00:00uh rare for me to get caught up in a moment but i certainly did last week i couldn't believe
00:05what
00:05i was seeing how well jj mccarthy played for the new york giants and the odds makers are telling us
00:10it was a mirage because the texans are 10 to 10 and a half point favorites this week against
00:16new york mccarthy to me was a big eye opener he made every throw i mean these were not easy
00:23throws that he made he almost made one at the end of the game but houston right now joe they
00:28look
00:28like they're on a mission houston looks like one of the hottest teams in the nfl uh they're playing
00:33fantastic football they just beat jacksonville they won the week before and and boy like it like this
00:39number to me is so peculiar because i i want to believe what i saw i i think that trade
00:45that the
00:45giants made may end up helping them a lot maybe they could you know take mccarthy move them for a
00:50two
00:50or or three or get something even back further but was it a mirage i i don't know i i
00:57can't believe
00:58that it was that's how good he looked to me he looked like he did a michigan again and i'm
01:02like
01:02wait a second here this is exactly what i thought he would do for minnesota so i'm not going to
01:07touch
01:07this one because the line is just telling me that i what i saw was fugazi so i'm going to
01:12stay away
01:12from it but i i but but i really loved watching mccarthy play late in that game last week i
01:17i i thought
01:18there was great it was incredibly entertaining and so many narratives to him and maybe just the
01:24harbaugh's are the only ones who really speak fluent jj mccarthy maybe him and his brother are
01:28the only two guys that kind of get the best out of jj mccarthy it seems like that it was
01:32a tremendous
01:32comeback and i think at a certain point in that game the saints we talked about being kind of
01:37desperate for a win always been on teams that are desperate for wins well the giants really came
01:40back and the saints had to throw a bunch of starters back into that game they thought was well
01:44in hand because mccarthy kept putting up points it's fascinating narratives here can jj mccarthy
01:48sustain what we saw on any level in the second half of that game well cam scadaboo who it seems
01:54to be back to him in the backfield because he benched him to send a message no more backflips
01:59no more social media stuff no just stick to football kid because we need you to figure things out or
02:04we're
02:04going to replace you that's a giant message sent and they dropped naji harris after all that we're
02:09going to have an open competition well it seems like that competition closed a little bit because i got
02:13tyrone tracing cam scadaboo and tyrone tracy fumbles more than scadaboo so you got to go back to
02:18scadaboo see what you've got here what do you have in mccarthy i will say this these are two teams
02:22that do struggle against tight ends foster moreau especially been a guy that keeps on catching
02:26touchdowns he's plus 500 to catch a touchdown isaiah likely plus 250 i think those guys both have big
02:31touchdown equity in this game you can sgp that if you want even if mccarthy comes out with a loss
02:37here if he looks good doing it i think you got to be very encouraged if you're the giants and
02:41i think
02:41you can potentially in this division that is so weak with so many injuries so many issues
02:46get to the playoffs or even win this division with jj mccarthy if he competes in this one i still
02:52like
02:52the texans in this contest it's hard not to cj stroud's been terrific you got tank dell back in
02:56this game too jaylen knolls played great football i love nico collins over in 68 and a half receiving
03:02yards i think it's a mismatch there for the giant secondary that's not very good so a lot of props
03:06in this game i would bet the giants to cover because it's such a big number at the 10 and
03:11a half
03:11but still i think the texans are in a whole position in this game where it's never in doubt
03:16that they're going to win but i do think the giants can keep it at least tight enough in that
03:20double digits to your point craig yeah houston's got to start playing better on defense too you don't
03:24go from the best in the nfl to 26th so quickly so boy i really want to want to believe
03:30in the giants
03:31here but you know we'll see after this week i think we'll absolutely get a better indication on
03:35mccarthy
03:35mccarthy
