Hello, I am Matt Williams, and this is the Locked-on NFL podcast, and as we do every Friday,

I am going to make picks for every game straight up and against spread at our friends at mybooky.

com. Weird week, though. I mean, in some ways, I mentioned this the other day.

I think the betting world can do really well this week if you have a very good pulse on your team.

I think they're going to play these guys.

I don't think they're...

But you really know more than Vegas and more than people my bookie.

I don't know.

I think it's an interesting week because some guys get to play in real live game situations that usually

don't. I mean, Mahomes comes to mind more than any, but there's a lot of these type of players

that you've been anxious to see they've been stuck behind a starter and they're going to get their

time now when it means something, you know, and sometimes against a team that needs it.

Teams like Dallas, Detroit,

come to mind that are out of it, but a win at the end of the year would sure look good for the

coach or somebody that's maybe on the hot seat or Tampa Bay has finished the season pretty

strong and came out to date, dirt cutters probably safe.

You know, those types, these games matter. I mean, there's a difference to the owner and to the fan base to say, hey, we were eight and eight, we weren't seven and nine.

You know what I mean? And so, but it's going to be, I'm not going to candy-coded. I mean, it's not a good week of games compared to the rest of the years, you know,

and there aren't a whole lot of games that quote matter.

But if you're the Browns, you're trying to not be the second team to be 0 and 16.

That's a big deal.

If, you know, you're a team playing hard for Marvin Lewis maybe or

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