we are entering the final week of the NFL regular season,
but there is still plenty to sort out when it comes to the playoff picture
in the A. F. C.
The titans earn a first round bye with a win,
but it's at the bottom where things get interesting.
Five teams playing for the final two playoff spots,
the colts and the Chargers in the driver's seat right now.
Meanwhile, over in the NFC, we know the playoffs will go through Lambeau field
but seating is fluid after that.
The Saints would unseat the 40 niners with the win over the Falcons and the Niners
and the Niners loss against the Rams
joining us now to get into the NFL's first ever
week 18 host of the daily tip Michael Jenkins,
Jenkins, Happy new Year.
Let's start on saturday with the Chief's favorite over the broncos by
10.5 in Denver with the Chiefs playing for a one seed and
the broncos out entirely. Are you hammering the Chiefs against the spread here?
I don't know if I hammered them.
It's interesting, Kansas City about a year and a half ago was just a public darling.
They're recovering every week and then for the first part of this
season they were so bad and they were losing people money.
Now they're back to winning again.
I'm not crazy about double digit spreads in the NFL,
especially when you have to go on the road.
But when you look at Denver Drew lock
is definitely a downgrade from teddy Bridgewater.
So I'm gonna put my money down, it would be on Kansas City.
Well looking at sunday night now with the chargers and the Raiders,
this is a playoff game and the winner is in
and the loser goes home unless they die of course.
So chargers are favored by three points. Who do you have?
And what could potentially be the biggest game of the regular season?
You know, in a game like this were so very close and there's so much on the line.
I just lean with a better quarterback and here that's Justin Herbert.
I'm not quite sure.
I trust Derek Carr despite that one against the colts and the Chargers
are going to get back Austin excellent offense that should be huge,
Joey bosa should return as well.
That's gonna be just enough I think for you
to lay the short number with the chargers here.
The Raiders have been good down the stretch. I think L. A. Is better.
The cowboys and the eagles are both in already but both playing for higher seeds.
The cowboys opened a seven point favorites.
But Covid News has shifted the line down to 4.5 in Philly.
Is that still too much against an eagles team
looking to make a statement before the playoffs?
Yeah, I like the eagles here and we always see sharp money come on
on the eagles every single week,
which is really odd because they're generally not one of those teams,
they happened this season.
They found their identity and Dallas is a team right now that
has a bunch of talent but hasn't quite put it together.
One thing I would say before you bet on this game,
both sides have some serious covid issues.
Michael Parsons, may or may not play for Dallas.
You got on the flip side,
Zach Ertz and Dallas got among a bunch of eagles
who may or may not play depending on protocols.
This is a tough one to handicap. I would go eagles and grab the points and filling
and we know the most competitive game of the week might be between the
40 niners and the RAMs with the RAMs is 4.5 point favorites at home.
Will the 40 niners stay alive with a win over their division rivals?
I don't know if they're gonna win but I love
them to cover 4.5 points is way too many here.
San Francisco has beaten L A nine out of the last
12 times and I really don't care who starts at quarterback
for saN Francisco doesn't matter to me if it's jimmy G
or trey Lance and when you look at the RAMs.
Yeah, they've won five straight but Matthew Stafford has really struggled.
He has got to step it up down the stretch. If the RAMs
want to make this run
full disclosure future is taking on the ramps to win it all at 14 to 1,
but they haven't been playing great football despite them racking up wins.
This is too many points. So give me san Francisco plus 4.5.
Alright, jenks I promise I'm not going to roll my eyes when it comes to this one,
but it's time for you and me to give our
bulletproof ironclad absolute can't lose locks of the week.
So what do you have for us this week?
You know what? I'm gonna go against a lot of computer models here.
I love the Washington football team to smash the Giants.
I got it at minus 6.5 and bed up to seven. How are the Giant's gonna score?
