00:00I'll tell you, an intriguing game here has got to be this Patriots and Jags game.
00:03I mean, you know, two division winners a year ago.
00:06The Jags really, you know, pushed the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs last year.
00:10This is a pretty good-looking football game.
00:12How do you see this thing playing up?
00:14Yeah, you get the Jags at home and favored by the customary three points.
00:18So Vegas is kind of telling us they don't really know what to make of this game.
00:21The New England backfield is what has me flabbergasted, for lack of a better word here.
00:26You've got Traviat Henderson ripping off the big run.
00:28And Ramondre Stephenson losing a fumble.
00:30But we saw all this in November last season, and it changed nothing.
00:33And it changed nothing, and the Patriots rode it all the way to the Super Bowl.
00:37So what we look at there kind of dictates everything,
00:40because Drake May is not playing at an MVP level.
00:43I don't want to say he's playing at a Cam Ward level, but it doesn't look much better than that.
00:46He's got one touchdown, four interceptions.
00:48He has more completions to the wrong team than the right team when throwing deep down the field.
00:52And that's where he excelled last season.
00:55No way, Jay Brown, you can make those excuses.
00:56And I think this New England defense is fine.
00:59But for right now, I think Vegas has it right.
01:01Jacksonville's the better team right now.
01:03We'll see where that stands in December.
01:04But for right now, give me Trevor Lawrence and the guys over Drake May.
01:09You know, if you told me at the beginning of the year that the Houston Texans would be 0-2
01:13on the season with that defense,
01:16you know, obviously you're going to look at the quarterback and C.J. Stroud.
01:18They ended up kicking that contract down the road until the offseason here.
01:23And here come the Colts here, two teams 0-2.
01:26Who gets to win this weekend?
01:29I think you have to roll with Indy.
01:30It doesn't really look like Houston's going to get Nico Collins back from this hamstring injury.
01:35And the dude just never plays enough.
01:37He's never played a full season in his NFL career.
01:39I think he's one of the 10 best receivers in the game.
01:42And that has a way to elevate C.J. Stroud when given the opportunity.
01:45But when he's not there, they just don't have pass catchers.
01:47You're looking at a third of your targets going to Dalton Schultz.
01:50And he's fine.
01:52But he's fine for like seven yards at a time here.
01:54That's not how you're going to win this game.
01:55I think this is ugly.
01:57Personally, if we're looking at the 1 o'clock slate of games,
02:00this one's probably going to get as little TV time as anybody in my house.
02:04But you're going to see a lot of Jonathan Taylor.
02:07You're going to see a lot of this Houston defense.
02:08I think it's an interesting matchup from that regard.
02:11Because you've got one of the best to do it in the backfield.
02:13And you've got one of the best defenses for my money in the league.
02:16So it's interesting.
02:17Do I think it's overly captivating?
02:20I don't.
02:20I'll take the home team here in the Colts.
02:22And I think they cover.
02:24Hey, real quick here.
02:25This could be a Super Bowl matchup here.
02:27Rams and Broncos.
02:30It is.
02:31The Super Bowl favorite coming into the year.
02:33And my Super Bowl pick in the Broncos.
02:36I think this is an interesting spot.
02:38You get the Rams on short rest after the explosive game.
02:41Puka Nakua doesn't really look like he's going to play.
02:43Give me the Broncos here.
02:44I think they solved the Jalen Waddle problem last week.
02:46And that defense is as good as any in the league.
02:48I think this comes down to the wire.
02:50But give me something like 24-20 Broncos.
02:52And I think that's the way you are now going to be up.
