient I mean probably markets give me three and a half on the Bills I guess I'm a sucker I guess I'll have to take it but um I I am like you I am shocked by the movement of this one it's just another game where I'm I'm clearly missing something here and um because it's really smart money driving this Rams number up and yeah uh it's been interesting just talking to people where even even the public is a little weary of backing the Bills which I am shocked by which like I just saw the public will blindly bet Josh Allen a plus three plus three and a half so yeah another game where we'll definitely talk about it Sunday like I just really haven't taken a position don't know much to say about it but I think it's going to be a good game where it just I know the pros the smart people are on the Rams I'm just missing something here where it just it doesn't feel like it's that easy but there's much to me there's much easier bets to put my money into this week and invest in and I'd be okay losing it where if I if I bet the Rams here and Josh Allen has the ball at the end of the game he drives the field kicks a field goal or scores a touchdown to win the game it's going to be like oh well because he didn't do that last week we held that against him and we tried to go against him now we look like idiots it's just it's it is tough this one I will I won't lie to you um
Speaker 5all right so we got a lot of games we're going to have to review on Sunday I don't think we're finding a ton of consensus yet I think we're we're still sort of feeling our way a little bit Simon it's time for the discord grouper of the week buy my book buy my book buy my book all right we like we've been talking a lot about uh listeners and viewers and commenters I will say we've got an incredibly classy thoughtful giving group of long-time listeners I had said on previous shows for anyone who buys 10 books I will either if possible come visit for a mini book club or at least do a zoom video conference with the group for the 10 that bought the 10 books uh email sharp or square at the volume dot com if you do with your proof of purchase getting a a lot of momentum for a southeast we've got buyers in Charlotte Atlanta and then Chris Haynes a buyer in northern Florida emailed and said I want to buy the 10 books but I want to donate five books to someone who might not be able to otherwise you know buy the book I thought this was so classy I told 10 I told Chris keep the 10 books at the end of the season when the book comes out I'm going to donate the five books we'll do a email campaign and by the way for I will donate another book for anyone else who is buying 10 books in addition to me trying to get to you or do a zoom I will just keep adding books to the pile that we will give away at the end of the year so thank you Chris Haynes for the inspiration to get more people reading in the discord meanwhile which you can join go to readthenumber.com get the invite help us raise money for St. Jude's this is just a giving campaign the winner this week Simon Seattle minus three I was stunned by the voting this was a runaway winner there were a couple teasers in there I think New Orleans was in there too um Seattle was originally minus two and a half I went and asked for it and I got it I got it I got it I got people to revote minus three was still the winner so we got a pretty ballsy group in the discord going with Seattle it's exciting totally off
Speaker 6topic Sean Payton it just got breaking news will be heavily involved from now on the offense uh which I don't know if that's him taking back it but I guess they're still letting Webb wear the with the headset on the sideline but it feels like Sean Payton that is Sean Payton taking over the play
Speaker 5calling yeah Sean heavily involved 90 percent of the time he's like overruling or just saying just do this yeah and let's move on that's called parenting that's I say to my kids all the time that's great it's been a fun debate just do what I said because I know what I'm doing you let him go for a little while you let him go for a little while um well good I'm glad I haven't heavily invested in the chargers because the chargers are like are probably the right side but I have no faith with them having all the offensive injury offensive line injuries and I'm not going to let them go for a little while um and now with Sean Payton deciding he's going to get back into the mix so Simon our underdog round robin parlay I say this week we only do three because I don't I don't
Speaker 6love that many I like the favorites this week like there's not that many dogs I love uh get the saints in there plus 115 like again we just there's not a lot of dogs we love should we get Josh Allen in there I was gonna say I think he should go in and then go back to the well I know they burned us last week Raiders plus 164 unless there's another dog that jumps out to you well
Speaker 5I was gonna say this uh the saints
Speaker 6we did I did saints one plus oh that's right you did you read
Speaker 5saints plus 115 yeah so saints saints
Speaker 6Raiders bills bills
Speaker 5and then uh favorites round robin really fun week if
