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what's going on guys happy championship weekend in the national football league with your

Patriots almost back on top of the mountain can't believe it um who would have thunk and

how are you how are you going to bet this one on Sunday so I I like the over in the game

total sitting at 42 and a half I do think that we're going to see Sean Payton, and he's kind of tipped his hand here. I think we're going to see Sean Payton call, maybe not like a super aggressive game, but I don't know that the game plan is going to change with a backup quarterback in. And, you know, his mentor is obviously is Bill Parcells and Parcells once upon a time back in 1990. The first year I was watching football, you know, took Jeff Hostelor and the Giants to a Super Bowl 25 win, beat the Niners in San Francisco to stop the three Pete at the old Candlestick Park. So Peyton, obviously, I think, has leaned on Parcells. That's pretty been widely reported here. I think they're going to come out slinging it with Jared Stidham. And I don't know if the Broncos are going to score like 35 points in the game. But I do think Denver can score a little bit more than the market expects. And on the flip side, and you guys know this, because I was saying it to you last year when the Patriots were in that 4 and 13 terrible season with Gerard Mayo. So I've kind of been, you know, one of the flag bearers here that Drake May is awesome. And I felt it last year with Drake May as a rookie. And we saw it last weekend against the Texans. Like, did Drake May play a perfect game? No. Like, he looked like Dave Craig back in the day, putting the ball on the ground a million times. But he also had a couple of just outstanding throws, right? Whether it's the fourth down strike early to Pop Douglas for the touchdown or the strike to Stefan Diggs or the long touchdown and the great catch from Kashon Booty. So I think Drake May can get it done against this Broncos defense. I think that leads to points. I want to go over 42 and a half. What do I think is

going to happen in the game? I think the Patriots will win a close game, closer than the market

anticipates. If I had to bet the side, I would take the four and a half with Denver, but I do think

ultimately the Patriots will win, and I think Drake May will be the difference in the game.

See, Wigie is so overconfident. It's been making me nervous this week and this morning. Like when you say Jared Stidham slinging it, Wiggy loud. Wiggy thinks he needs to be, it depends undergarments out there, because he's not going to, the lights are going to be way too bright for him.

Well, I think, like, let's have like a brief Jared Stedham conversation, right? And I'm not insinuating. He's not even close to being. If he were as good as Drake may, he'd be starting, right? If he were better than Bow Nix, he'd be starting for Denver. But, you know, like, it's a guy that the Patriots obviously thought pretty highly of when they drafted him in 2019, became the backup quarterback.

When Josh McDaniels goes to become the head. It's a guy that the Patriots obviously thought pretty highly of when they drafted him in 2019,

became the backup quarterback.

When Josh McDaniels goes to become the head coach of the Raiders, he takes Jared Stedham with him to Vegas.

And literally, not figuratively, literally, the first day of free agency of Sean Payton's tenure as the coach of the Broncos,

they make Jared Stead him the third highest paid backup quarterback in the league. So this is not to insinuate that he's like the MVP of the league or anything close to it, but I don't think this is like once upon a time, like when Conor Cook had to start for the Raiders because Derek Carr got hurt, right, in a wildcard game on the road in Houston and was completely overmatched and had no chance.

Maybe it turns out to be the case, but I think like the book on Stidim is a little more positive

than that.

So again, I'm not saying Stidim is going to throw for 300 yards and three touchdowns, just that

I don't think this is your run-of-the-mill curtain jerkin jabroney quarterback, back to quarterback

with Jared Stead.

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