Here we go, everybody. Week 18 in the NFL. Thanks for hanging out with us, taking you into the new year here on the early edge, brought to you by VetMGM. Make it legendary.

RJ White, Will Brinson, Larry Hartstein, Claudia Bela Fado with you. We've had a few weeks where we didn't love the slate, some

slates where we loved it. This is just a tough slate overall to pick sides because of everything

on the line. Two playoff spots up for grabs, four divisions still to be claimed. We got a lot

of games to get through, so let's get right to it. By the end of Sunday, we'll have the clear

playoff picture. But we start with some Saturday football guys. Panthers and bucks, bucks laying two and a half, total at 44. We saw this open at three and a half. So some money the other way. We saw this match up two weeks ago. Panthers won it by a field goal. Atlanta's win over the Rams on Monday made this a little bit more interesting.

Now the Panthers can clinch the NFC South and playoffs with a win or a tie or an Atlanta win.

And now the Bucks, who started the season off so strong, only have one path to the playoffs.

And that is win and an Atlanta loss. RJ White, how do you approach this game? Yeah, I wish I would have had the three and a half. I didn't get the three and a half. I did take it at three. I like Carolina in this game. I would play it at two and a half still, but I'm going to tease it up. I'm going to have a Saturday teaser where I'm taking both underdogs up over the three and the seven to eight and a half for Carolina and seven and a for San Francisco. Baker Mayfield on the injury report, shoulder and knee issues. Tristan Warps, if he's out again, that's massive for that offensive line. They were very bad last week in protecting him. So I think with the two teasable numbers, you just tease them up. But I think Carolina will win this game, especially if Worf's not play. Yeah, I'm on the Panthers as well. I think it's a pretty simple formula for betting on the Carolina Panthers. You alternate. You bet on them one week. You bet against in the next week, and then you bet on the week after. And I do think that Carolina probably winning that Seattle game. I mean, they knew, obviously, if they won and Tampa Lawson, they would get in.

And they were certainly trying to win. I mean, no doubt about it. But I think that this game has always been circled for like a month now as the game that was going to define the NFC South. Of course, the Falcons and the Saints can change that, but Carolina won't know. And I think Carolina right now is a bad matchup for Tampa,

whose secondary is leaky.

Ted McMillan should be back and fully healthy. He was sick for that last game, didn't do much against the Seahawks. And I think Bryce Young gets going against his secondary and Baker Mayfield, as RJ mentioned, you know, banged up behind a bad offensive line. I don't like fading him in a clutch spot. But I do think Carolina gets the job done and limps in as a home, hosting a playoff game. The biggest injury in this

game is Jamel Dean. He is the best corner on a really bad secondary for Tampa Bay. He leaves

that game against the Dolphins late. He's not practicing as we record this, which just makes the

matchup so much better for Carolina because Tampa Bay is not getting any pressure. They've been up

17 passing touchdowns in the last eight games. So I agree with the guys. And I'm, I'm, you know,

giving kudos to RJ for getting the three. But even at two and a half, I would still play it. This is a Tampa team that has not covered in their last eight games. All right. We're all on the same page, which is usually the kiss of death. But I don't think it will because even with the bucks getting healthier, they're still losing games. I don't know how they did a 180 from the start of the season. I agree. Bryce Young, that being said, hasn't looked spectacular. Baker Mayfield hasn't either, though, and he's not fully healthy. So for that reason, I'm going to tease the Panthers, get him up over a touchdown. I pair him with the Rams. It just makes me feel a little bit better. But you're right, well, Brinson, 10 straight weeks right now for the Carolina Panthers where they've alternated the wins and the losses, which means they're due this week. All right, let's move on to the, who do we got now? Seahawks, Niners. Seahawks laying one and a half. I'm like, who's next? This is a pretty big game because it's going to determine the number one overall seed in the NFC, both squads riding a six game win streak. Larry, you're looking at the Seahawks in the

money line. Yeah, I think the short week really plays to the advantage of Seattle, given you

have Trent Williams, Christian McCaffrey, and George Kittle, all dealing with injuries. Yes,

we can probably expect all three to be out there for the Niners.

But if you look at this six-game win streak for the Niners, the offense has looked great

against the really bad defenses. And the decent defenses they played, Cleveland and Carolina,

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