You're telling me they're gonna go from mike Glennon
about a QB our last week of 0.2 jake
fromm who's even worse and there's a motivational factor
here because joe judge my child off last week,
took an underhanded shot at Washington Ron Rivera wouldn't really acknowledge it,
but he certainly didn't exonerate joe judge.
So Washington will be motivated in here,
I don't know how in the world of Janet's gonna move the football,
they've averaged just over six points in the last three games,
they've lost five straight, I'm fading big blue and going with Washington,
I think that was the best lock of the week.
I was actually going to choose that one but of course I
was gonna have you guess the one that I was going for,
we all know what it is because we saw on the screen but
I think we knew it before we saw it on the screen,
it's doubles.
So the Bill should be focused on trying to lock up the A. F. C. East with a win.
Plus they are of course the better team here.
You could make the argument that the Jets would put up a good fight,
especially seeing how easy it was to catch the Bills off guard earlier this season.
But the Bills haven't had a steady season. We all know this,
they proved that they really know how to just throw it away.
But I think it's an easy pick for buff.
They will start this one strong.
Hopefully they'll rest some of the guys in the second half and
I think it's really going to get ugly for Jets fans.
Alright. I agree. And
the Bills win against bad teams, they went big.
So if you look historically throughout the entirety of the season,
I mean obviously they're playing for the lot.
Jets are playing for nothing. And this is a good spot for the Bills and
I'm with you on that.
Yeah, absolutely.
All right, thanks. So we know that there was so much football to discuss every week.
So we wanted to go through some rapid fire topics with you.
So are you ready for some buzzer beater questions?
Let's go,
alright.
Which coach will most improve their chances at coach of the year in this final week.
I think it's Mike Vrabel, he's gonna win,
he's the favorite night right now Abed mgm at plus 3 60
he should be he's sort of done up with smoke and
mirrors in Tennessee without Derrick Henry for much of the season.
Even a. J. Brown.
I don't know how they put themselves in this
position but it's because Mike Vrabel I think has
done the best job with the least amount of
talent compared to other teams in the conference.
So I'm gonna go titans plus they play the Texans. They should get that way.
Next one. Most fraudulent A. F. C. playoff team.
I think it's the Raiders.
I just keep fading las Vegas,
Derek Carr again against Justin Herbert this weekend Raiders
have done a nice little job down the stretch,
it's been really cute and it was a good one against the colts.
I just don't believe in Vegas
most fraudulent NFC playoff team.
I can't believe I'm saying this it's the
cowboys the cowboys are still fascinate because they have
all of the talent on offense when they
put it together like they did against Washington.
They look unbelievable.
Their defense is so much more improved from last
season but they haven't put it together consistently.
So despite all that talent they need to be better. They haven't done it.
I say it's the cowboys
most dangerous. A. F. C playoff team.
Oh God the Bengals nobody wants to face the bagels.
I know this isn't a hot take but if you look at what joe burrow has done.
It's unbelievable with that young set of receivers.
He has nobody wants to face Cincinnati.
Okay. Most dangerous.
NFC playoff team.
They're the favorites for a reason. But it's the Packers.
No team in the NFL has been more consistent
this season from start to finish than Green Bay.
No team has been better against the number this season than Green Bay.
Aaron Rodgers is gonna win a number. M. V. P.
No matter what you think about him, the Packers have been lights out.
There's a reason why they are the favorites to win it.
Okay. Two more for you if the colts somehow lose to the jags.
Should the chargers and Raiders play for the
tie to ensure they both make the playoffs.
Yes. I would absolutely watch two teams kneel down 40 times apiece. The entire game.
It would be hilarious. The commentators would struggle to fill time.
It'll be awesome. Okay, last 1 40 drinks.
Say something nice about the new york Giants
but you've got nothing
pass. I'm gonna pass. Oh my gosh. Of course
jenks thank you so much for joining us. I so appreciate it.
That was Michael, Jenkins, host of the daily tip.
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