Speaker 6you like doing favorites like if you want to do you know tease the cowboys down at two and a half throw them in there you want you want the bangles now you can get them down to half a point put them in there um I mean you can do the jaguars like it's just another one where this week feels like you're going to go four and one this round robin if you do all these teasers so Detroit jaguars cowboys bangles Texans it's really that simple like the public's going to do it maybe you go three and two I just I have a hard time this week seeing a bunch of upsets we've had some really good upsets this year we usually get into a little bit of pattern here where like the good teams do just win it just it's just the way it goes like the bad teams they're not going to pull up these crazy upsets every week so like out of that list I just gave chat like what two teams you think could pull up you think the eagles could do you think the bucks could do it you think miami's that team like it's just you look at this list and it's like yeah we could see it happening but that just feels like five and oh four and one three and two on the teasers if you just tease down all these big
Speaker 5favorites I look at this and think Detroit's offense is so our defense is so bad Jacoby Brissett miracle game and totally think that the bangles are just a historically train wreck enough of a franchise that miami could easily win that game that those are the two where I'm like all right if if crazy things are going to happen which always happens you don't know that's part of the fun those to me are the two that could totally totally screw us simon your biggest bets
Speaker 10pull up those pants and be a man yeah i mean
Speaker 6i talked about houston i was really having them six and a half seven we'll we'll see some more if i can if i'm about more seven and a half but right now i'm just trying to be patient i hope that professionals or whoever come on the other side of tennessee get me back under that key number of seven uh saints plus two and a half some shops i think we'll get back to two and a half i just i i view the public will come in heavy on minnesota they just have so many great underlying numbers in their defense saints got embarrassed in a primetime game it's just it's only gonna be professionals taking that that side right now on the saints i'm heavily bet into atlanta i talked about that some books have moved them back down to minus three i mean if you want to get and join me in the party i don't hate that number i just i would be truly shocked if lamar plays and if he does play i just think he's gonna be totally hampered so it just i get it you want to fade atlanta right it's just eventually they're not going to keep putting up 40 points every week why not we've not seen this ravens team be that great defensively so it's also i think another good matchup for them indoors against that team and that defense and another big bet morning me and chad talked about our big balls bet of the week commanders minus three and a half i've just i've just been betting it thinking that if it if daniel's full go and it's all good i could easily see this bet jump up to four and a half like this could keep going up so um that's another one i've taken a larger position on someday in the morning we'll talk more about it i just i just i just i just i just i just i just i could see myself betting more money into this miami team and to this raiders team i'm just i'm just waiting to see what's going to go on these numbers
Speaker 5right now all right sharp versus square last week i had las vegas plus four and a half that was a winner it says here that you had cincinnati yeah minus two and a half yeah um that one did not win it didn't so uh right now i get to go first i can't quit this houston team it's a bad number but they gotta win this you can't be at one four they gotta dominate so i'm gonna go with uh houston i guess i'm taking minus seven and a half i gotta
Speaker 6take the numbers available yeah all right um i'll join you on the chalk i'll go give give me detroit i'll go lions interesting interesting all
Speaker 5right survivor look texans big favorites on the road yeah bangles big favorites on the road you got to use
Speaker 6one of the two people that's my view of it like it's just it's hard to know when you're going to use them again if you're telling me what's the best spot between the two the safer spot more confident spot for me i think chad's on agreeance it's houston like a hundred percent you just expect a streamer where i can see a way the bangles blow this and lose this game where could could tennessee cover that game sure but when it i just i just cannot see it that the demico is going to have those boys running through a wall this week so um yeah i i'm i'm telling people more than 55 of mine most likely beyond houston at this point where at one point it was 100 where it's going to be on the bangles i've just pulled it back just because of all this professional money coming in on miami if anything's changed but as we say right now 55 of my contest on houston 45 are on the bangles
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Speaker 6bob costas along with nick bonacante and nick the assignment for eagles bounce back and forget about last week's 20 nothing defeat at los angeles anemic eagle offense last week reveals that he has a leadership ability to turn eagles offense around
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